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36 Cards in this Set
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Cacophony
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Harsh or discordant sound: dissonance; specifically: harshness in the sound of words or phrases.
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Discursive
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Passing from one topic to another; ranging over a wode field; digressive; rambling.
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Surreptitious
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Done, made, or gotten by stealth.
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Perennial
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1. Present at all seasons of the year.
2. Continuing to live from year to year. |
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Cavalcade
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A procession of riders or carriages:series
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Circuitous
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1. Having a circular or winding course.
2. Not being forthright or direct in language or action |
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Euphemism
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Use of mild, neutral, evasive, or vgue term in place of one considered taboo, offensive, blunt, or unpleasant.
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Facile
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Easily accomplished, handled, or attained.
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Fiat
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An arbitrary or authoritative comand or order.
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Flippant
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Lacking proper respect or seriousness.
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Nexus
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A connection or link
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Melee
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A confused struggle; especially: a hand-to-hand fight among several people.
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Renege
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To go back on a promise or commitment.
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Untoward
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1. Difficult to manage: stubborn, willful
2. Inconvenient, troublesome |
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Dolorous
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Marked by, causing, or expressing grif or sorrow.
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Surly
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1. Ill-humored; churlish in manner or mood; sullen and gruff.
2. Menacing or threatening in appearance, as of weather conditions; omnious. |
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Predilection
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A predisposition to choose or like; an established preference.
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Impregnable
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Not capable of being stormed or taken by assualt; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress.
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Tangential
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Only slightly relevant to the matter in hand
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Beleaguer
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1. To surround with an army so as to prevent escape: besiege, beset
2. To hem in: bottle up 3. To subject to oppressive or grievous forces: harass |
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Cryptic
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Secret, occult
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Congruent
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In agreement
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Ingratiate
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To gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort
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Jejune
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Lacking nutritive value
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Grisly
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Inspiring horror or intense fear
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Sedition
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Conduct or language inciting resistance to or rebellion against lawful authority.
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Anathematize
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To solemnly pronounce an ecclesiastical ban or curse upon.
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Nefarious
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Flagrantly wicked or impious: evil
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Tenet
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Any opinion, principle, dogma, belief, or doctrine, which a person holds or maintains as true.
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Petulant
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Insolent or ride in speech or behavior: peevish
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Virtuoso
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A person who has great skill at some endeavour.
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Magnanimous
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Showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind
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Redoubtable
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Arousing fear or alarm; formidable.
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Idyll
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A simple descriptive work, either in poetry or prose, dealing with simple, rustic life; pastoral scenes, and the like.
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Epithet
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A disparaging or abusive word or phrase.
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Impervious
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Not allowing entrance or passage: impenetrable.
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