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53 Cards in this Set

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Deigning
thinking it inappropriate to ones dignity; condescending
Droll
Amusingly odd
Indignant
angered at something unjust or wrong
Inveigle
to win over by coaxing and flattery; to tempt
Prodigious
extra ordingary; huge
Ramshackle
rickety; dilapidated
Salient
striking or conspicuous
Specters
Phantom apparitions
Tacit
implied
Tentative
uncertain; hesitant
transit
a translation or change
Anarchy
a state of confusion and disorder
Cordial
warm and sincere
Effulgence
extreme brilliance; splender
Enmity
deep rooted hatred
Gaunt
thin and bony; haggard
Haphazard
Charcterized by mere chance; accidental
insidious
deceitful; sly; treacherous
loping
moving with long bounding strides
venerable
worth of deep respect and reverence
Decalogue
a fundamental set of rules; the ten commandments
sinecure
a position or office that requires little work but provides a salary
stupefaction
great astonishment
sultriness
heat and humidity
vindicted
justified; defended
Abashed
made to fell ashamed or uneasy
aphorisms
brief statements of principle
conjugating
joining together
elite
the best or most skilled member
idiosyncratic
peculiar; odd
impinge
to encroach, to trespass
opulent
great wealth; abundant
reticent
relectant; unwilling
sententiousness
pompous moralizing
austerity
plainness; severe simplicity
desolation
solitude; misery
enfeebled
deprived of strength
furlough
a leave of absence
multifariously
greatly varied: diversly
presaged
indicated or worned in advance; prediction
Rejoinder
an answer; especially to a reply
vagaries
whim; gut feeling
Assimilate
to incorporate; to make part of
balustrade
a railing
cogitation
thoughtfull; considered
cohorts or associatess
companions or associates
forlornly
sppeating sad or lonely
impervious
incapable of being affected
incarnate
embodied in human form; personified
infantile
immature; childish
latent
not visible or apparent; hidden
portliness
stoutness
undulations
wavelike movements