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33 Cards in this Set
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Dissolution |
Living full of debauchery and indulge in sensual pleasure Many Roman emperors were known for their dissolution |
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Dither |
State of flustered excitement or fear Women in dither during wedding |
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Dour |
Sullen, gloomy Dour man would not laugh at the jokes |
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Elegiac |
Expressing sorrow or lamentation
Elegiac opening bar of beethoven |
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Enjoin |
To prohibit someone from performing an action Judge granted an injunction to enjoin the woman |
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Excise |
Precisely remove Excised profanity from the article |
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Execrable |
Extremely bad or unpleasant Execrable ice cream |
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Execrate |
To curse and hiss at TV show execrated for cliches |
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Exegesis |
Explanation from analysis of a text |
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Exiguity |
The quality of being meager Exiguity of ships supply |
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Expiate |
To make amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing To expiate for breaking the window John shoveled the neighbors snow |
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Facile |
Ignoring the true complexities of an issue, taking a superficial view News show provided a facile view of complex politics |
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Fallacious |
Faulty in logic and reasoning |
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Fallacy |
Deceptive, misleading false notion Eg world is flat is a fallacy |
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Fervid |
Intensely emotional feverish Fans of the singer were fervid |
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Fractious |
Bad tempered Found the students fractious and difficult to control |
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Fulsome |
Complimentary and flattering to an excessive degree Press are fulsome |
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Improvident |
Not showing foresight spendthrift or thoughtless not planning for the future His wife is improvident |
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Impugn |
Dispute the truth validity or honesty, call into question Impugn Darwins theory |
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Impute |
Attribute to something Imputed subpar performance to his illness |
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Inanity |
Total lack of meaning or ideas Poem had impressive words but no point trying to make sense of the inanity |
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Iniquity |
Immoral or grossly unfair behavior College dorm displayed iniquity |
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Insensible |
Lacking consciousness unresponsive |
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Insouciant |
Showing a casual lack of concern Shrugged off each failed class with insouciance |
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Inured |
Accustomed hardened Living in Manhattan has inured her to ambulance sirens |
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Invective |
Abuse, denounciatory language Internet has unleashed invectives in many of us |
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Invidious |
Likely to cause resentment and anger in others Invidious display |
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Inviolable |
Never to be broken infringed or dishonored Wimbledon grass is inviolable |
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Inviolate |
Must be kept sacred Regarded the authors work inviolate |
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Lassitude |
State of physical or mental weariness lack of energy Jack experienced a feeling of lassitude after the race |
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Licentious |
Lewd immoral His licentiousness has been exposed |
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Lithe |
Supple, gracious Lithe ballet dancer |
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Lugubrious |
Mournful, Dismal, gloomy in an affected exaggerated way |
