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60 Cards in this Set

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Idiosyncrasies

A mode of behavior

Metropolis

The capital or chief city of a county

Camaraderie

Mutual trust

Advent

The arrival of a not able person

Aesthetic

Concern with beauty

Extol

Praise enthusiastically

Inclement

Unpleasantly cold or wet

Munificent

Larger or more generous then is usual

Exemplary

Serving as a desirable model

Apprise

In form or tell

Ostensible

Stated or appearing to be true

Condescending

Having or showing a feeling of patroizing

Inundate

Overwhelm

Spontaneous

Performed

Surly

Bad tempered and unfriendly

Invectives

Insulting abusive

Meander

Follow a winding course

Multifarious

Many and of various types

Affluent

Having a great deal of money

Inconsequential

Not important or significant

Obtuse

Slow to understand

Truculent

Eager or quick to argue or fight

Misogynistic

Strongly prejudiced against women

Prohibition

The action of forbidding something

Eldritch

Weird and sinister or ghostly

Nebulous

In the form of a cloud or haze

Incorrigible

Not able to be corrected

Recalcitrant

Having an obstinately uncooperative

Conflagration

An extensive fire which destroyed a great of land or property

Quixotic

Unrealistic

Contrive

Create or being about

Pseudonym

A fictitious name

Sagacity

The quality of being sagacious

Craven

Cowardly

Umbrage

Offense or annoyance

Circumvent

Find a way around

Deference

Humble submission and respect

Obstreperous

Noisy and difficult to control

Pretentious

To impress

Emulate

Match or surpass

Erstwhile

Former

Nonchalant

Looking or feeling calm and relaxed

Intuitive

Feels to be true without conscious reasoning

Libel

False statement that is damaging to a person

Rudimentary

Involving or limited to basic principles

Beguile

Charm or enchant

Fatuous

Silly and pointless

Averse

Having a strong dislike

Trepidation

A feeling of fear

Inevitable

Certain to happen

Brevity

Exact use of words in writing or speech

Caveat

a warning

Pensive

Reflecting deep

Correspondence

A close similarity

Prolific

Producing much fruit

Surreptitious

Kept secret

Ubiquitous

Present

Veracity

Conformity to facts

Prudent

Showing care

Behemoth

A huge creature