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138 Cards in this Set
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Ubiquitous |
Omnipresent |
Cell phones, people A ubiquitous presence |
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Bawdy |
Indecent; lewd ; obscene |
Pervert He was a bawdy jerk |
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Circumspect |
Watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent; wary and unwilling to take risks |
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Elegiac |
Expressing sorrow |
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Churlish |
Boorish; Rude; Doesn't pay attention to manners |
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Ambivalent |
Uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite of conflicting things. "On the fence." |
Either one. Ehh |
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Contemptuous |
Showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful |
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Profuse |
Excess amount; extravagant; abundant |
Bleeding profusely |
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Declamatory |
Merely oratorical or rhetorical; Just for effect. |
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Aberration |
Departing from the usual course; mental irregularity |
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Petulant |
Showing sudden impatient irritation; irritated about the small unimportant things |
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Genial |
Warmly and pleasantly cheerful |
Genie from Aladdin |
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Self effacement |
The act of keeping oneself in the background; staying out of the spotlight |
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Admonitory |
Warning |
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Inexorable |
Unyielding; unalterable; never ending |
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Acquiescent |
Not inclined to consent easily |
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Vituperative |
Characterized by abusive language and venomous censure; blistering, scathing, scalding |
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Entropic |
Looking like it will inevitably socially decline |
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Interloper |
Someone who thrusts themselves into the affairs of others. |
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Efficacy |
Capacity for producing a desired result; effectiveness |
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Insipid |
Uninteresting; without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities |
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Torpid |
Inactive or sluggish; slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic |
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Lugubrious |
Mournful, dismal, or gloomy especially in an exaggerated manner |
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Censure |
Strong expression of disapproval |
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Feckless |
Ineffective; Incompetent; Futile; Having no sense of responsibility |
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Propitious |
Disposed to bestow favors |
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Aplomb |
Imperturbable (undisturbable) self possession, poise, or assurance. |
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Unctuous |
Excessively smooth, suave, or smug |
UNCtuous |
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Envoy |
A diplomatic agent; any accredited messenger or representative |
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Vicarious |
Performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another. |
Vicarious punishment |
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Pecuniary |
Of or pertaining to money |
Adjective Think Seto Kaiba |
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Licentious |
Sexually unrestrained |
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Vacuous |
Without contents; lacking ideas or intelligence |
Think high school drop outs |
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Capricious |
Led by whim |
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Impetus |
A moving force; impulse; stimulus |
Noun Hit the booster coil before the ship loses all impetus |
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Moribund |
In a dying state, or near death |
Think morbid |
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Reticent |
Disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved |
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Vacillate |
To be indecisive |
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Garrulous |
Excessively talkative, especially on trivial manners |
Adjective Think Anzu speech |
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Imperious |
Assuming power without justification |
Think group projects at school |
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Morose |
Characterized by gloom |
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Auspicious |
Promising success |
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Bellicose |
Eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious |
Line in LG FUAD |
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Resplendent |
Shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid |
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Languor |
Lack of energy; sluggish; lack of spirit or interest; physical weakness or faintness; emotional softness or tenderness |
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Corporeal |
Of the nature of the physical body; tangible |
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Ebullient |
Overflowing with excitement |
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Turgid |
Swollen, distended, or congested |
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Akimbo |
With hand on hip and elbow bent outward |
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Lassitude |
A state of physical or mental weariness |
"Lassiter" from psych |
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Subversive |
Tending to subvert in an attempt to overthrow a legally constituted government |
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Suppliant |
Expressive of supplication |
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Cajole |
To persuade by flattery or promises |
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Encumber |
To hinder; to burden of weigh down |
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Pussillanimous |
Lacking courage |
Pussy |
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Capacious |
Spacious |
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Diurnal |
Daily |
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Mitigate |
To make less severe |
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Fungible |
Easily replaceable for another of like nature |
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Recourse |
Resort to a person or thing for help or protection |
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Dissolute |
Indifferent to moral restraints; licentious |
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Sundry |
Various or diverse |
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Timorous |
Full of fear; timid |
Adjective The noise made them timorous |
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Ponderous |
Heavy |
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Brevity |
Shortness of time |
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Pertinacity |
Full of stubbornness |
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Parapet |
A defensive wall made of earth |
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Impute |
To attribute |
The children imputed magical powers |
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Droll |
Amusing in an odd way |
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Palpate |
To examine by touch |
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Peremptory |
Leaving no opportunity for denial; assertive in speech, tone, manner, etc |
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Surfeit |
Uncomfortably large feeling due to excessive eating or drinking |
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Allay |
To put (fear, doubt suspicion, anger etc) to rest |
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Extricate |
Disengage |
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Ignominious |
Humiliating |
His falling over was ignominious to everyone associated with him |
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Palpitate |
Flutter (typically a heart beat) |
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Amity |
Friendship; peaceful harmony; |
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Inundate |
To flood |
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Ambulatory |
Walking; not stationary |
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Ennui |
Boredom; feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from lack of interest |
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Exonerate |
Free from guilt or blame |
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Inscrutable |
Incapable of being investigated; not easily understood; unfathomable |
An inscrutable smile |
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Prognosticate |
To predict from present signs or indications |
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Wizened |
Withered |
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Sedition |
Any action promoting rebellion |
A speech nay cause this |
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Derisive |
Contemptuous; mocking |
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Jocund |
Cheerful; merry; gay; blithe; glad |
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Sanguine |
Cheerfully optimistic, hopefully, or confident.; reddish; bloody; blood - red |
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Bereft |
Deprived |
He was sexually bereft |
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Prolixity |
Long and wordy |
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Sinecure |
A position requiring little or no work for high benefits |
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Visage |
Aspect; appearance |
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Accouterments |
Personal clothing and accessories excluding that of a solider |
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Impugn |
Cast doubt upon |
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Viand |
An article of food |
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Habiliments |
Clothes worn in a particular profession |
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Cavil |
Find fault unnecessarily |
He finds something to cavil at in everything I say |
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Affinity |
A natural liking to a thing, idea, or person |
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Jonquil |
Having long, narrow, rush like leaves and fragrant, yellow or white flowers. |
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Predation |
Act of robbing |
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Chary |
Cautious and careful or shy and timid |
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Eschew |
To shun; avoid |
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Sardonic |
Mocking; cynical |
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Solicitous |
Anxious or concerned (followed by about) |
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Fatuous |
Foolish or inane especially in an unconscious manner; unreal or illusory |
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Febrile |
Feverish |
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Furtive |
Secret; sly; shifty |
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Quail (verb) |
Shrink with fear |
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Defray |
To pay all or part of the costs |
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Dint |
Force, power |
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Avocation |
A hobby |
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Retinue |
A body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite |
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Affront |
Deliberate act or display of disrespect |
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Blase |
Bored with life |
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Adulation |
Excessive admiration or devotion to |
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Voluble |
Fluent; glib; talkative |
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Cognizant |
Aware; noticed; perceived |
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Collusion |
A secret agreement for treacherous purposes; conspiracy |
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Parity |
Equivalence; Similarity |
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Cognoscenti |
Person who has superior knowledge in a field |
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Beguile |
To influence by trickery, flattery, etc. Mislead, delude, take away from by cheating |
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Crass |
Gross |
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Garrison |
A body of troops stationed in a fortified place |
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Tumultuous |
Full of tumult or riotousness; marked by disturbance and uproar; raising a great clatter |
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Assail |
To assault |
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Ruminate |
To meditate or ponder; to chew |
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Derive |
To receive or obtain from a source or origin |
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Extol |
To praise highly |
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Ameliorate |
to make or become better or more bearable; to improve |
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Muse (verb) |
to meditate on; to comment thoughtfully |
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Plight |
a condition, state, or situation, esp. an unfavorable or unfortunate one |
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Akin |
of kin, related by blood; allied by nature; having the same properties |
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Ribald |
vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc. coarsely mocking or irreverent |
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Dissimulation |
feigning; hypocrisy |
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Prostrate |
to cast yourself face down on the ground in humility; to lay flat on the ground |
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Gestalt |
a configuration, pattern or organized field have specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its parts; a unified whole |
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Perspicuity |
clearness or lucidity, as of a statement |
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Barrage |
an overwhelming quantity or explosion, as of words, blows, or criticisms |
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