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60 Cards in this Set

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Abjure

Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

Abstemious

Sparingly used or consumed

Acrid

Sharp, pungent smell or taste

Acuity

Sharp mental or visual insight

Acumen

Quickness or accuracy of judgment

Acumen

Quickness or accuracy of judgment

Adamant

Forceful, inflexible

Adroit

Skillful

Adroit

Skillful

Adulation

Strong admiration

Adroit

Skillful

Adulation

Strong admiration

Auspicious

Marked by success; prosperous

Adroit

Skillful

Adulation

Strong admiration

Auspicious

Marked by success; prosperous

Bellicose

Showing a ready disposition to fight

Adroit

Skillful

Adulation

Strong admiration

Auspicious

Marked by success; prosperous

Bellicose

Showing a ready disposition to fight

Boorish

ill-mannered

Bourgeois

Middle-class

Brevity

Being brief

Brevity

Being brief

Brusque

Blunt or abrupt

Brevity

Being brief

Brusque

Blunt or abrupt

Churlish

Rude; having a bad disposition

Brevity

Being brief

Brusque

Blunt or abrupt

Churlish

Rude; having a bad disposition

Circumlocution

The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language

Brevity

Being brief

Brusque

Blunt or abrupt

Churlish

Rude; having a bad disposition

Circumlocution

The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language

Debunk

Expose a false claim or myth

Brevity

Being brief

Brusque

Blunt or abrupt

Churlish

Rude; having a bad disposition

Circumlocution

The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language

Debunk

Expose a false claim or myth

Decorum

Dignified behavior

Brevity

Being brief

Brusque

Blunt or abrupt

Churlish

Rude; having a bad disposition

Circumlocution

The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language

Debunk

Expose a false claim or myth

Decorum

Dignified behavior

Deleterious

Having a harmful effect

Epiphany

A sudden realization

Epiphany

A sudden realization

Epitomized

Typified or characterized

Esoteric

Difficult to understand

Esoteric

Difficult to understand

Espouse

To promote or support

Esoteric

Difficult to understand

Espouse

To promote or support

Etymology

The study of word origins