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97 Cards in this Set
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ubiquitous |
existing or being everywhere |
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bawdy |
indecent; lewd; obscene |
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circumspect |
watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent |
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elegiac |
expressing sorrow or lamentation |
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churlish |
boorish; rude |
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ambivalent |
uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice |
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contemptuous |
showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful |
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profuse |
pending or giving freely and in large amount, often in excess |
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declamatory |
merely oratorical or rhetorical |
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aberration |
the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course |
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petulant |
moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation |
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genial |
warmly and pleasantly cheerful |
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self-effacement |
the act or fact of keeping oneself in the background |
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admonitory |
tending or serving to admonish; warning |
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inexorable |
unyielding |
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acquiescent |
disposed to consent easily |
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vituperative |
characterized by abusive language and venomous censure |
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entropic |
looking like it will inevitably socially decline and degenerate |
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interloper |
someone who intrudes in to a region or field of trade without a proper license |
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efficacy |
capacity for producing a desired result or effect |
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insipid |
without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities |
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torpid |
inactive or sluggish |
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lugubrious |
mournful, dismal, or gloomy |
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censure |
strong or vehement expression of dissaproval |
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feckless |
ineffective |
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propitious |
presenting favorable conditions |
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aplomb |
imperturbable self-possesion |
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unctuous |
characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor |
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envoy |
a diplomatic agent |
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vicarious |
performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another |
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pecuniary |
of or pertaining to money |
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licentious |
sexually unrestrained |
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vacuous |
without contents; empty |
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capricious |
subject to caprice or whim |
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impetus |
a moving force |
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moribund |
in a dying state, near death |
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reticent |
disposed to be silent or not to speak freely |
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vacillate |
to waver in mind or opinion |
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garrulous |
excessively talkative in a rambling roundabout manner |
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imperious |
domineering in a haughty manner |
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morose |
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored |
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auspicious |
promising success |
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bellicose |
inclined or eager to fight |
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resplendent |
shining brightly |
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langour |
lack of energy or vitality |
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corporeal |
of the nature of the physical body |
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ebullient |
overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm or excitement |
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turgid |
swollen |
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akimbo |
with hand on hip and elbow bent outward |
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lassitude |
weariness of body or mind from strain |
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subversive |
tending to subvert |
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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 impede or hinder |
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pusillanimous |
lacking courage or resolution |
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capacious |
capable of holding much |
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diurnal |
of or pertaining to a day or each day |
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mitigate |
to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain |
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fungible |
being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable |
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recourse |
access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection |
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dissolute |
indifferent to moral restraints |
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sundry |
various or diverse |
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timorous |
full of fear |
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ponderous |
of great weight |
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brevity |
shortness of time or duration |
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pertinacity |
the quality of holding tenaciously to a purpose |
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parapet |
fortification |
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impute |
to attribute or ascribe |
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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 or refusal |
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surfeit |
excess; an excessive amount |
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allay |
to put to rest |
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extricate |
to free or release from entanglement |
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ignominious |
marked by or attended with ignonimy |
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paplitate |
to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc. |
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amity |
friendship |
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inundate |
to flood |
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ambulatory |
of, pertaining to, or capable of walking |
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ennui |
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest |
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exonerate |
to clear, as of an accusation |
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inscrutable |
incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized |
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prognosticate |
to forecast or predict from present signs or indications |
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wizened |
withered; shriveled |
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sedition |
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government |
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derisive |
characterized by or expressing ridicule |
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jocund |
cheerful |
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sanguine |
cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident |
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bereft |
deprived |
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prolixity |
extend to great length |
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sinecure |
an office or position requiring little or no work |
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visage |
the face |
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accouterments |
The equipment, excluding weapons and clothing, of a soldier. |
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impugn |
to challenge as false another's statements |
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viand |
an article of food |
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habliments |
clothes or clothing; clothes as worn in a particular proffession |
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cavil |
to raise irritating and trivial objections |