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72 Cards in this Set
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Bowdlerize |
Edit by omitting parts considered indelicate |
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Importune |
Beg persistently and urgently |
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Enjoin |
Give instructions or direct somebody to do something with authority |
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Punctilious |
Marked by precise accordance with details |
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Mordant |
BIting in thought and action |
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Quail |
Draw back as with fear or pain |
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Hagiographic |
Excessively flattering towards someones life or work |
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Litany |
A long tedious account of something |
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Redoubtable |
Expressing fear or awe |
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Derelict |
Not doing ones duties |
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Flummox |
Be a mystery or bewildering to |
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Defray |
Help pay the cost of either in part or full |
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Churlish |
Lacking manners |
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Choleric |
Prone to outbursts of temper. Easily angered |
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Hector |
to bully or intimidate |
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Overweening |
Arrogant. Pretentious |
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Chary |
Cautious. Suspiciously reluctant |
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Exegesis |
Critical analysis or explanation of a text |
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Fell |
Evil |
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Pollyannish |
Extremely optimistic |
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Sangfroid |
Calmness or poise in difficult situations |
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Quisling |
A traitor History looks unfavorably upon quislings |
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Arriviste |
A person who has recently reached a position of power. A socail climber |
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Parvenu |
A person who has recently become wealthy but not accepted as part of a higher class |
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Jejune |
Dull. Lacking flavour |
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Disabuse |
To convince someone their position is wrong |
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Palimpset |
Something that has been changed numerous times, but the traces of former iterations can be seen |
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Venial |
easily excused or forgiven. Pardonable |
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Picayune |
(of a person) trifling or petty |
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Arch |
deliberately teasing |
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Blinkered |
to have a limited outlook or understanding |
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Sententious |
To be moralizing usually in a pompous sense |
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Vituperate |
To criticize harshly |
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Invective |
abusive language |
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Bilious |
irritable. Always angry |
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Facititious |
Arificial. Not normal |
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Benighted |
Fallen into a state of ignorance |
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Traduce |
Calumny. Slander |
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Abstention |
Declining to vote for or against a proposal |
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Presentiment |
Feeling of evil to come |
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Magisterial |
Guven to using unwanted power |
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immure |
to enclose; usually within walls |
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invidious |
likely to cause resentment |
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besotted |
strongly affectionate towards; very drunk |
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unprepossesing |
creating an unfavourable or neutral first impression |
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broadside |
a strong verbal attack |
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solicitude |
a feeling of excessive concern |
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appurtenant |
providing added support |
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rapproachment |
reestablishing cordial relations |
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conflate |
mix together different things or genres |
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internecine |
conflict within a group or organisation |
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aplomb |
coolness under strain; equanimity; sangfroid |
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hauteur |
overbearing pride |
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splenetic |
very annoyed |
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raillery |
light teasing |
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palaver |
speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly |
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pillory |
to ridicule or expose to public scorn |
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eponym |
name derived from something; or the person after whom something is named |
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dissolution |
a life full of debauchery formally dismissing an assembly |
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exiguity |
the quality of ebing meagre |
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graft |
corruption usually through bribery |
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underwrite |
support financially |
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screed |
an abusive rant |
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carping |
persistantly petty and unjustified criticism |
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fete |
to celebrate a person the war heroes were feted |
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travail |
use of physical or mental energy; agony or anguish |
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foible |
behaviour attribute particular to an indiviudal |
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behoove |
to do ones duty |
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humdrum |
dull. lacking excitement |
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raft |
a large number of something despite a raft of ordinances passed |
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Chargin |
Embarrassed at personal failure |
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Cretaceous |
Related to or consisting of chalk |
