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48 Cards in this Set
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Bovine |
Resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
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Corpulent |
Fat; having a large bulky body |
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Dispassionate |
Impartial; calm, free from emotion |
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Dissension |
Disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
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Dissipate |
To cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure |
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Gauntlet |
An armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal |
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Ignoble |
Mean, low, base |
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Squeamish |
Inclined to nausea;easily shocked or upset;excessively fastidious or refined |
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Adulation |
Praise or flattery that is excessive |
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Astute |
Shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom |
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Culpable |
Deserving blame, worthy of condemnation |
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Dilatory |
Tending to delay or procrastinate, not prompt; intended to delay or postpone |
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Evanescent |
Vanishing, soon passing away;light and airy |
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Resuscitate |
To revive, bring back to consciousness or existence |
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Slovenly |
Untidy, dirty, careless |
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Torpid |
Inactive, sluggish, dull |
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Abstemious |
Moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline |
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Contingent |
Likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions;happening by chance; a representative group forming part of a larger body |
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Corroborate |
To confirm, make more certain, bolster, substance, verify |
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Florid |
Highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy |
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Gauche |
Awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
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Inculcate |
To impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly |
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Salient |
Leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward |
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Sear |
To make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, dessicate singe |
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Bode |
To be an omen of; to indicate by signs |
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Dank |
Unpleasantly damp or wet |
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Fervid |
Burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated |
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Gargantuan |
Of immense size, volume, or capacity; enormous, prodigious |
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Heyday |
The period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years |
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Kudos |
The acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement |
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Lagniappe |
An extra or unexpected gift or gratuity |
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Tautology |
Needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words; a redundancy |
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Acumen |
Keenness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgement |
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Apocryphal |
Of doubtful or questionable authenticity |
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Empirical |
Derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than by theory; so verifiable |
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Flamboyant |
Highly elaborate or ornate;vividly colored;strikingly brilliant or bold |
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Lackey |
A uniformed male servant; a servile follower |
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Liaison |
The contact or means of communication between groups; someone acting as such a contact;any close relationship; a thickening or binding agent used in cooking |
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Nihilism |
A total rejection of existing laws, institutions, and moral values; extreme radicalism |
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Patrician |
A member of the ruling class;a person of high or noble rank or of prominent social standing; belonging to, befitting, or characteristic of such a person |
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Dissidence |
A difference of opinion; discontent |
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Epicurean |
Devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort, and ease; with discriminating tastes; a person with discriminating tastes |
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Iniquity |
Wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act |
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Mutable |
Open to or capable of change, fickle |
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Obeisance |
A deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission; deference, homage |
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Pillory |
A device for publicly punishing offenders; a means for exposing one to public contempt or ridicule; to expose to public contempt or ridicule |
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Seraphic |
Angelic, heavenly, celestial |
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Subsist |
To have existence;to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life;to persist or continue |
