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105 Cards in this Set
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Automatism |
Robotic |
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Aghast |
Terror/amazement |
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Indolent |
Lazy |
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Emulate |
Level of excellence |
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Insolence |
Rude and disrespectful behavior or speech |
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Implacable |
Can not be soothed or changed |
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Ineluctable |
Inevitable |
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Emissary |
Special mission usually as diplomatic representation |
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Masticate |
Chew |
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Elegy |
A poem of sorrow |
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Flounce |
Angry matter |
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Vivactiy |
Lively and animated |
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Sublimate |
Divert to fit cultural acceptability |
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Turgid |
Swollen; excessive in language |
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Stupefy |
To make stupid |
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Querulous |
Complaining |
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Importunate |
Persistence to point of annoyance |
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Annunciation |
Announcement |
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Demure |
Quiet/reserved/modest |
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Superliciois |
Patronizingly proud |
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Paragon |
Model of excellence/perfection |
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Vestige |
Trace of visibility of something that no Longer exists |
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Beleaguer |
Harass |
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Abash |
To destroy ones self confidence |
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Abate |
To reduce in intensity |
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Menagerie |
Cage where animals are kept |
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Abyss
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Bottomless pit
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Apex
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Highest point
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Appall
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To overcome with horror, dismay, or disgust
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Clamber
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To climb awkwardly
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Ebulliance
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Enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings
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Errant
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Out of line; out of the right or hoped–for course
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Exasperation
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Annoyance to the point of injudicious actions
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Festoon
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To hang in decorative chain or strip
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Furtive
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Sneaky, sly, surreptitious
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Incredulous
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Unwilling to accept as true; skeptical
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Interminable
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Having or seeming to have no end
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Inscrutable
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Hard to understand or grasp
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Jeer
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To scoff at, mock, or taunt
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Lament
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To express sorrow or greif
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Myriad
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Inumerable or multitudinous
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Officious
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Volunteering service when not asked
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Tacit
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Implied but not expressed
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Tirade
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A long, drawn out, intemperate speech
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Tremulous
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Characterized by trembling; sometimes fearful
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Vicissitude
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Natural change in life; favorable or unfavorable that happens by chance
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ameliorate |
to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
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aplomb |
poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity |
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bombastic |
pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
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callow |
lacking sophistication and poise |
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drivel |
foolish, aimless talk or thinking, nonsense. Childish twaddle |
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epitome |
an instance that represents a larger reality |
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exhort |
to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
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ex officio |
by virtue of holding a certain office called upon to serve |
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infringe |
to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds |
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ingratiate |
to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favorable acceptance (sometimes derogatory) i.e. SUCK UP |
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interloper
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an intruder |
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intrinsic |
belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent |
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inveigh |
to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval |
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lassitude |
the weariness of body or mind, the lack of energy |
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millennium |
one thousand years |
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occult |
supernatural, mysterious, magical |
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permeate |
to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
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precipitate |
to cause or bring about suddenly |
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stringent |
strict, severe, rigorously or urgently binding or compelling |
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surmise |
to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to guess |
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Approbation |
Approval |
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Assuage |
To make easier; to quiet, calm |
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Coalition |
A union or merger |
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Decadence |
Decline/decay |
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Elicit |
A draw forth |
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Expostulate |
To attempt to dissuade someone |
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Hackneyed |
Used so often it lacks freshness or originality |
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Hiatus |
A gap/opening/break |
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Innuendo |
A hint/indirect suggestion |
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Intercede |
To plead on behalf of someone else |
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Jaded |
Wearied/worn out |
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Lurid |
Causing shock/horror |
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Meritorious |
To have merit |
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Petulant |
Peevish, easily irritated/upset |
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Prerogative |
A special right/privilege |
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Provincial |
Rural in nature; narrow minded |
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Simulate |
Imitation |
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Transcend |
To rise above or beyond |
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Umbrage |
Taken Offense/ resentment. |
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Unctuous |
Kiss up |
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Abominate |
To have an intense dislike or hatred for |
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Acculturation |
Modification of social patterns to one of another group or soceity |
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Adventitious |
Accidental. Resulting from chance, but has a positive outcome |
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Ascribe |
To assign/ refer to |
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Circuitous |
Roundabout, not direct |
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Commiserate |
To sympathize with |
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Enjoin |
To direct or order |
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Expedite |
To make easy/ make progress go faster |
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Expiate |
To make amends. Make up for. |
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Ferment |
State of great excitement |
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Inadvertent |
Resulting from lack of attention; unintentional |
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Nominal |
Existing in name only, not real |
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Noncommittal |
Not decisive or definite |
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Peculate |
To steal something that has been given into ones trust |
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Proclivity |
A natural or habitual inclination or tendency |
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Sangfroid |
Composure/coolness |
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Tenuous |
Poorly supported |
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Vitriolic |
Bitter/sarcastic |
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Wheedle |
To use flattery to gain desired trait |
