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100 Cards in this Set
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"ABDICATE (v); /ab-di-kate/" |
"To give up a responsibility or right"
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"ABET (v); /uh-bet/:"
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"To help; especially in wrongdoing"
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"ABRIDGE (v); /uh-brij/"
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"To shorten; especially a speech or written work." |
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"ACCOLADE (n); /ak-uh-lade/" |
"An award or honor"
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"ACRIMONIOUS (adj); /ak-ruh-moe-nee-us/"
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"Biting or mean in spirit"
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"ADMONISH (v); /ad-mon-ish/" |
"To verbally caution or warn"
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"AFFABLE (adj); /af-uh-bull/" |
"Friendly; approachable"
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"AFFINITY (n); /uh-fin-i-tee/"
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"A liking or preference for"
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"AFFLUENT (adj); /af-loo-uhnt/"
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"Wealthy; well-off"
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"ALTERCATION (n); /awl-ter-kay-shuhn/"
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"A quarrel or heated arguement"
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"AMBIANCE (n); /am-bee-uhns/"
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"Surrounding atmosphere; aura"
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"AMBIGUOUS (adj); /am-big-you-us/"
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"Unstructured or not clear"
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"AMENABLE (adj); /uh-mee-nuh-bull or uh-men-uh-bull/" |
"Responsive or willing to agree"
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"AMIABLE (adj); /ay-mee-uh-bull/"
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"Friendly; good-natured"
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"ANIMOSITY (n); /ann-uh-moss-i-tee/"
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"Hostility; ill-will; enmity"
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"ANTECEDENT (n); /ann-tuh-seed-uhnt/"
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"Something that has come before; forerunner"
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"ANTITHESIS (n); /ann-tith-uh-sis/" |
"Opposite in nature or arguement to another thing."
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"ARCHAIC (adj); /ahr-kay-ick/"
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"Of or characterized by antiquity; obsolete"
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"ARDUOUS (adj); /ahr-joo-us/" |
"difficult; laborious; steep or lofty"
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"ARTICULATE (adj); /ahr-tick-you-lit/; (v) /ahr-tick-you-late/" |
"speaking clearly or the act of speaking clearly"
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"Atrophy (v); /a-truh-fee/" |
"To waste away; to dwindle."
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"Austere (adj); /aw-steer/" |
"Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple."
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"Avarice (n); /av-er-is/" |
"An excessive desire of gain; greediness"
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"Belittle (v); /be-lit-l/" |
"make fun of; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way" |
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"Bellicose (adj); /bel-i-kohs/" |
"Inclined to war; warlike"
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"Benevolent (adj); /buh-nev-uh-luhnt/" |
"Disposed to do good or spread happiness"
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"Blithe (adj); /blahyth/"
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"joyous; glad; cheerful"
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"Cache (n); /kash/" |
"a hiding place; or things hidden in a secret place"
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"Callous (adj); /kal-uhs/" |
"insensible; unfeeling; emotionally cold"
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"Candid (adj); /kan-did/" |
"open; frank; free from bias"
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"Capricious (adj); /kuh-prish-uhs or kuh-pree-shuhs/" |
"apt to change suddenly; fickle; whimsical"
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"Castigate (v); /kas-ti-gayt/" |
"to punish; to criticise severely"
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"Catharsis (n); /kuh-thahr-sis/"
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"An emotional cleansing; especially in literature and drama"
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"Caucus (n); /kaw-kuhs/" |
"A meeting; especially of persons belonging to a political party"
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"Chattel (n); /chat-l/" |
"Personal property; something or someone treated like property"
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"Chronic (adj); /kron-ik/" |
"Continuing for a long time; lingering"
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"Circumvent (v); /sur-kuhm-vent/" |
"to decieve; to delude; to get around" |
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"Clandestine (adj); /klan-des-tin/" |
"kept secret; hidden; private"
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"Coercion (n); /koh-ur-shuhn/" |
"The act of compelling; urging; or enforcing a person to do something"
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"Collusion (n); /[kuh-loo-zhuhn/" |
"To cooperate or unite with another for mean or deceitful purposes" |
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"Commodious (adj); /kuh-moh-dee-uhs/" |
"spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable"
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"Complacent (adj); /kuhm-play-suhnt/" |
"Self-satisfied; contented; kindly" |
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"Comprise (v); /kuhm-prize/" |
"to include; contain or involve"
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"Condone (v); /kuhn-dohn/" |
"To pardon; to forgive"
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"Congenial (adj); /kuhn-jeen-yuhl/" |
"Having similar characteristics; kindred; sympathetic"
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"Conjecture (v); /kuhn-jek-cher/" |
"to surmise; to guess; to infer"
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"Consecrate (v); /kon-si-kreyt/"
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"devoted; dedicated; to make sacred or holy"
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"Consensus (n); /kuhn-sen-suhs/" |
"Agreement; accord; consent"
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"Consternation (n); /kon-ster-nay-shuhn/" |
"Shocked; terror; combined with amazement; dismay"
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"Construe (v); /kuhn-stroo/" |
"to discover the sense; to explain"
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"Coup (n); /koo/"
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"A sudden victory or overthrow"
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"Craven (n or adj); /kray-vuhn/" |
"A coward or to act cowardly; fainthearted"
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"Credible (adj); /kred-uh-buhl/"
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"worthy of belief; believable"
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"Culpable (adj); /kuhl-puh-buhl/" |
"worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; guilty"
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"Curtail (v); /ker-tale/"
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"to shorten; to diminish"
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"Cynical (adj); /sin-i-kuhl/"
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"believing the worst of human nature; doubtful and disbelieving of good things"
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"Debacle (n); /dey-bah-kuhl/" |
"A complete failure; a disaster"
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"Deference (n); /def-er-uhns/" |
"respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission"
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"Deluge (n); /del-yooj/" |
"A flood or downpour" |
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"Demagogue (n or v); /dem-ah-gog/" |
"a leader who obtains power by appealing to the emotions and prejudices of the people" |
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"Denounce (v); /di-nouns/" |
"to point out for punishment; to accuse" |
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"Deplete (v); /di-pleet/" |
"to reduce; to exhaust the strength of" |
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"Depraved (adj); /di-preyvd/"
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"contaminated; perverted in nature"
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"Depreciate (v); /di-pree-shee-eyt/"
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"To fall in value; to become of less worth"
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"Dessiccate (v); /des-ah-kate/" |
"to dry out completely" |
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"Disconcert (v); /dis-kuhn-surt/" |
"To confuse or disturb"
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"Disconsolate (adj); /dis-kon-suh-lit/"
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"hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief" |
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"Disparity (n); /di-spar-i-tee/"
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"Inequality; difference in age; rank; or condition"
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"Dispel (v); /di-spel/" |
"To drive away by scattering; or so to cause to vanish"
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"Dissent (v; n); /di-sent/"
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"To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree"
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"Docile (adj); /dos-uhl/" |
"Teachable; easy to teach; obediant" |
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"Draconian (adj); /dra-kown-ian/" |
"severe, cruel" |
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"Duress (n)" |
"hardship, restraint, confinement" |
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"Edict (n); /ee-dikt/" |
"A public command or law"
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"Egregious (adj); /i-gree-juhs/"
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"extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense)"
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"Embellish (v); /em-bel-ish/" |
"To make beautiful or elegant; to decorate"
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"Entice (v); /en-tahys/"
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"to allure; to attract"
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"Epicurean (adj); /ep-i-kyoo-ree-uhn/" |
"Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes"
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"Epigram (n); /ep-i-gram/" |
"A short witty poem or statement" |
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"Epitaph (n); /ep-i-taf/" |
"An inscription on a grave or tomb; words written or said in memory of the deceased" |
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"Epithet (n); /ep-uh-thet/"
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"An noun expressing some characteristic of a person or thing; a nickname"
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"Erudite (adj); /er-yoo-dahyt/"
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"scholarly; learned; smart"
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"Expound (v); /ik-spound/"
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"To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to interpret"
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"Extraneous (adj); /ik-strey-nee-uhs/"
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"not essential or needed"
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"Facetious (adj); /fuh-see-shuhs/"
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"Characterized by humor or jokes; inappropriate humor" |
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"Fallible (adj); /fal-uh-buhl/"
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"Liable to fail or capable of making mistakes"
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"Fathom (v); /fath-uhm/"
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"come to understand; to know completely"
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"Feasible (adj); /fee-zuh-buhl/"
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"Capable of being done; executed; or effected; practicable" |
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"Feign (v); /feyn/"
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"to pretend; to form and relate as if true"
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"Fetish (n); /fet-ish/"
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"An obsessive devotion or interest"
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"Fickle (adj); /fik-uhl/" |
"of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; capricious" |
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"Flagrant (adj); /fley-gruhnt/" |
"hockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring"
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"Flaunt (v); /flawnt/" |
"to parade or display oneself conspicuously; to show off" |
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"Fluctuate (v); /fluhk-choo-eyt/" |
"to move up and down like a wave" |
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"Forage (v); /fawr-ij/"
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"the act of searching for food or provisions" |
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"Forbear (v); /fawr-bair/"
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"to pause; to delay; to resist or hold back"
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"Forensic (adj); /fuh-ren-sik/" |
"Belonging to courts" |
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"Forsake (v)" |
"to abandon, to give up, to renounce" |
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"Fortuitous (adj)/ four-two-ah-tis" |
"something fortunate occurring by chance; lucky" |
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"Genesis (n); /jen-ah-sis/" |
"origin" |
