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30 Cards in this Set
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To assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner
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Aver
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To charge, bind, or command seriously and humorlessly, often under oath or the threat of a penality
To entreat or request seriously, sincerely or formally |
Adjure
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A person who amuses others by tricks, jokes, odd gestures and postures, etc.
A person given to coarse or undignified joking |
Buffoon
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Expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body
Cleverly skillful, resourceful, or ingenious |
Coerce
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Subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim;
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capricious
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A funeral sog or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead
Any composition resembling such a song or tune in character, as a poem of lament for the dead or solemn, mournful music A mournful sound resembling a dirge |
dirge
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Having knowledge, taking notice of fact; aware (followed by “of”) he was cognizant of the difficulty
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cognizant
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Spacious and convenient, roomy
Ample or adequate for a particular purpose |
Commodious
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A conversational exchange; dialogue
A conference |
Colloquy
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Devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite a banal and sophomoric treatment of courage on the frontier
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Banal
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To caution, advice, or counsel against something
To reprove or scold, esp. in a mild and good-willed manner To urge to a duty; remind |
Admonish
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Light, airy, or tenuous an ethereal world created through the poetic imagination
Extremely delicate or refined ethereal beauty Heavenly or celestial gone to his ethereal home Of or pertaining to the upper regions of space |
Ethereal
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Not meant to be taken seriously or literally
Amusing; humorous Lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous |
Facetious
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To consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation
To bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc |
Confer
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Happening every two years
Lasting or enduring for two years Any event occurring once in two years |
Biennial
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The relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing
External form, as resulting from this; conformation The relative position or aspect of heavenly bodies; a group of stars |
Configuration
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Of or like a corpse
Pale; ghastly Haggard and thin |
Cadaverous
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Large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful
Having or yielding an abundant supply Exhibiting abundance or fullness |
Copious
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To feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity
To sympathize (with) |
Commiserate
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To skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic
A skipping or frisking about; frolic |
Gambol
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Desire to do good to others; goodwill; charitableness
An act of kindness; a charitable gift |
Benevolence
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Closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent
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Germane
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To attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence
Enchant |
Captivate
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To soften in feeling or temper, pacify
To mitigate or reduce |
Mollify
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Open to discussion, debatable, of little or no practical value
To introduce for discussion; to remove the practical significance of, to make only theoretical An argument or discussion, an assembly of people in early England exercising certain powers |
Moot
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Marked or diversified with spots or blotches of a different color or shade
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Mottled
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The lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair
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Nadir
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Hazy, vague, indistinct, or confused
Cloudy or cloudlike Of or resembling a nebula or nebulae |
Nebulous
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Extremely wicked or villainous; utterly harmful
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Nefarious
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Something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc
An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome The goddess of divine retribution An agent or act of retribution or punishment |
Nemesis
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