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78 Cards in this Set

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complicity
involvement in wrong doing
penchant
a strong attraction or inclination
glean
to gather bit by bit
preposessing
pleasing; creating a favorable impression
delineate
portray, sketch, descrive in vivid detail
inane
silly
propound
to offer; to suggest for consideration
ludicrous
ridiculous
derogatory
degrading; belittling
propriety
the state of being proper; appropriateness
utopian
idealistic; impractical
exhume
to unearth; to disinter
piquant
spicy; pungent; stimulating to the taste or mind
incendiary
inflammatory; provocative
largesse
generosity in giving
animadversion
a comment indicating strong disapproval
congeal
to thicken; to jell
decry
to condemn; express strong disapporval
tenable
capable of being held or defended
encomium
a lavish tribute
celerity
speed
credence
belief; mental acceptance
halcyon
calm; peaceful prosperous; affluent
cavort
to romp or prance around
substantiate
to establish by evidence; to prove
insatiable
cannot be satisfied
emulate
to imitate; to mimic
belabor
to work on excessively
evince
to display clearly; to provoke
primordial
fundamental; basic
ramify
to divide and spread out like branches
avid
intensely eager
articulate
to pronounce clearly and distinctly
murky
dark and gloomy
feckless
ineffective; weak; unreliable
dissemble
to disguise or conceal
myopic
nearsighted
carping
petty; nagging criticism
unwonted
not usual or expected
temporize
to stall or act evasively in order to gain time
overt
open, not hidden; obvious
arrogate
to claim or take without right
jocular
humourous; jolly
enervate
to weaken
nettle
to irritate severely
testy
easily irritated
moot
open to discussion and debate; unresolved
abject
degraded; wretched
emend
to correct; to alter
mordant
sharply or bitterly harsh
travesty
a grotesque imitation
prestigious
having a highly favorable reputation
consummate
to bring to state of completion or perfection
indubitable
certain; without a doubt
meretricious
tawdry; gaudy; lacking sincerity
hallowed
sacred; revered
malediction
a curse
incarcerate
to imprison
dereliction
negligence; abandonment
garner
to gather and store away
atrophy
the wasting away of a body organ or tissue
disarray
disorder; confusion
frenetic
frantic; highly agitated
concord
a state of agreement; harmony
intermittent
stopping and beginning again; sporadic
equity
fairness
ignominy
shame and disgrace
perspicacity
keenness
figment
a fabrication of the mind
acuity
sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)
surveillance
careful observation
indictment
a formal accusation
sacrilege
disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
excoriation
a strong denunciation; a censure
eulogy
high praise
verbiage
wordiness
verdant
green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgement
undulate
to move with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike experience