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59 Cards in this Set

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jocular
said or done as a joke.
laudable
praiseworthy.
libertine
one who acts without moral restrain.
lissome
easily flexed, limber, agile.
lithe
flexible; supple.
lugubrious
sorrowful; mournful; dismal.
malinger
to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill.
manifesto
declaration; statement of policy.
materialism
preoccupation with physical comforts and things.
mendacious
dishonest.
mephitic
threatening; menacing.
obstreperous
noisily and stubbornly defiant; aggressively boisterous.
obtuse
blunt, stupid.
opprobrium
disgrace arising from exeedingly shameful conduct; igonominy.
pellucid
transparant; translucent ; easily understood.
jocular
said or done as a joke.
laudable
praiseworthy.
libertine
one who acts without moral restrain.
lissome
easily flexed, limber, agile.
lithe
flexible; supple.
lugubrious
sorrowful; mournful; dismal.
malinger
to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill.
manifesto
declaration; statement of policy.
materialism
preoccupation with physical comforts and things.
mendacious
dishonest.
mephitic
threatening; menacing.
obstreperous
noisily and stubbornly defiant; aggressively boisterous.
obtuse
blunt, stupid.
opprobrium
disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.
pellucid
transparant; translucent ; easily understood.
penulitmate
next to last.
penubra
a partial shadow; an area within which distinction or resolution is difficulty or uncertain.
perspicacious
shrewd, astute, keen witted.
prolixity
tedious wordiness, verbosity.
protege
person receiving protection and support from a patron.
recondite
not easily understood, abstruse.
redolent
fragrant; odorous; suggestive or an odor.
relegate
banish to an inferior position ; delegate; assign.
requite
to return or repay.
rhetoric
persuasive use of language.
ruminate
ponder. mull over; shew over and over( mentally. or like cows physically.
sunsual
satisfying or gratifying the senses, suggesting sexuality.
sentient
aware, conscious, able to perceive
seraphic
angelic, pure sublime.
solidarity
a union of interests, purposes or sympathies and members of a group; fellowship of responsibilities. and interests.
supercilious
arrogant, haughty, overbearing, condescending.
supplicate
petition humbly; pray to grant a favor.
transitory
impermanent; fleeting.
tumid
swollen or distended.
turpitude.
inherent vileness, foulness, depreavity.
umbrage
offese resntment.
unadulterated
absolutely pure.
vociferious
loud, vocal, and noisy
qizened
shriveled, withered, wrinkled.
belli-
war
sent, sens-
to think, to feel.
rog, rogat-
to ask.
umbr-
shadow.
Voc, vok vow-
call; voice.