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73 Cards in this Set
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Perspicacity |
The quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness |
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Recalcitrant |
Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline |
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Bloviate |
Talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way |
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Desideratum |
Something that is needed or wanted |
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Pretermit |
To leave undone; omit to do or mention |
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Concomitant |
Naturally accompanying or associated |
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Munificent |
Larger or more generous than is usual or necessary; very generous (of a person) |
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Complaisant |
Willing to please others; obliging; agreeable |
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Promulgate |
To promote or make widely known |
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Gainsay |
To deny or contradict a statement; to speak against or oppose someone |
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Imputation |
The attributing of actions to a source |
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Inculcate |
To instill by persistent instruction |
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Adroit |
Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind |
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Calumniate |
Make false and defamatory statements about |
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Ambulate |
Walk; move about |
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Quixotic |
Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical |
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Abecedarian |
Arranged alphabetically; rudimentary or elementary |
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Germane |
Relevant to the matter at hand |
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Improvident |
Not having or showing forethought; spendthrift or thoughtless |
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Encomium |
A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly |
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Prosody |
The patterns or rhythm and sound used in poetry; the patterns of stress and intonation in a language |
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Elegiac |
Relating to, or characteristic of, an elegy |
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Gallicism |
A French expression adopted by speakers of another language |
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Abrogate |
Repeal or do away with(a law, right, or formal agreement); evade (a responsibility or duty) |
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Consonant |
In accordance or harmony with |
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Pecuniary |
Relating to or consisting of money |
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Perspicuous |
Clearly expressed or presented |
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August |
Respected and impressive |
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Opprobium |
Harsh criticism or censure |
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Sublunary |
Belonging to this world (in contrast to a better or more spiritual one) |
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Argot |
Jargon or slang of a particular class |
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Acme |
Pinnacle, culmination, peak |
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Prolix |
Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy |
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Internecine |
Mutually destructive (most often applied to open warfare) |
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Amanuensis |
A literary or artistic assistant, in particular one who takes dictation or copies manuscripts |
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Bedizen |
To dress up or decorate gaudily |
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Desultory |
Lacking plan, purpose, or enthusiasm |
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Inveterate |
Having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long established and unlikely to change |
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Didactic |
Intended to teach, particularly having moral instruction as an ulterior motive |
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Enjoin |
Instruct or urge someone to do something |
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Polemical |
Relating to or involving strong critical, controversial, or disputatious writing or speech |
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Laconic |
Using very few words (as a person, speech, or writing style) |
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Locution |
A word or phrase, especially with regard to style or idiom |
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Abstruse |
Difficult to understand; obscure |
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Panoply |
A complete or impressive collection of things |
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Abnegation |
The act of renouncing or rejecting something |
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Reticent |
Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily |
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Sybaritic |
Fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent |
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Philippic |
A bitter attack or denunciation, especially a verbal one |
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Sententious |
Given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner |
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Aphorism |
A concise statement of a principle; an adage |
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Potentate |
A monarch or ruler, especially an autocratic one |
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Coruscation |
A sudden gleam or flash of light; a flash of wit |
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Meretricious |
Apparently attractive but having in reality no real value or integrity |
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Dilatory |
Slow to act |
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Libertine |
A person who behaves without moral principles or a sense of responsibility |
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Prig |
A self-righteously moralistic person who behaves as if superior to others |
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Rancor |
Bitterness or resentfulness, especially long-standing |
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Expostulate |
Express strong disapproval or disagreement |
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Truculent |
Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant |
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Redolent |
Strongly reminiscent or suggestive of (something) |
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Adventitious |
Happening or carried on according to chance rather than design or inherent nature |
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Pasquinade |
A satire or lampoon, originally one displayed or delivered publicly or in a public place |
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Erudite |
Having or showing great knowledge or learning |
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Multifarious |
Many and of various types |
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Collocation |
The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance |
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Exigency |
An urgent need or demand |
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Desideratum |
Something considered necessary or highly desirable. |
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Hortatory |
Urging some course of action or conduct |
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Invidious |
Rousing ill will or animosity; Offensive and unfair |
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Diaphanous |
So thin as to be transparent; clear |
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Legerdemain |
Skillful use of one's hands when performing a trick; sleight of hand; deception |
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Equivocate |
To use ambiguous language noncommittally or evasively |