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73 Cards in this Set
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Piquant |
Pleasantly sharp or pungent of taste; whetting to the appetite; stimulating or exciting interest or curiosity |
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Chicanery |
Trickery, especially in legal dealings; the use of subterfuge or trickery in debate |
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Heinous |
Hatefully bad or wicked; abominable |
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Entreoreneur |
One who organizes and manages a business, assuming the risk of profit or loss |
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Pensive |
Thinking deeply or seriously, often of sad or melancholy things |
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Imbibe |
To drink; to absorb or take in with senses as if by drinking |
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Egregious |
Outstandingly bad |
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Inundate |
To cover with water; to overwhelm as if with a flood |
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Inveterate |
Firmly established over a long period; settled in a habit |
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Emanate |
To flow forth or originate from a source |
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Extirpate |
To root out or destroy completely; to exterminate, eradicate |
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Obviate |
To make unnecessary; to prevent or to do away with |
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Penitent |
Feeling sorrow for ones sins and being willing to repent |
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Impeccable |
Not capable of sin; faultless |
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Pestilent |
Tending to destroy life; dangerous to the moral, social, or political welfare of society |
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Indomitable |
Not easily discouraged or defeated; unconquerable |
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Strident |
Loud, harsh, grating |
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Lapidary |
One who works at cutting, polishing, or engraving gems |
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Plagiarism |
The act of stealing and using the ideas or writings of another as one's own |
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Mendicant |
A beggar |
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Frugality |
The quality of being thrifty; not spending or using unnecessarily |
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Dirge |
A funeral song or lament; any song or poem expressing mourning |
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Hiatus |
A break or interruption in something; a gap; a pause |
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Epithet |
A name or title used to describe or characterize a person or thing |
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Panacea |
A supposed remedy for all diseases or ills |
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Plethora |
Excess; superabundance |
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Plethora |
Excess; superabundance |
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Renunciatiom |
The act of formally or voluntarily giving up a claim or title |
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Recumbent |
Reclining; lying down; resting |
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Parsimonious |
Over careful in spending; stingy |
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Propitious |
Favorably inclined; gracious |
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Sedulousmen |
Back (Definition) Diligent, hard working, persistent |
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Mendacious |
Lying; false |
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Surreptitious |
Taken or done stealthily or secretly; unauthorized |
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Noxious |
Physically or morally harmful |
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Unctuous |
Oily or greasy; insincerely suave or oily in speech or manner |
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Recluse |
One who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion; withdrawn from the world |
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Agnostic |
One who holds the existence of God is unknown and unknowable; one who asserts that all claims to knowledge are uncertain |
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Averse |
Turned away in mind or feeling; opposed to |
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Retrospect |
A looking back on the past; a review of something past |
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Tenet |
A belief, doctrine, or principle held as true |
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circumspect |
Showing caution; watchful on all sides; attentive to everything that may affect action or decision |
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Loquacious |
Very talkative |
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Ubiquitousfuksons |
Present or appearing everywhere at the same time |
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Fulsome |
Disgusting or offensive, especially because excessive or insincere |
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Punctilious |
Very attentive to every detail of etiquette or behavior; very exact |
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Bureaucracy |
Government through bureaus run by nonelective officials; government officials collectively |
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Calumny |
A false and malicious statement calculated to hurt someone's reputation |
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Demagogue |
A leader who appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace in order to obtain power |
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Maudlin |
Tearful or effusively sentimental |
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Intrinsic |
Pertaining to the real nature of a thing; inherent |
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Ubiquitous |
Present or appearing everywhere at the same time |
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Sanguine |
Of the color of blood, ruddy; hopeful |
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Mundane |
Pertaining to the world; worldly as opposed to the spiritual and eterneL |
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Histrionic |
Pertaining to actors or acting; overly dramatic, affected |
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Lucrative |
Producing gain or wealth; profitable |
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Variegated |
Having different colors in streaks, spots, or patches; characterized by variety |
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Nefarious |
Extremely wicked |
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Copious |
Yielding or containing plenty (sometimes of information, thoughts, vocabulary |
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Pseudonym |
A fictitious name, as one assumed by an author |
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Facetious |
Joking; usually clumsy or inappropriate joking |
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Demur |
To delay because of doubts or obligations; to take exception to |
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Mollify |
To soften the anger of or soothe hurt feelings; to make less intense or severe |
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Abstemious |
Moderate in eating and drinking; characterized by abstinence |
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Castigate |
To punish or rebuke severely |
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Fortuitous |
Happening by chance or accident |
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Covert |
Concealed, hidden, secret, disguised; a covering; a shelter or hiding place |
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Idiosyncrasy |
A temperament peculiar to an individual; any personal peculiarity or mannerism |
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Coerce |
To force someone to comply or obey, as by pressure, threats, or intimidation; to effect by force |
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Reprehensible |
Deserving of blame, rebuke, or censure |
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Reticence |
Inclination to be silent |
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Respite |
An interval of relief or rest; a delay of punishment |
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Corroborate |
To strengthen or confirm by agreeing statements or new evidence |
