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60 Cards in this Set

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Affectation
n. unnatural or artificial behavior trying to impress someone
Affinity
n. kinship
Affluent
adj. wealthy
Cogent
adj. powerfully convincing
Diffident
adj. shy
Digress
v. to stray away from the main subject
beset
v. to harass or to surround
coherent
adj. holding; together making sense
discern
v. to have insight; to see things clearly; to discriminate; to differentiate
discreet
adj. prudent; judiciusly reserved
extricate
v. to free from difficulty;
Allege
v. to assert without proff
Alleviate
v. to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen
compelling
adj. forcefull, causing to yield
discriminate
v. to noticeor point out the difference between two or more things
disdain
n. arrogent scorn contempt
disinterested
adj. not taking sides; unbiased
equanimity
n. composure; calm
ambivalent
adj. - simultaneous and contradicting feelings
ameliorate
v - to make better or more tolerable
amenable
adj. - willing or well suited
concise
adj. - brief, free from ellaboration
concurrent
adj - occurring at the same time
encroach
v - to move in on the rights of another
amiable
adj - friendly agreeable
brevity
n - briefness
broach
v - o open a subject for discussion, ofent a delicate subject
burgeon
v - to expand; to flourish
condescend
v - to stoop to someone else's level, usually in an offensive way; to patronize
condone
v - to overlook; to permit to happen
dormant
adj - inactive; as though asleep; asleep
enervate
v - to reduce the strength
Conducive
adj. promoting
Congenial
adj. agerably suitable, pleasant
Dubious
adj. full of doubt; uncertain
Duplicity
n.the act of being two faced; double dealing; deception
Exacerbate
v. to make worse
Exacting
adj. extremely demanding; difficult; requiring great skill or care
Anguish
n. or v. agonizingly physical or mental pain
animosity
n. resentment, hostility
consensus
n. unamity
enigma
n. a mystery
exasperate
v. to annoy thoroughly
anomaly
n. deviation from the common rule
Antipathy
n. dislike
Antithesis
n. the direct opposite
Apathy
n. lack of interest
construe
v. to interpret
contentious
adj. argumentative
Contiguous
adj. adjoining
Contingent
adj. dependent
Enormity
n. immensity, extreme evil
Exemplify
v. to serve as a good example
Exhaustive
adj. through, complete
appease
v. to soothe
Apprehensive
adj. worried
Appropriate
v. to take something without permission
Contrite
adj. addmitting guilt
Contrived
adj. artificial
Conventional
adj. common