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50 Cards in this Set
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coherent
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(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful.
s. connected, unified, consistent, cohesive |
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germane
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(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting.
s. pertinent |
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taciturn
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(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
s. tight-lipped, uncommunicative, laconic |
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tenable
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(adj.) capable of being held or defended
s. defensible, justifiable, maintainable |
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myopic
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(adj.) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of the situation; lacking foresight or dicernment
s. shortsighted |
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pejorative
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(adj.) tending to make worse; expressing diapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling
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suppliant
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(adj.) asking humbly and earnestly
(n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor s. promptly, peremptorily, abruptly |
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utopian
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(n.) language upon or involving a visonary view of an ideal world; impracticail.
s. idealistic |
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bastion
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(n.) a fortified place, stronghold
s. citadel, rampart, bulwark, parapet |
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incarcerate
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(v.) to imprison, confine, jail
s. intern, immure |
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incumbent
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(adj.) obligatory, required
(n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of s. mandatory, necessary |
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recumbent
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(adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
s. prone, prostrate, supine, inactive |
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acuity
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(n.) sharpness (particaulary of the mind or senses)
s. keenness, acuteness |
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agnostic
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(n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (adj.) without fiath, skeptical
s. doubter |
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moot
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(adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved; (v.) to bring up for discussion; (n.) a hypothetical law case argued by students
s. (adj) debatable, questionable; (v.) broach |
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travesty
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(n.) a grotesque or glossy inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; (v.) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fasion
s. (n.) burlesque, parody, caricature, farce |
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ephemeral
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(adj.) lasting only a short time, short-lived
s. fleeting, transient, evanescent, transitory |
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indigent
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(adj.) needy, impoverished
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portend
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(v.) to indicated beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning of
s. bode, foretell, foreshadow, suggest |
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acclamation
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(n.) a shout of welcome; an overwhelming berbal vote of approval
s. ovation, cheering, plaudits |
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dilettante
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(n.) a dabbler in the arts; one who engages in an activity in an amateurish, trifling way; (adj.) superficial
s. amateur, trifler |
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pedantry
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(n.) a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to rules and details
s. nit-picking, hairsplitting, pettifoggery |
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vacillate
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(v.) to swing indecisively from one idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or will
s. seesaw, fluctuate, oscillate |
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attenuate
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(v.) to make thin or sledner; to waken or lessen in force, intensity, or value
s. thin out, dilute, water down |
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cavil
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(v.) to find fault in a petty way, carp; (n.) a trivial objection or criticism
s. (v.) nitpick, quibble |
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charlatan
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(n.) one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor or quack
s. fraud, mountebank |
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obsequious
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(adj.) marked by slavish attentiveness; excessibly submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons
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obtuse
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(adj.) blunt, no coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90 and 180; not causing a sharp impression
s. stupid, dumb, thick, mild, cull-witted |
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abrogate
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(v.) to repeal, cancel, declare null and void
s. annul, revoke |
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ambient
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(adj.) completely surrounding, encompassing
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delectable
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(adj.) delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory; (n.) an appealing or appetizing food or dish
s. (adj.) delicious, scrumptious |
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deprecate
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(v.) to express mild disapporval; to belittle
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eclectic
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(adj.) drawn form different sources; (n.) one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources
s. (adj.) selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose |
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deprecate
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(v.) to express mild disapporval; to belittle
s. deplore, frown upon |
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eclectic
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(adj.) drawn from different sources; (n.) one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources
s. (adj.) selective, synthetic, pick-and-chose |
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onerous
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(adj.) burdensome; involving hardship or difficuly
s. oppressive, weighty |
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rife
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(adj.) common, prevalent, widespread, happening often; full, abounding; plentiful, abundant, repete
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defunct
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(adj.) no longer in existence or functioning, dead
s. extinct, nonexistent |
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gregarious
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(adj.) living together in a herd or group;sociable, seeking the company of others
s. outgoing, extroverted |
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nadir
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(n.) the lowest point
s. rock bottom |
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perfunctory
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(adj.) done in a superficial or halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm
s. slapdash, cursory, shallow |
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plaintive
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(adj.) expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy
s. sad, doleful, lugubrious |
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tantamount
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(adj.) equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect
s. indistiguishable from |
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efficacy
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(n.) the power to produce a desired result
s. effectiveness, potency, reliability |
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ethereal
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(adj.) light, airy, elicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound)
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chicanery
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(n.) rickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double-dealing
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coup
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(n.) a highly successful stroke, masterstroke, tour de force, act, plan, or stratagem; a sudden takeover of power or leadership
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euphemism
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(n.) a mild or inoffesnsive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasan one; a substiute
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loath
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(adj.) unwilling, reluctant, disinclined
s. averse indisposed |
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moratorium
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(n.) a suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay
s. postponement, stoppage |
