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68 Cards in this Set
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consternation |
dismay, distress |
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voilition |
own free will |
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exemplar |
the ideal, paragon, epitome, the embodiment, the quintessential |
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paradigm |
standard, model, example |
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impetus |
motivation, force to move |
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incite |
to abet, to urge or provoke to do something (illicit) |
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archaism |
old-fashionness, ancientness, antiquity |
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libertine |
person without morals, philanderer, debauchee, profligate, |
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lackadaisical |
lacking enthusiasm, lethargic, apathetic, listless, sluggish |
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rebuttal |
refutation, contradiction "now that you heard the accusations, have you a rebuttal?" |
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refute |
to disprove, to debunk, to invalidate |
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refutation |
action of proving to be false
"theories are always open to _____. that's why they're theories." |
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overt |
patent, ostentatious, conspicious |
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steeped |
immersed |
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stentorian "stentorian voice" |
loud and powerful |
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pariah |
an outcast |
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stint "stint on ketchup" |
period of time doing something limited amount of work to be frugal or get by on little |
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stipulate "to stipulate certain conditions" |
to specify or demand in an agreement |
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strategem |
strategy, scheme |
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strut |
a structural support or brace bolster or fortify, buttress |
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subpoena (sub-pee-nuh) |
a court order requiring a person to appear in court and give testimony |
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sully |
to tarnish, to defile, to stain, to taint adulterate, debauch, vitiate, debase |
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supposition |
hypothesis, theory, assumption |
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surly |
hostile, unfriendly, rude, insolent, impudent |
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crotchety |
grouchy, picky |
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cantankerous |
disagreeable, contentious |
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contentious |
controversial, disputable |
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sybarite |
someone who indulges in luxury, voluptuary |
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synoptic |
general view, summary |
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terse |
concise, to the point, brief |
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toady |
a sycophant |
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travesty |
exaggeration, perversion, mockery, distortion, farce |
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farce |
slapstick, buffoonery, burlesque, vaudville |
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treacherous |
betraying trust, not dependable |
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trenchant |
forceful or vigorous |
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truculent |
pugnacious, bellicose |
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tumultuous |
riotous, chaotic |
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turgid "turgid balloon" "overblown" |
pompous swollen or inflated |
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turpitude |
depravity, corrupt acts "debase - lower in quality" |
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tyro |
beginner, neophyte, |
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umbrage |
offense, annoyance "pique - anger or irritate" |
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unconscionable |
unreasonable |
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unsparing |
harsh, savage |
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untempered "untempered comments" |
not toned down, not moderated,
not qualified, as in not limited or restricted |
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upbraid |
to scold, admonish, reprove, reproach, rebuke, excoriate, castigate |
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usury |
always bad excessive interest $$$ |
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vanguard |
forefront, new and hip |
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variegated |
colorful, diverse |
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salient |
obvious, conspicous, patent, stanidng out |
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partisan |
noun: supporter adj: biased, prejudiced |
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sapient |
judicial, wise, shrewd |
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sardonic |
sarcastic, satirical, mocking, ironic |
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mordant |
sarcastic, sardonic |
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savant |
scholar |
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scintilla "not one scintilla of an idea" |
a tiny bit, a tiny trace |
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scurvy |
mean, reprobate, shameless |
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reprobate |
scurvy, mean, shameless, contemptible |
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sedition |
writing/speech against the government rebellion in writing or speech incendiary speech or writing |
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semantic |
relating to a different meaning or symbol |
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stem "if the struggling city can't stem the wave of violence, the chaos could travel to the suburbs" |
to branch out from, to originate from to stop or hold back or limit (the flow) |
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sinecure |
easy job |
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skittish |
nervous |
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slake |
to satisfy thirst, cool, refresh |
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sobriquet |
a nickname, epithet |
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solecism |
nonstandard use of grammar |
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solidarity |
fellowship in interests, feelings, responsiblities, unity |
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squalid "squalid conditions" |
disgusting, filthy |
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sordid |
dirty, bad, low, sleazy |
