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90 Cards in this Set
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Assiduous |
Thorough/diligent |
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Venial |
Minor/unimportant |
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Bilk |
Cheat/defraud |
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Abrogate |
Cancel/deny/repeal |
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Obdurate |
Stubborn |
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Abstemious |
Self-denying/refraining from indulging |
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Abstruse |
Difficult to understand/obscure |
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Blunderbuss |
Old gun/clumsy person |
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Laconic |
Using few words/brief/to the point |
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Oblique |
Indirect/slanting |
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Bombast |
Arrogant/pompous language |
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Acrophobia |
Fear of heights |
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Acuity |
Sharpness (mental/visual) |
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Hidebound |
Rigid in opinions |
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Obsequious |
Servile/submissive |
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Timorous |
Cowardly/fearful |
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Largess |
Generosity |
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Obstreperous |
Noisy and boisterous |
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Hoary |
Old/unoriginal, trite |
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Defoliate |
Cause leaves to fall off |
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Obviate |
Avoid/make unnecessary |
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Torpid |
Inactive/lazy/stagnant |
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Bulwark |
Fortification/barricade/wall |
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Officious |
Domineering/intrusive/meddlesome |
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Tractable |
Obedient/dutiful/polite |
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Euphony |
Pleasant sounds |
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Iconoclast |
Person who opposes orthodoxy |
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Potable |
Suitable for drinking |
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Demur |
Hesitate/refuse |
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Ignominious |
Shameful |
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Liniment |
Soothing lotion |
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Exceptionable |
Very bad |
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Callow |
Immature |
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Execrable |
Very, Very bad |
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Sallow |
Yellowish |
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Impecunious |
Having no money |
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Salubrious |
Health-giving |
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Precipitous |
Done in a hurry |
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Lummox |
Clumsy person |
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Turpitude |
Depravity |
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Sanguinary |
Bloodthirsty/bloody |
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Tyro |
Novice/beginner |
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Sanguine |
Optimistic/cheerful |
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Sardonic |
Mocking |
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Unalloyed |
Undiluted/total |
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Brio |
Vigour or vivacity of style or performance |
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Erstwhile |
Former |
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Luxuriant |
Lush (eg vegetation) |
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Lariat |
Lasso |
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Unctuous |
Oily/using excessive flattery |
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Unctuous |
Oily/using excessive flattery |
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Incipient |
Just beginning |
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Palisade |
Fence made up of posts |
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Celerity |
Speed |
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Censorious |
Disapproving/critical |
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Censure |
Blame |
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Didactic |
Intended to teach/instructive |
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Malediction |
A curse |
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Prevaricate |
Speak misleadingly/evasively |
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Scuttle |
Sink a ship |
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Malefactor |
Wrong doer |
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Malinger |
Deliberately avoid work/shirk |
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Chary |
Wary/cautious of/reluctant to give |
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Dilatory |
Slow/falling behind with work |
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Prodigal |
Wasteful/extravagant |
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Upbraid |
Scold/tell off |
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Antediluvian |
Outdated/prehistoric/v old fashioned |
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Chicanery |
Trickery |
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Dilettante |
Person who dabbles in a subject without serious study |
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Chimerical |
Changeable/unstable |
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Urbane |
Sophisticated/suave |
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Choleric |
Easily angered |
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Disapprobation |
Disapproval |
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Martinet |
Person who believes in strict discipline |
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Circumlocution |
Long-windedness |
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Sluggard |
Slow-moving, lethargic person |
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Circumscribe |
Limit |
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Arable |
Can be cultivated |
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Inexpedient |
Not advisable |
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Proscribe |
Forbid |
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Pathos |
Evoking sadness/pity |
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Discursiveness |
Indirectness/long-windedness |
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Prostation |
Lying face down/be overcome with extreme weakness |
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Somnambulist |
Sleepwalker |
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Ingenue |
Naive, unsophisticated person |
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Protean |
Changeable |
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Venal |
Corrupt, can be bribed |
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Peccadillo |
Minor weakness/ trivial offence |
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Fly-by-night |
Unreliable/disreputable |
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Inimical |
Hostile |
