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49 Cards in this Set

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Jettison

Throw away something encumbering

Knell

The sound of a death bell

Lachrymose

Showing sorrow

Hegemony

Dominance of one group over another

Hermetic

Completely sealed or airtight

Hoary

Having gray or white hair

Iconoclast

Someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions

Impecunious

Not having enough money for necessities

Imperturbable

Extreme clamp and composure

Impetuous

Characterized by lack of thought or undue haste

Imprecation

Calling down an evil curse

Incarnadine

Redden or make flesh colored

Inchoate

Imperfectly formed; only partly in existence

Inculcate

Teach by repetition or admonitions

Indolent

Disinclined to work

Inexorable

Not appeased by entreaty

Ingenuous

Lacking sophistication

Inimical

Not friendly

Iniquity

Absent of moral values

Inquest

Inquiry into an unexpected death

Insipid

Lacking interest or impact

Interregnum

Time between two reigns or government

Intractable

Difficult to manage

Intransigent

Impervious to pleas or persuasion

Inure

Cause to accept or become hardened

Invective

Abusive language to express blame

Investiture

Ceremonial promotion

Invidious

Implying slight or prejudice

Itinerant

Traveling from place to place for work

Jingoism

Fanatical patriotism

Laconic

Brief and to the point

Lampoon

Ridicule with satire

Lapidary

Relating to precious stones or art of working with them

Largess

Liberalization in giving gifts

Legerdemain

An illusory feat

Licentious

Lacking moral discipline

Limpid

Clear and bright

Lissome

Moving and bending with ease

Lugubrious

Excessively mournful

Lugubrious

Excessively mournful

Malediction

Calling down an evil curse

Malinger

Avoid responsibility

Martinet

Person who demands exact comformity to rules

Maudlin

Effusive ly and insincerely emotional

Mendacious

Given to lying

Mendicant

Pauper who lives by begging

Mercurial

Liable to sudden change

Mereticious

Tastelessly showy

Militate

Powerful factor in preventing