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152 Cards in this Set
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infringe |
to break or violate |
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refractory |
stubborn, unmanageable, rebellious |
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fugue |
a musical composition in which subsequent parts imitate or pursue the first part; a psychological state in which one flies from one's own identity |
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subterfuge |
a deception used to avoid a confrontation |
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effulgent |
shining forth |
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refulgent |
radiant, shining
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fusillade |
continuous discharge of firearms or outburst of criticism
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suffuse |
to spread throughout or over from within |
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egress |
going out; the way out |
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ingratiate |
to bring oneself into favor |
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egregarious |
remarkably bad; standing out from the crowd |
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gregarious |
sociable; enjoying spending time with others |
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haphazard |
at random |
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hapless |
without luck |
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hemistich |
half a line of poetry |
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adherent |
able to adhere, believer or advocate of a particular thing |
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heterodox |
different from the acknowledged standard; holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines |
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homonym |
one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning |
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exhume |
unearth |
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iconoclast |
one who attacks established beliefs; one who tears down images |
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iconology |
symbolism |
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idiosyncrasy |
peculiarity of temperment; eccentricity |
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incarnate |
given a body or human form |
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idignent |
deficient in what is requisite |
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indolence |
showing a disposition to avoid exertion, not active |
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interloper |
one who intrudes inthe domain of others |
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itinerant |
traveling |
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reiterate |
to repeat |
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transit |
traveling, means of trasnportation |
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jocose |
given to joking, playful |
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jocular |
in a joking manner |
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jocund |
merry, cheerful |
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junta |
a group of military officers who join together to run a country; council |
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rejoinder |
a reply, retort |
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subjugate |
to make subservient; to place under a yoke |
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abjure |
to renounce on oath |
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adjure |
to beg or command |
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jurisprudence |
a system of law; knowledge of law |
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juvenilia |
writings or art produced in one's youth |
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rejuvenate |
to refresh; to make young again |
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laudable |
praiseworthy |
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laudatory |
expressing praise |
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ablution |
act of cleansing |
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antediluvian
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before the biblical flood; extremely old |
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deluge |
a great flood of water |
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dilute |
to make thinner or weaker by the addition of water |
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lectern |
a reading desk
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lexicographer |
a writer of dictionaries |
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lexicon |
a dictionary |
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predilection |
perference, liking |
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levee |
embankment against river flooding |
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lien |
the right to hold a property due to an oustanding debt |
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livery |
a uniform; an emblem indicating an owner or manufacturer (originially; an allowance of food or other provisions given to servants) |
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acrolith |
a statue with a stone head and limbs (but a wooden body) |
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lithography |
a printing process that originially involved writing on a flat stone |
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lithology |
the study or rocks and stones |
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lithotomy |
an operation to remove stones form the body |
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megalith |
a single block of stone, often shaped into a monument |
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elocution |
the art of clear writing and expressive speaking |
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grandiloquent |
pompous or inflated in language |
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lucid |
easily understood, intelligible |
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macrobiotics |
a system intended to prolong life |
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macrcephalous |
having a large head |
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magnanimous |
generous in forgiving an insult or injury |
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magnate |
a powerful or influential person |
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maxim |
an expression of general truth or principle |
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maladroit |
clumsy, tactless |
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malady |
a disorder or disease of the body |
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malaproprism |
humorous misuse of a word |
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malediction |
a curse |
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malfeasance |
misconduct or wrongdoing often committed by a public official |
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malign |
to speak harmful untruths about, to slander |
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countermand |
to retract an order |
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remand |
to send back |
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megalith |
a very big stone |
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megalomania |
a mental condition involving delusions of greatness; an obsession with doing great things |
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megalopolis |
a very large city |
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diminution |
the act or process of diminishing |
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eminent |
towering above others; projecting |
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imminent |
about to occur; impending |
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preeminent |
superior to or notable above all others |
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prominent |
projecting outward |
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misanthrope |
a person who hates people; humanity |
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emissary |
a messenger or agent sent to represent the interests of another |
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intermittent |
stopping and starting at intervals |
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remission |
a lessening of intensity or degree |
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remit |
to send money |
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emollient |
something that softens or soothes |
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mollify |
soothe; soften; calm |
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admonish |
to counsel against something; caution |
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remonstrate |
to say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof |
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monomania |
obsession with a single subject |
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moribund |
dying, decaying |
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amorphous |
without definite form; lacking a specific shape |
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athropomorphism |
attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena |
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multitudinous |
very many; containing very many; having very many forms |
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immutable |
unchangeable, invariable |
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transmute |
to change from one form into another |
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cognate |
related by blood; having a common ancestor
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naive |
lacking worldliness and sophistication |
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nascent |
starting to develop |
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nave |
the central portion of the church (which resembles the shape of a ship) |
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nihilism |
denial of all moral beliefs; denial that existence has any meaning |
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innocuous |
not harmful or injurious |
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noctambulant |
walking at night; sleepwalking |
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nocturnal |
related to the night, active at night |
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nocturne |
a dreamlike piece of music; a painting set at night |
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gastronomy |
the art or science of good eating |
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nominal |
existing in name only |
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nonpareil |
something with no equal |
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neologism |
a newly coined word or phrase |
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nouveau riche |
one who has lately become rich |
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obfuscate |
to render indistinct or dim, darken |
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obstinate |
stubbornly adhering to an idea |
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obstreperous |
noisily defiant, unruly |
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omnibus |
an anthology of the works of one author or of writings on related subjects |
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omnipressent |
everywhere at one time |
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omniscient |
having infinite knowledge |
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onerous |
burdensome; difficult |
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onus |
a burnden, responsibility |
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ossuary |
a place where bones are kept , a charnel house |
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panegyic |
a formal or elaborate praise at an assembly |
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panoply |
a wide ranging and impressive array or display |
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pantheon |
a public building containing tombs or memorials of the illustrious dead of a nation |
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disparage |
to belittle, speak disrespectfully about |
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par |
an equality in value or standing |
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parity |
equally as in amount, status, or character |
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paucity |
smallness of quantity, scarcity, scnatiness |
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pauper |
a person without any personal means of support |
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puerile |
childish, immature |
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pusillanimous |
lacking courage or resolution |
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impecunious |
having no money, penniless |
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peculation |
embezzlement |
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pecuniary |
relating to money |
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pedagogue |
a teacher |
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penultimate |
second-to-last |
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penumbra |
a shaded areas between pure shadow and pure light |
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polyandry |
the act of having multiple husbands |
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polygot |
one who speaks many languages |
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deportment |
conduct, behavior |
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disport |
to divert or amuse oneself |
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importune |
to urge or press with excessive persistence |
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posthumous |
after death |
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potable |
drinkable, safe to drink; a drink |
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precocious |
unusually advanced or mature |
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proselytize |
to convert or attempt to recruit |
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opprobrium |
the disgrace incurred by shameful conduct |
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impugn |
to challenge as false |
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puglist |
a fighter or boxer |
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pyre |
bonfire, usually for burning a dead body |
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querelous |
full of complaints |
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im done |
tired |
