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75 Cards in this Set
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ABERRANT
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ADJ
DEVIATING FROM THE NORM |
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ALACRITY
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NOUN
EAGER AND ENTHUSIASTIC WILLINGNESS |
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APPROBATION
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NOUN
AN EXPRESSION OF APPROVAL OR PRAISE |
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ASSUAGE
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VERB
TO EASE OR LESSEN TO APPEASE OR PACIFY |
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AUDACIOUS
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ADJ
DARING AND FEARLESS; RECKLESSLY BOLD |
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CAPRCIOUS
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INCLINED TO CHNGE ONES MIND IMPULSIVELY;ERRATIC, UNPREDICTABLE
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CENSURE
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VERB
TO CRITICIZE SEVERELY; TO OFFICIALLY RBUKE |
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CHICANERY
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NOUN
TICERY OR SUBTERFUGE |
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CONNOISSEUR
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AN INFORMED AND ASTUTE JUDGE IN MATTERS OF TASTE; EXPERT NOUN
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DISCORDANT
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ADJ
CONFLICTING;DISSONANT OR HARSH SOUND |
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DISPARATE
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ADJ
FUNDAMENTALLY DISTINCT OR DISSIMILAR |
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ELOQUENT
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ADJ
WELL-SPOKEN;EXPRESSIVE;ARTICULATE |
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ENERVATE
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VERB
TO WEAKEN;TO REDUCE IN VITALITY |
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ENNUI
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NOUN
DISSATISFACTION AND RESTLESSSNESS RESULTING FROM BOREDOM OR APATHY |
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EQUIVOCATE
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VERB
TO USE AMBIGUOUS LANGUAGE WITH A DECEPTIVE INTENT |
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EXCULPATE
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VERB
EXONERATE;TO CLEAR OF BLAME |
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EXIGENT
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ADJ
UNGENT;PRESSING;REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ACTION OR ATTENTION |
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FILIBUSTER
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NOUN
INTENTION OBSTRUCTION ESP. USING PROLONGE SPEECHMAKING TO DEALY LEGISLATIVE ACTION |
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INGENOUS
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ADJ
ARTLESS;FRANK AND CANDID;LACKING IN SOPHISTICATION |
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INURED
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ADJ
ACCUSTOMED TO ACCEPTING SOMETHING UNDESIREABLE |
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URASCIBLE
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ADJ
EASILY ANGERED;PRONE TO TEMPERAMENTAL OPUTBURSTS |
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LAUD
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VERB
TO PRAISE HIGHLY |
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MAGNAMINITY
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NOUN
THE QUALITY OF GEING GENEROUSLY NOBLE IN MIND AND HEART---FORGIVING |
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MARTIAL
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ADJ
ASSOCIATED WITH WAR AND THE ARMED FORCES |
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MUNDANE
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ADJ
OF THE WORLD;TYPUICAL OF OR CONCERNED WITH THE ORDINARY |
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NASCENT
(HINT-- ) |
ADJ
COMING INTO BEING;IN EARLY DEVELOPMENT STAGES |
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NEBULOUS
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ADJ
VAGUE;CLOUDY;LACKING CLEARLY DEFINED FORM |
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NEOLOGISM
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NOUN
A NEW WORD, EXPRESSION OR USAGE; THE CREATION OR USE OF NEW WORDS OR SENSES |
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NOXIOUS
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ADJ
HARMFUL;INJURIOUS |
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OBTUSE
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ADJ
LACKING SHARPNESS OF INTELLECT;NOT CLEAR OR PRECISE IN THOUGHT OR EXPRESSION |
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PARODY
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NOUN
A HUMOROUS IMITATION INTENDED FOR RIDICULE OR COMIC EFFECT, ESP. IN LITERATUREOR ART |
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PERENNIAL
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ADJ
RECURRENT THROUGH THE YEAR OR MANY YEARS; HAPPENING REPEATEDLY |
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PERFUNCTORY
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ADJ
CURSORY;DONE WITHOUT CARE OR INTEREST |
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PRATTLE
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VERB
TO BABBLE MEANINGLESSLY;TO TALK IN AN EMPTY AND IDLE MANNER |
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PRESCIENCE
hint PREMINITION |
NOUN
FORKNOWLEDGE OF EVENTS;KNOWING OF EVENTS PRIOR TO THEIR OCCURING |
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PREVICARICATE
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VERB
TO DELIBERATELY AVOID THE TRUTH;TO MISLEAD |
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refute
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to disprove;to successively argue against
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relegate
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to forcefully assign espt to a lower place or position
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive;eager
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sporadic
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occuring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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static
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not moving, active, or in motion;at rest
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stupefy
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to stun, baffle or amaze
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tortuous
a road that winds around bends |
winding;twisting;excessively complicated
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truculent
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fierce;cruel;eager to fight
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voracious
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having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit;ravenous
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waver
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to move to and from;to sway;to be unsettled in opinion
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ABSCOND |
TO DEPART CLANDESTINELY;TO STEAL OFF AND HIDE
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AMELIORATE
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TO MAKE BETTER OR MORE TOLERABLE
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ARDUOUS
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STRENUOUS;TAXING;REQUIRING SIGNIFICANT EFFORT
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ASCETIC
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ONE WHO PRACTICES RIGID SELF DENIAL ESP AS AN ACT OF RELIGIOUS DEVOTION
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AUSTERE
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WITHOUT ADORNMENT;BARE;SEVERLY SIMPLE ASCETIC
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AXIOM
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A UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED PRINCIPLE
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AXIOMATIC
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TAKEN AS A GIVEN;POSESSING SEF-EVIDENT TRUTH
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BUCOLIC
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RUSTIC AND PASTORAL;CHARACTERISTIC OF RURAL AREAS AND THEIR INHABITANTS
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CANONICAL
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FOLLOWING OE IN fewwmwnr qirh XXWPRWS, RESIRIONl arNSesa
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culpable
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deserving blame
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disabuse
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undeceive;to set right
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elctic
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composed of elements drawn from various sources
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effrontery
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estreme boldnes; presumptuousness
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precipitate
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acting with excessibe haste or impulse
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precipitate
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acting with excessive haste or impulse
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precipitate
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to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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precursor
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one that precedes and indicates or announces another
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predilection
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a dispositon in favor of something;preference
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prolific
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producing large coumes or amounts;productive
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quiescence
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stillness;motionless;quality of being at rest
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recant
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to retract esp a previously held belief
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redoubtable
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awe-aspiring;worthy of honor
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reticent
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quiet;reserved;reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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stire
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literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision
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sordid
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characterized by filth, grime, or qualor: foul
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squaldid
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sordid;wretched and dirty as in neglect
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squander
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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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stoic
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indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain;steadfast
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stymie
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ato block; thwart
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