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76 Cards in this Set

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abscond (v)
depart clandestinely; steal off and hide
aberrant (adj)
abnormal; deviating from the norm

(noun form: aberration)
alacrity (n)
eager and enthusiastic willingness
anomaly (n)
abnormality
approbation (n)
an expression of approval or praise
arduous (adj)
strenuous, taxing;
assuage (v)
to ease or lessen; appease; pacify
audacious (adj)
daring, fearless; recklessly bold
austere (adj)
bare, severely simple
axiomatic (adj)
taken as a given; possesing self-evident truth
canonical (adj)
traditional standards
capricious (adj)
erratic, unpredicatble;
censure (v)
to criticize severely;
chicanery (n)
trickery; subterfuge
connoisseur (n)
expert; judge in taste
convoluted (adj)
complex, complicated
disabused (v)
to set right; to undeceive
discordant (adj)
conflicting; harsh in sound
disparate (adj)
distinct; dissimilar
effrontery (n)
extreme boldness
eloquent (adj)
well spoken; articulate
enervate (v)
to weaken
ennui (n)
boredom
equivocate (v)
to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj form: equivocal)
erudite (adj)
very learned; scholarly
exculpate (v)
to clear of blame; exonerate
exigent (adj)
urgent
extemporaneous (adj)
improvised
filibuster (n)
intentional obstruction,
esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
fulminate (v)
to loudly attack or denounce
ingenuous (adj)
artless; candid; lacking in sophistication
inured (adj)
accustomed to accepting something undesirable
irascible (adj)
easily angered; irritable
laud (v)
to praise highly
lucid (adj)
clear; easily understood
magnanimity (n)
generously noble; easily forgiving in nature
martial (adj)
associated with war/armed forces
mundane (adj)
typical, ordinary
nascent (adj)
in early developmental stages
nebulous (adj)
vague; cloudy
neologism (n)
a new word, expression, or usage
noxious (adj)
harmful
obtuse (adj)
lacking sharpness of intellect
obviate (v)
to anticipate and make unnecessary; avoid; remove
onerous (adj)
troubling; burdensome
paean (n)
a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
parody (n)
humerous imitation for ridicule or comic effect; esp used in literature and art
perennial (adj)
happening repeatedly throughout year
perfidy (n)
treachery; intentional breach of faith
perfunctory (adj)
indifferent; down without care/interest; cursory
perspicacious (adj)
acutely perceptive
prattle (v)
to babble meaninglessly
precipitate (adj)
acting with excessive haste or impulse
predilection (n)
preference
prescience (n)
foreknowledge of events
prevaricate (v)
to mislead
qualms (n)
reservations; causes for hesitancy
recant (v)
to retract (esp a previously held belief)
refute (v)
to disprove; argue against
relegate (v)
to forcibly assign to a lower position/place
reticent (adj)
quiet; reserved
solicitous (adj)
eager; concerned and attentive
sordid (adj)
foul
sporadic (adj)
occurring in scattered instances
squander (v)
to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
static (adj)
at rest
stupefy (v)
to stun, or amaze
stymie (v)
to block; thwart
synthesis (n)
combination of parts to make a whole
torque (n)
a force that causes rotation
tortuous (adj)
twisting; excessively complicated
truculent (adj)
pugnacious; fierce, cruel; eager to fight
veracity (n)
honesty
virulent (adj)
extremely harmful, poisonous; antagonistic
voracious (adj)
having insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
waver (v)
to sway; to be unsettled in opinion