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70 Cards in this Set
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relent
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become less severe; give in(surrender); ADJ. relentless: unyielding; continuously severe
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gullible
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easily deceived
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millennium
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thousand-year period (as in the New Testament); hoped-for period of happiness and prosperity
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perceptive
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insightful; showing a good ability at perceiving and understanding; aware; wise; of perception
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malignant
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tending to cause death; highly injurious; aggressively malevolent; Ex. malignant tumor
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importunate
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urging; always demanding; troublesomely urgent or persistent
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supposition
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assumption; hypothesis; surmise; V. suppose
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ravine
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narrow valley with steep sides; gorge; CF. gully, canyon
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potent
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powerful; convincing; persuasive; greatly influential
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flay
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strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly
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magnitude
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greatness (in size or extent); extent
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dregs
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sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue
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irresolute
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uncertain how to act; weak; lacking in resolution; indecisive; N. irresolution
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amiable
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agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly
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loathe
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detest; ADJ. loathsome: arousing loathing; offensive; Ex. loathsome smell
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inviolable
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secure from corruption, attack, or violation(or profanation); unassailable; Ex. inviolable oath/rights; N. inviolability
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symmetry
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arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity; ADJ. symmetrical
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repercussion
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rebound; reaction; reverberation; Ex. serious repercussion
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occult
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mysterious; secret; supernatural; beyond human comprehension; CF. mysterious to human ?; OP. bare
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cadaver
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corpse; dead human body
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amass
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collect (gradually, in a very large amount)
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convivial
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pleasantly merry; festive; joyous; gay; characterized by joviality; jovial
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misapprehension
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error; misunderstanding; V. misapprehend
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cadaverous
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like a corpse; pale
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exiguous
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small in amount; minute
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stultify
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make stupid in mind; cause to appear or become stupid or inconsistent; suppress; frustrate or hinder; Ex. stultifying effect of uninteresting work; Ex. stultify free expression
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abstain
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refrain; withhold from participation; intentionally not use one's vote;
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slur
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pronounce indistinctly; speak indistinctly; mumble
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bard
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poet
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pliable
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flexible; easily influenced; yielding; adaptable
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saturate
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soak thoroughly; imbue; impregnate; charge; fill to capacity
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subversive
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tending to overthrow or ruin; V. subvert: overthrow completely (an established system); destroy completely; CF. undermine ?
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deft
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neat; skillful
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heinous
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atrocious; wicked; hatefully bad; Ex. heinous crime
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circuitous
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roundabout
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bask
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luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth
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vegetate
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live in a monotonous way (without interests or activity); CF. vegetation: plants of an area; CF. vegetarian; CF. vegan
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incur
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bring upon oneself
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corporeal
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bodily (rather than spiritual); of a bodily form; material; tangible
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credulity
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belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivet\'e; ADJ. credulous
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deadpan
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wooden; impassive; with no show of feeling; with an expressionless face
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rivulet
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small stream; CF. rill < rivulet < river
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gestate
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evolve as in prenatal growth; N. gestation: period of development from conception until birth
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ethos
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underlying character of a culture, group, etc.; character or ideas peculiar to a specific person, group, or culture; Ex. the company ethos
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redolent
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odorous; fragrant; suggestive (of an odor); Ex. redolent of onions/mystery
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abdicate
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renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility)
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hew
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cut to pieces with ax or sword; chop; N.
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sanguinary
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bloody; with much bloodshed
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trivia
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trifles; unimportant matters
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chimerical
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fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature
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concede
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admit; acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly); yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal
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revoke
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cancel; retract; CF. irrevocable
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ecologist
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person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment; person concerned with the detrimental effects of human civilization on the environment; CF. ecology
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quiescent
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dormant; temporarily inactive; at rest; N. quiescence
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arch-
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chief; first; Ex. archbishop
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numismatist
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person who collects coins; N. numismatics: study or collection of money, coins, and medals
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minutiae
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petty or trivial details; CF. minutia
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askew
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crookedly; slanted; at an angle
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bouillon
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clear beef (or meat) soup
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sagacious
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wise; perceptive; shrewd; having insight; N. sagacity
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predator
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predatory animal or bird; predatory person; creature that seizes and devours another animal; person who robs or exploits others; ADJ. predatory: living by preying on other organisms; plundering; N. predation
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defer
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give in respectfully; submit; delay till later; exempt temporarily; N. deferment; CF. show respect, comply with, courteous
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litotes
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understatement for emphasis; Ex. ``not bad(=pretty good)''
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agog
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highly excited; intensely curious
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fastidious
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difficult to please; squeamish; fussy; finicky
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penury
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extreme poverty; stinginess; ADJ. penurious: very poor; stingy
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dissimulate
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pretend; conceal by feigning; dissemble
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hapless
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unfortunate; luckless
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truncate
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cut the top off; shorten
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disquisition
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formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report
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