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66 Cards in this Set
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Admonish |
To reprove; to express warning or disapproval |
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Anthology |
a collection of literary works by various authors |
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Apprise |
To give notice to; to inform |
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Approbation |
An expression of approval or praise |
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Aver |
To state as a fact; to confirm or support |
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Candor |
Honesty; frankness; sincerity |
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Circumspect |
Discreet; prudent; careful |
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Cogent |
Clear, logical, and convincing |
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Diffident |
Reserved, shy, or unassuming; lacking self confidence |
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Disabuse |
To undecieve; to set right |
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Elegy vs Eulogy |
A mournful poem, especially lamenting the dead; a speech honoring the dead |
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Enumerate |
To list or count off individually |
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Equivocate |
To use ambiguous language with deceptive intent |
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Exculpate |
To exonerate; to clear of blame |
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Glib |
Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial |
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Laconic |
Using few words; terse |
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Laud |
To praise highly |
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Loquacious |
Extremely talkitive |
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Mollify |
To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity |
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Platitude |
A superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful |
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Propritiate |
To appease; to conciliate |
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Soliloquy |
Speech made to oneself |
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Stanza |
Group of two or more verses or lines that make up a division in a poem and correspond in rhyme, meter, and length |
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Tacit |
Implied, not explicitly stated |
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Taciturn |
Not talkitive; reserved; uncommunicative |
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Tact |
Discerning and sensitive use of speech; diplomacy |
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Wheedle |
To coax; to persuade, often through the use of glatter or smooth talk |
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Antipathy |
Aversion; dislike |
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Equivocal |
Ambiguous; doubtful or uncertain |
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Extranious |
Not vital or pertinent; irrelevant |
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Frugality |
Thriftyness; economy; prudence in financial matters |
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Insipid |
Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland |
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Inured |
Accostomed to accepting something undesireable |
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Miser |
An individual who lives poorly in order to hoard money; a person who is stingey |
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Nonpulsed |
Baffled; in a quandry; at a loss for what to say or do |
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Penchant |
Strong inclination; liking |
Propensity, proclivity |
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Penury |
Poverty; destitution |
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Preempt |
To replace; to supersede; to appropriate |
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Prodigal |
Recklessly wasteful; extravigent; profuse; lavish |
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Quiesence |
Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest |
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Quiesence |
Stillness; motionless; quality of being at rest |
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Repudiate |
To disown; to refuse to have anything to do with |
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Solvent |
Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance |
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Stint |
To restrain; to be sparing or frugal |
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Veneration |
Extreme respect and reverence; worship |
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Audacious |
Daring and fearless; recklessly bold |
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Benificient |
Charitable and kind in action |
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Blithe |
Carefree; merry |
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Burnish |
To polish; to rub to a shine |
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Consternation |
Dismay; startling, distressing fear that results in complete confusion |
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Cultivation |
the act of prepairing or working land in order to grow crops |
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Cynicism |
Attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness |
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Effrontery |
Boldness; impudence; arrogance |
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Endemic |
Restricted or peculiar to a particular region; indigenous |
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Erudite |
Very lerned; scholarly |
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Facetious |
Playful; humorous |
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Fatuous |
Silly; inanely foolish |
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Implacable |
Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed |
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Intemperance |
Excessive endulgence of appetite or passion, especially in regard to alcohol; lack of constraint |
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Intrepid |
Steadfast and courageous |
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Perfunctory |
Cursory; done without care or intent |
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Probity |
Adherence to the highest principles; uprightness |
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Solicitous |
Concerned and attentive; eager |
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Tortuous |
Widening; twisting; excessively complicated |
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Tractable |
Docile; obedient; easily led |
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Prudent |
Wise and careful; showing good judgement |
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