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77 Cards in this Set
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Disconsolate |
Without solace |
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Enervated |
Without vigor or energy |
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Epistle |
Letter / correspondence |
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Calumny |
Misrepresentation to cause harm |
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Chary |
Cautious / careful |
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Aphoristic |
Pithy, brief statement |
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Obsequious |
Servile attitude |
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Meretricious |
Misleading, false |
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Probity |
Honesty and fairness |
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Effrontery |
Rudeness |
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Paucity |
Few |
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Limpid |
Clear liquid |
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Lucid |
Clear idea |
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Desultory |
Lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm |
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Pugnacious |
Eager to quarrel |
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Puerile |
Childish |
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Sedulously |
Diligently |
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Solicitously |
Eagerly |
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Portend |
Predict |
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Fiat |
Rule by declaration |
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Titter |
Giggle quietly |
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Platitudes |
A flat dull trite remark |
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Assiduously |
Diligently and industriously |
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Demogouge |
Gaining power through popularity of the mob |
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Mendacious |
Telling lies |
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Interregnum |
Period between reigns or governments |
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Ingenuous |
Naive |
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Insuperable |
Incapable of being overcome |
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Chicanery |
Trickery |
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Welter |
Move temultiously, heave roll A confused mass |
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Baleful |
Full of malign influences, menacing |
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Transigient |
Stubbornly clinging to one's idea, refusal to compromise |
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Hidebound |
Rigid in belief |
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Munificent |
Giving or generous |
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Perspicacious |
having a ready insight into and understanding of things. |
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Obviate |
Remove a need or difficulty |
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Pecuniary |
relating to or consisting of money. |
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Prelates |
Religious authority |
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Fulminate |
Explode angrily |
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Connubial |
Related to marriage |
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Perspicacious |
Intelligent |
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Adumtate |
To disclose partially |
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Florid |
Complicatedly |
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Bedizened |
Decorated gaudily |
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Exigent |
pressing or pertinent |
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Obstreperous |
Noisy and difficult to control |
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Truculent |
Aggressively defiant |
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Limned |
Outlined |
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Celerity |
Quickly and rapidly |
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Pedant |
a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning |
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Convivial |
Lively |
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Panegyric |
a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something. |
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Exegesis |
Lengthy explanation |
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Encomium |
a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly |
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Recondite |
Obscure or arcane |
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Opporobriums |
Criticism |
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Blandishments |
Flattery |
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Refractory |
Stubborn |
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Perfidious |
Evil |
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Abstemious |
To abstain |
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Calumny |
False statement meant to harm |
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Dirge |
Songs |
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Fatuos |
complacently or inanely foolish; Silly |
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Stultify |
Cause to lose enthusiasm |
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Bucolic |
Having to do with idyllic pastoral environments |
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Inchoate |
Unformed or undeveloped |
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Avaricious |
Greedy |
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Sidereal |
Having to do with the Stars |
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Stygian |
Complete and unfathomable darkness |
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Mendacious |
Not telling the truth |
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Contrite |
Penitent and guilty |
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Insalubrious |
Unhealthful |
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Minatory |
Threatening |
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Gainsay |
Contradict |
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Scurrilous |
Abusive |
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Extirpate |
Root out and destroy |
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Waggish |
humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner. |