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76 Cards in this Set
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Abscond |
To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide |
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Aberrant |
Deviating from the norm |
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Alacrity |
Eager and enthusiastic willingness |
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Anomaly |
Deviation from the normal order, or rule; abnormality |
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Approbation |
An expression of approval or praise |
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Arduous |
Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort |
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Assuage |
To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify |
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Audacious |
Daring and fearless; recklessly bold |
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Austere |
Without adornment, bare; severely simple; ascetic |
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Axiomatic |
Taken as a given; possesing self-evident truth |
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Canonical |
Following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards |
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Capricious |
Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable |
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Censure |
To criticize severely; to officially rebuke |
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Chicanery |
Trickery or subterfuge |
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Connoisseur |
An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert |
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Convoluted |
Complex or complicated |
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Disabuse |
To undecieve; to set right |
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Discordant |
Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound |
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Disparate |
Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
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Effrontery |
Extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
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Eloquent |
Well-spoken, expessive, articulate |
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Enverate |
To weaken; to reduce in vitality |
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Ennui |
Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
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Equivocate |
To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent |
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Erudite |
Very learned; scholarly |
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Exculpate |
Exonerate; clear of blame |
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Exigent |
Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention |
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Extemporaneous |
Improvised; done without preparation |
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Filibuster |
Intentional obstruction |
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Fulminate |
To loudly attack or denounce |
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Ingenuous |
Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication |
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Inured |
Accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
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Irascible |
Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts |
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Laud |
To praise highly |
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Lucid |
Clear; easily understood |
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Magnanimity |
The quality of being generous and noble in mind and heart |
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Martial |
Associated with war and the armed forces |
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Mundane |
Of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
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Nascent |
Coming into being; in early developmental stages |
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Nebulous |
Vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form |
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Neologism |
A new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses |
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Noxious |
Harmful, injurious |
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Obtuse |
Lacking sharpness or intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression |
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Obviate |
To anticipate and make unnecessary |
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Onerous |
Troubling; burdensome |
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Paean |
A song or hymn or praise and thanksgiving |
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Parody |
A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect |
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Perennial |
Recurrwnt through the year or many years; happening repeatedly |
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Perfidy |
Intentional breach of faith; treachery |
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Perfunctory |
Cursory; done without care or interest |
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Perspicacious |
Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment |
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Prattle |
To babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner |
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Precipitate |
Adj: acting with excessive haste or impulse Verb: to cause or happen before anticipated or required |
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Predilection |
a disposition in favor of something; preference |
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Prescience |
Foreknowledge of events; knowing events prioir to their occuring |
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Prevaricate |
To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead |
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Qualms |
Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy |
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Recant |
To retract |
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Refute |
To disprove; to successfully argue against |
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Relegate |
To forcibly assign |
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Reticent |
Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts or feelings |
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Solicitous |
Concerned and attentive; eager |
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Sordid |
Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul |
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Sporadic |
Occuring only occasionally, or in scattered instances |
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Squander |
To waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
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Static |
Not moving, active, or in motion; at rest |
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Stupefy |
To stun, baffle, or amaze |
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Stymie |
To block or thwart |
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Synthesis |
The combination of parts to make a whole |
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Torque |
A force that causes rotation |
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Tortuous |
Winding, twisting; excessively complicated |
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Truculent |
Fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
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Veracity |
Truthfulness, honesty |
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Virulent |
Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
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Voracious |
Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous |
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Waver |
To move to and fro; to sway; to be ubsettled in opinion |
