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522 Cards in this Set

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fickle
inconsistent
seminal
influential
prescience
knowledge of something before it happens (forseight)
omniscient
all knowing
percipient
quick witted
extol
laud, praise
sully
to stain
Ex. Be sure not to sully the tablecloth
exhume
to dig up
inter
to put in the ground
acrimonious
bitter
germane
closely related, relevant
dour
gloomy
blithe
joyous, merry
modish
stylish
unscrupulous
low moral standards
irascible
easily made angry
irresolute
indecisive
judicious
sensible
kindle
to ignite
lachrymose
tearful
laconic
using few words
lament
to greive
lampoon
to ridicule
largess
generosity
lassitude
to make clear; weariness; diminished energy
latent
not active
laud
to praise
leviathan
something very large
lionize
to honor
loquacious
talkative
lucid
clear
lugubrious
gloomy
magnanimity
generosity
malevolent
evil
maudlin
overly sentimental
mendacity
dishonesty; to lie!
mercurial
rapid, unpredictable
misanthrope
one who dislikes others
misnomer
wrong word
misogynist
one who hates women
mitigate
to soften; to make less severe
mollify
to calm
monastic
extremely plain
...like a monk would live
monotomy
no variation
multifarious
diverse
nefarious
evil
neophyte
new, recent
noisome
stinking, harmful
obdurate
resistent to persuation
obfuscate
to deliberately confuse/obscure
obsequious
eager to please; a person who is a "suck up"
obstinate
stubborn
obviate
to make unnecessary
onerous
troublesome and oppresive
opprobruim
public disgrace
ossify
to harden
ostenation
excessive showiness
panegyric
formal praise in writing
paradox
contradiction or dilemma
paragon
model of excellence
partisan
biased, a member of a party
peccadillo
a small fault
pedagogy
principles of teaching
pedant
one who shows off learning
penury
extreme poverty; destitution
perfidious
willing to betray one's trust
perfunctory
routine
permeate
to penetrate
perspicacious
keen-witted
petulant
irritable
philanthropy
charity
phlegmatic
sluggish
platitudes
dull remarks
plethora
excess
polemic
a verbal attack
ponderous
heavy, awkward, dull
pragmatic
practical
prevaricate
to lie
probity
honesty; integrity; adhering to highest principles
proclivity
natural predisposition, inclination
prodical
lavish/wasteful
profligate
excessively wastefull
propensity
tendency
propitiate
to humor; to satisfy
to appease; to conciliate
propriety
appropriate behavior
prosaic
dull
prudence
wisdom
pulchritudinous
beautiful
quiescent
motionless
quixotic
impractical
rarefy
to make thinner or sparser
rejoinder
response
reproof
scolding
repudiate
to reject validity of
reticent
quiet
rhetoric
effective speech
sagacious
sharp; intelligent
salubrious
healthful, healthy
sanguine
optimistic
sardonic
cynical, bitter; mocking; contemptuous
sate
to fully satisfy
voracious
craving lots of food
waver
to fluctuate between choices
whimsical
unpredictable
wily
clever
zeal
excitement
disseminate
to scatter; to disperse
insular
isolated
plucky
brave
sedulity
perservering/consistent in effort; diligence
restive
uneasy, restless
trite
boring
portentous
marvelous; amazing
syllogism
reasoning from the general to the specific
circumlocution
using too many words to describe something
provident
economical, saving, frugal

Ex. If we are provident with our supplies, we may be able to get through the next week.
furtive
characterized by stealth; surreptitious
derisive
mocking; jeering
elusive
difficult to describe; tending to avoid capture
satiate
to satisfy
saturnine
having a gloomy temperment; melancholy
savant
genious
scintilla
trace amount
sedulous
diligent; perservering
sentient
conscious;
experiencing sensation or feeling
slake
to satisfy or moderate
solicitious
full of desire (i.e. to learn)
concerned; anxious
soporific
to cause sleep
sordid
filthy
specious
deceptively attractive
sporadic
occuring occasionally
squander
to waste by spending
stigma
a mark of shame
stolid
having little emotion
stymie
to block or thwart;
an obstacle
superfluous
unnecessary
surly
rude
tacit
using few words, unspoken
tawdry
gaudy, cheap
temperate
calm, mild
tentative
provisional, unsettled
tirade
a long, harsh speech
torpor
extreme sluggishness
tortuous
excessively complicated
tractable
can be easily managed
transitory
short-lived; temporary
travail
hard work
trenchant
forceful, effective;
sharp
truculent
fierce, cruel
turgid
bloated, swollen
tyro
a beginner
umbrage
offense
unconscionable
unfair
unwieldy
bulky
vacillate
indecisive
vacuous
empty
venerable
respected due to age
venerate
to respect
veracity
truthfulness or accuracy
verbose
wordy
vex
to annoy
vim
energy
voluble
talkative, fluent

Ex. A voluble spokeswoman for the cause.
gregarious
outgoing, sociable
guile
trickery
guileless
honest
hapless
unfortunate
headlong
impulsive (caprice)
hegemony
domination
hoary
very old;
grey or white due to old age
hyperbole
exaggeration in speech
i.e. I could sleep for a year
iconoclast
a rebel; one who goes against accepted norms
ignoble
low moral standards;

not noble
impecunious
poor
impend
to be about to occur; threatening

Ex. Impending danger.
imperious
commanding; overbearing

Ex. The imperious manner of the old man made his wife seem timid.
imperturbable
unable to be disturbed
impervious
impossible to penetrate
impetuous
to act without thinking
implacable
unable to calm
imprecation
a curse
improvidence
an absence of foresight;
not prepared for the future
impunity
immune from punishment
inchoate
disorganized, not fully formed;
in an early stage, incipient
incongruous
incompatible
incorrigible
can't be corrected
incursion
entering foreign territory
indefatigability
never tired
indelible
permanent

ALWAYS THERE
indolence
laziness
ineffable
indescribable
infelicitious
innapropriate, unfortunate
ingenious
clever
ingenuous
unsophisticated, naive
inimical
hostile
inimitable
unable to be copied
innocuous
harmless
inscrutability
hard to understand
insensible
numb
insipid
dull, boring
insolence
rude, arrogant
insular
exclusive, i.e. an island
interpolate
to insert, as in text
intransigent
stubborn
intrepidity
fearlss courage
inundate
to overwhelm
inure
to accustom
invective
abusive language

Ex. Her constant use of invective made people write her off as a beeotch.
cogent
convincing

Ex. The professor thought she presented her points in a cogent manner making him believe in God.
cognizant
to be aware
complaisant
tending to consent to other's wishes; accepting of status quo
condone
to overlook; to forgive
conscription
enlisted forcefully;
drafted
contentious
argumentative
contrite
feeling regretfull for one's own sins; penitent
corporal
of the body
corporeal
materialistic
corroborrate
to provide supporting evidence
cosset
to pamper
craven
cowardly
credulous
gullible
culpable
deserving of blame
cupidity
greed
dearth
lack, scarcity
decorum
appropriatness of behavior
deference
respect
demur
to question or oppose
deprecation
belittlement
depredation
preying upon, plundering
deride
to mock
descry
to discover by careful observation
desiccate
to dry out
desultory
disconnected; lacking effort
diatribe
an abusive speech
didactic
intended to teach
diffident
shy, lacking self confidence
dilatory
intended to delay
dilettante
one with a superficial interest
dirge
a funeral hymn
disabuse
to fix; to set right
disparaging
belittling, deprecation
disparate
different, entirely unlike
disspasionate
unbiased, objective, calm
dissemble
to disguise
dissonance
a harsh sound
dither
to act without a purpose; indecisive
dogged
stubborn
dogma
an accepted belief
dogmatic
dictorial in one's opinions
dupe
to decieve
eclectic
taken from a variety of sources
deign
condescend

Ex. She's so stuck-up, she deigned to reply.
autonomously
separately
aberrant
deviating from the norm
exhaustive
thorough
perdition
damnation; the loss of the soul
raconteur
a story-teller
ruminate
to chew, to overly reflect
allay
to relieve
paean
a song of praise
potentate
monarch
mendicant
beggar
votary
person bound by religious vows
peregrination
the act of travelling
extraneous
irrelevant
laxity
lack of discipline; relaxed about the rules
aversion
no natural inclination, lack of proclivity; dislike

Ex. He developed an aversion for meat after the raw chicken incident.
check
to hinder or restrain
endow
to give
promulgate
to publicly promote or advocate for
prognosticate
to tell the future
appraise
to evaluate, rate
puissant
mighty, powerful
copious
plentiful
evanescent
short-lived, fleeting
efficacy
effectiveness
effluent
flowing out
elegy
sorrowful poem
eloquent
persuasive in speech
elucidate
to make clear

Ex. Allow me to elucidate...(clarify)
emollient
something that softens
emulate
to copy
encomium
speech of praise
endemic
inherent to an area
enervate
to weaken
engender
to produce
enigma
a puzzle, mystery
enumerate
to count
ephemeral
short time
equivocal
unclear, ambiguous, to use a double meaning
erroneous
incorrect
erudite
scholarly
esoteric
understood by few
estimable
admirable
ethereal
heavenly
euphemism
use of a good word for a bad one, "what the fudge?!"
exacerbate
to make worse
exculpate
to prove innocent
exigent
urgent
exonerate
to clear of blame
exorbitant
exceeding customary limits
extant
in existence
extemperaneous
improvised with no preparation
fanatical
excessively enthusiastic
fawn
to grovel, beg
fervid
intensely emotional
fledgling
inexperienced
florid
excessively decorated
floundering
struggling
foment
to arouse, incite
furtive
secretive
garrulous
talkative
glib
casually fluent
gossamer
cobweb, gauzy fabric
antithetical
contrasting, opposing
ungainly
awkward
paucity
scarcity
munificence
generosity
windfall
bonus
torrid
very hot
enrapture
to cause great pleasure
consecrate
to bless
hidebound
very rigid
deft
graceful, not clumsy
chary
caution
forestall
to prevent
palliate
to lessen, make less severe
abject
miserable, pitiful
exalted
put in a higher position
congenial
friendly, agreeable
affectation
artificial behavior, (i.e. an american speaking with an english accent)
impugn
to attack with words
clamorous
excited
equanimity
calmness
brevity
to be brief
arduous
difficult
factious
not cooperating, difficult
interdict
to forbid
sanctioned
permitted
chimerical
unreal
pithy
substantial
delve
to carefully search for info
digress
to stear away from the topic; to change the subject
abate
to reduce
aberrant
abnormal
abet
to assist, to help
abscond
to leave secretly
adulterate
to make impure
advocate
to support
aggrandize
to increase in power
amalgamate
to mix
ambiguous
doubtful or uncertain
ambrosial
pleasing to the senses
ameloriate
to improve
anachronism
outdated
anomaly
not normal
andediluvian
ancient
antipathy
extreme dislike
apathy
lack of interest
arbitrate
to judge a dispute
ardor
passionate feeling
ascetic
rigid self denial
assuage
to relieve
attenuate
to weaken
audacious
fearless
austere
stern
avarice
greed
aver
to declare
axiom
universally recognized principle
banal
boring
barefaced
shameless
bawdy
racy
blandishment
persuasive speech
bombastic
pompous in speech
bucolic
rural
burgeon
to grow, flourish
burnish
to polish
buttress
a support
cacophony
harsh noises
cadge
to take advantage
canon
a code of laws
caprice
impulse
capricious
uncertain
cartography
making maps
castigate
to criticize harshly
caustic
biting in wit
cephalic
related to the skull
chary
wary, cautious
chicanery
trickery
acerbic
sour/bitter to taste; sharp
amenable
agreeable; responsive to suggestion
astringent
having a tightening effect on tissue; harsh; severe
contiguous
having a border; touching; adjacent
convention
a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
cynicism
belief that people are motivated by selfishness
derision
scorn; ridicule
disparate
to slight or belittle
divulge
to disclose (reveal) something secret
flout
to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention
glib
marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking depth; superficial
hubris
arrogance
imminent
about to happen; impending
immutable
not capable of change
impetuous
rashly energetic; impulsive
inimical
damaging, harmful
intractable
not easily managed; stubborn
intrepid
steadfast and courageous
maverick
an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
neophyte
a beginner; novice
obfuscate
to deliberately obscure; to make confusing
obstinate
stubborn; uncompromising
ostentatious
showy
pervade
to permeate throughout
presumptuous
overstepping due bounds
pristine
pure; uncorrupted
probity
adhering to the highest principles
prosaic
dull; lacking in spirit or imagination
quotidian
occuring or recurring daily; commonplace
recondite
hidden; concealed; difficult to understand
refulgent
radiant, shiny, bright
renege
to go back on a promise
spendthrift
one who spends money wastefully
tacit
implied; not explicitly stated
tout
to publicly praise or promote
trenchant
sharply perceptive; keen; peretrating
unfeigned
genuine
untenable
indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
variegated
multicolored
vexation
annoyance, irritation
vigilant
alertly watchful
vituperate
to use harsh language, to abuse; berate
volatile
readily changing to a vapor
alacrity
eager and enthusiastic willingness
approbation
an expression of approval or praise
canonical
following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
connoisseur
an expert in matters of taste
disabuse
to set right
discordant
conflicting, harsh in sound
effrontery
extreme boldness; presumptuousness
enervate
to weaken
ennui
dissatisfactoin and restlessness resulting from boredome and apathy
filibuster
intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
fulminate
to loudly attack or denounce
inured
accustomed to accepting something undesirable
mundane
of the world; ordinary
nascent
coming into being; early developmental stages
nebulous
vague, cloudy
obtuse
lacking sharpness of intelect
paean
a song of praise
perennial
happening repeatedly; recurring through the year
perfidy
treachery
perspicacious
acutely perceptive
prattle
to babble meaninglessly
precipitate
adj. acting with impulse
verb. to cause before anticipated or required
predilection
preference
qualms
causes for hesitancy
recant
to retract esp. a previously held belief
refute
to disprove; to successfully argue against
relegate
to forcibly assign to a lower position
squander
to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
truculent
fierce, cruel; eager to fight
veracity
truthfulness, honesty
virulent
extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
accolade
an expression of praise
adulation
intense adoration
cogent
convincing
discretion
cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions
ebullience
enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
elegy
a mournful poem
empirical
based on observation or experiment
facetious
humorous; playful
harangue
to deliver a pompous speech
heretical
violating accepted dogma or convention
synopsis
summary
vehemence
forcefulness; intensity; conviction
aspersion
slander, a derogatory remark
lien
a legal claim until the debt is recieved
preclude
to prevent
verve
spirit, vigor, enthusiasm
hypocrisy
falsely making oneself appear to be good
peripatetic
wandering
inasmuch
since, because
jibe
to make fun of
contemn
to scorn; to despise
picaresque
involving adventures
auspicious
successful, prosperous, favorable
brash
hasty, cheeky
luculent
easily understood, lucid
conduce
to bring about
verdant
fresh and green
proscribe
to denounce as dangerous
abdiction
giving up, control, authority
deprecate
to protest against
effete
infertile, worn out, weak
labrynthine
to entangle the state of affairs
forswear
to renounce, repudiate
palpitate
to beat rapidly
asperity
roughness; irritability
reslilient
being able to spring back
puerile
pertaining to a child or childhood; fearful
protract
cause to last longer
punctilious
excessively attentive to details
pugnacious
eager to fight
quell
to put down, to extinguish
punitive
enflicting punishment
propitious
fortunate, of good omen
inauspicious
unfortunate
provincial
narrow-minded
pusillanimous
cowardly
recalcitrant
disobediant
protean
able to take many forms
mellifluous
sweet-sounding
abeyance
suspension; temporary inaction
ablution
washing/cleansing of the body
abrogate
to abolish
abstruse
dealing with matters difficult to understand
abut
to touch at the boundary line
accede
to agree
acquiesce
to comply
adage
an old saying
agog
eager desire
animosity
hatred