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206 Cards in this Set

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misogamy
hatred of marriage
missive
letter
mitigate*
lessen in intensity; moderate; appease
modish
fashionable
modulate
tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another
mollify*
soothe
monolithic
solidly uniform; unyielding
moratorium
legal delay of payment
mordant
biting; sarcastic; stinging
moribund
dying
mote
small speck
motility
ability to move spontaneously
mulct
defraud a person of something
multifarious
varied; greatly diversified
mundane*
wordly as opposed to spiritual; everyday
munificent
very generous
myopic
nearsighted; lacking foresight
nascent
incipient; coming into being
natation
swimming
natty
neatly or smartly dressed
nebulous
vague; hazy; cloudy
neophyte*
recent convert; beginner
nepotism
favoritism (to a relative)
nexus
connection
nib
beak; pen point
niggle
spend too much time on minor points
noisome
foul-smelling; unwholesome
nominal
in name only; trifling
nonentity
person of no importance; nonexistence
nonplus
bring to a halt by confusion; perplex
nostrum
questionable medicine
nubile
marriageable
nugatory
futile; worthless
numismatist
person who collects coins
obdurate*
stubborn
obfuscate
confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex
oblique
indirect; slanting (deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line)
obloquy
slander; disgrace; infamy
obsequious*
slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic
obsequy
funeral ceremony
obsidian
black volcanic rock
obtuse
blunt; stupid
obviate*
make unnecessary; get rid of
occlude*
shut; close
odium
detestation
odoriferous
giving off an odor
officious*
meddlessome; excessively pushy in offering one's services
onerous*
burdensome
onus
burden; responsibility
opalescent
iridescent; lustrous
opaque
dark; not transparent
opprobium*
infamy; vilification
opulence
extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
oratorio
dramatic poem set to music
ornithologist
scientific student of birds
orthography
correct spelling
osseous
made of bone; bony
ostensible
apparent; professed; pretended
overweening
presumptuous; arrogant
overwrought
extremely agitated; hysterical
pachyderm
thick-skinned animal
paean
song of praise or joy
palatable
agreeable; pleasing to the taste
palatial
maginificent
palette
board on which a painter mixes pigments
palimpsest
parchment used for second time after original writing has been erased
pall
grow tiresome
palliate
ease pain; make less severe or offensive
paltry
insignificant; petty; trifling
pan
criticize harshly
panegyric
formal praise
paramount
foremost in importance; supreme
paramour
illicit lover
parity
equality; close resemblance
parlance
language; idiom
parochial
narrow in outlook; provincial
paroxysm
fit or attack pain, laughter, rage
parsimony
stinginess; excessive frugality
pastiche
imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing
patent
open for the public to read; obvious
patina
green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting
patois
local or provincial dialect
patrician
noble; aristocratic
paucity*
scarcity
peccadillo
slight offense
pecuniary
pertaining to money
pedant
scholar who overemphasizes book learning or technicalities
pedantic*
showing off learning; bookish
pellucid
transparent; limpid; easy to understand
pernury*
severe poverty; stinginess
peregrination
journey
peremptory
demanding and leaving no choice
perennial*
something long-lasting
perfidious*
treacherous; disloyal
perfunctory*
superficial; not thorough; lacking interest
perigee
point of moon's orbit when it is nearest the earth
peripatetic
walking about; moving
peroration
conclusion of an oration
perquisite
any gain above stipulated salary
perspicacious
having insight; penetrating; astute
perspicuity
clearness of expression
perspicuous
plainly expressed
pert
impertinent; forward
pertinacious
stubborn; persistent
perverse
stubbornly wrongheaded; wicked and unacceptable
phlegmatic*
calm; not easily disturbed
phylum
major classification, second to kingdom, of plants and animals; division
physiological
pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms
piebald
of different colors; mottled; spotted
pied
variegated; multicolored
pillory
punish by placing in a wooden frame; subject to criticism and ridicule
pinion
restrain
piquant
pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating
pique (n.)
irritation; ressentment
pique (v.)
provoke or arouse; annoy
piscatorial
pertaining to fishing
pith
core or marrow; essence; meaningful; substantial; meaty
(pithy)
plaintive
mourning
platitude*
trite remark; commonplace statement
platonic
purely spiritual; theoretical; without sensual desire
plaudit
enthusiastic approval; round of applause
plenary
complete; full
plenitude
abundance; completeness
pliant
flexible; easily influenced
plumb (v.)
examine critically in order to understand; measure depth (by sounding)
plumb (adj.)
vertical
plutocracy
society ruled by the wealthy
polemic
controversy; argument in support of poing of view
polemical
aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious
politic
expedient; prudent; well devised
pomposity
self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt
portend
foretell; presage
poseur
person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant, etc. to impress others (poser)
postulate
self-evident truth
potable
suitable for drinking
potentate
monarch; sovereign
prate
speak foolishly; boast idly
prattle
babble
precipitant
something that causes a substance in a chemical solution to separate out in solid form
precipitate* (adj.)
rash; prematute; hasty; sudden
precipitate (v.)
throw headlong; hasten
precipitous
steep; overhasty
precis
consise summing up of main points
predilection
partiality; preference
prehensile
capable of grasping or holding
premonitory
serving to warn
preponderance
superiority of power, quantity, etc.
prescience
ability to foretell the future
prevaricate*
lie
primogeniture
seniority by birth
pristine*
characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled
privy
secret; hidden; not public
probity*
uprightness; incorruptibility
prodigal*
wasteful; reckless with money
prodigious
marvelous; enormous
profligate
dissipated; wasteful; wildly immoral
prognosticate
predict
prolixity
tedious wordiness; verbosity
promontory
headland
promulgate
proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by offical publication
propagate
multiply; spread
prophylactic
used to prevent disease
propinquity
nearness; kinship
propitiate*
appease
prosaic
dull and unimaginitive; matter-of-fact; factual
proscenium
part of stage in front of curtain
proscribe*
ostracize; banish; outlaw
prosody
the art of versification
protean
versatile; able to take on many forms
provenance
origin or source of something
provender
dry food; fodder
provident
displaying foresight; thrifty; preparing for emergencies
proxy
authorized agent
prurient
having or causing lustful thoughts and desires
puerile
childish
pugilist
boxer
pugnacity
combativeness; disposition to fight
puissant
powerful; strong; potent
punctilious
stressing niceties of conduct or form; minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points
punitive
punishing
purchase
firm grasp or footing
purport
intention; meaning
purveyor
furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer
pusillanimous
cowardly; fainthearted
putative
supposed; reputed
quaff
drink with relish
querulous
fretful; whining
quiescent*
at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive
quintessence
purest and highest embodiment
quisling
traitor who aids invaders
quotidian
daily; commonplace; customary
raconteur
story-teller
rakish
stylish; sporty
ramification
branching out; subdivision
rankle
irritate; fester
rapacious
excessively grasping; plundering
rapport
emotional closeness
rarefied*
made less dense (of a gas)
ratiocination
reasoning; act of drawing conclusions
ravel
fall apart into tangles; unravel or untwist; entangle
rebus
puzzle in which pictures stand for words
recalcitrant
obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly
recapitulate
summarize
recidivism
habitual return to crime
recondite*
abstruse; profound; secret
recrimination
countercharges