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76 Cards in this Set
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Acumen |
Keen, accurate judgement or insight |
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Adulterate |
To reduce in purity by combining with inferior ingredients |
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Amalgamate |
To combine several elements into a whole |
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Archaic |
Outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time |
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Aver |
To state as a fact; to declare or assert |
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Bolster |
To provide support or reinforcements |
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Bombastic |
Pompous; grandiloquent |
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Diatribe |
A harsh denunciation |
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Dissemble |
To disguise or conceal; to mislead |
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Eccentric |
Departing from norms or conventions |
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Endemic |
Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people |
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Evanescent |
Tending to disappear like vapor |
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Exacerbate |
To make worse or more severe |
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Fervent |
Greatly emotional or zealous |
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Fortuitous |
Happening by accident or chance |
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Germane |
Relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject |
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Grandiloquence |
Pompous speech or expression |
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Hackneyed |
Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage |
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Halcyon |
Calm and peaceful |
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Hedonism |
Devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp to the pleasures of the senses |
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Hegemony |
The consistent dominance of one state or group over others |
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Iconoclast |
One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutes |
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Idolatrous |
Given to intense out excessive devotion to something |
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Impassive |
Revealing no emotion |
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Imperturbable |
Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness |
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Implacable |
Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed |
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Impunity |
Immunity from punishment or penalty |
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Inchoate |
In an initial stage; not fully formed |
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Infelicitous |
Unfortunate; inappropriate |
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Insipid |
Lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge |
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Loquacious |
Extremely talkative |
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Luminous |
Characterized by brightness or the emission of light |
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Malevolent |
Having or showing often vicious I'll will, spite, or hatred |
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Malleable |
Capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable |
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Mendacity |
The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty |
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Meticulous |
Characterized by extreme care and precision |
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Misanthrope |
One who hates all other humans |
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Mitigate |
To make it become less severe or intense; to moderate |
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Obdurate |
Unyielding; hardhearted; intractable |
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Obsequious |
Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
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Occlude |
To obstruct or block |
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Opprobrium |
Disgrace; contempt; scorn |
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Pedagogy |
The profession or principles of teaching, or instructing |
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Pedantic |
Overly concerned with trivial details of learning of education; show-offish about ones knowledge |
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Penury |
Poverty; destitution |
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Pervasive |
Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout |
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Pine |
To yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor |
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Pirate |
To illegally use or reproduce |
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Pith |
The essential or central part |
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Pithy |
Precise or brief |
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Placate |
To appease; to calm by making concessions |
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Platitude |
A superficial remark, esp one offered as meaningful |
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Plummet |
To plunge or drop straight down |
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Polemical |
Controversial; argumentative |
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Prodigal |
Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish |
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Profuse |
Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant |
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Proliferate |
To grow or increase swiftly or abundantly |
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Queries |
Questions; inquiries; doubts in mind; reservations |
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Querulous |
Prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish |
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Rancorous |
Characterized by bitter, long lasting resentment |
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Recalcitrant |
Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
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Repudiate |
To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown |
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Rhetoric |
The art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion |
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Salubrious |
Promoting health or well-being |
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Solvent |
Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance |
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Specious |
Seeming true, but actually fallacious; misleading attractive; plausible but false |
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Spurious |
Lacking authenticity or vidity; false; counterfeit |
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Subpoena |
A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony |
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Succinct |
Brief; concise |
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Superfluous |
Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary |
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Surfeit |
An overabundant supply, excess; to feed or supply excess |
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Tenacity |
Quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination |
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Tenuous |
Having little substance or strenght; flimsy; weak |
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Tirade |
Long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation |
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Transient |
Fleeting; passing quickly; brief |
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Zealous |
Fervent; ardent; impassioned; devoted to a cause |
