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33 Cards in this Set

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Equivocal

open to more than one interpretation

Lucid

expressed clearly, easy to understand

Precipitate

cause an event to happen suddenly

Assuage

make an unpleasant feeling less intense

Erudite

having/showing great knowledge/learning

Opaque

hard/impossible to understand, unfathomable

Prodigal

spending money/resources freely and recklessly

Fervid

intensely enthousiastic or passionate

Placate

make someone less angry or hostile

Audacious

showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks

Desiccate

lacking interest, passion, or energy

Laudable

deserving praise or commendation

Pedant

a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules

Vacillate

alternate/waver between different opinions/actions

Capricious

given to sudden/unaccountable changes of mood/behaviour

Engender

cause or give rise to

Loquatious

talkative

Ephemeral

lasting for a very short time

Locanic

using very few words

Propriety

conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behaviour

Enervate

to cause someone to be drained of energy

Ingenuous

innocent, unsuspecting

Misanthrope

a person who dislikes humankind

Venerate

to revere

Antipathy

an aversion

Deride

express contempt for, ridicule

Euglogy

speech that praises someone highly

Obdurate

stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action

Bolster

to support or strengthen

Dissonance

tension resulting from the combination of two disharmonious elements

Garrulous

excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

Ostentation

pretention/vulgar display of wealth/luxury

Prevasive

to speak or act in an evasive way