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75 Cards in this Set

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aberrant
deviating from normal or correct. (adj.)
aggrandize
to make greater, to increase, thus, to exaggerate. (v.)
ambiguous
vague; subject to more than one interpretation (adj.)
anachronism
a person or artifact appearing after its own time or out of chronological order (adj: anachronistic) (n.)
antipathy
hostility toward, objection, or aversion to (n.)
attenuate
weaken (adj: attenuated) (v.)
audacious
extremely bold; fearless, especially said of human behavior (n: audacity) (adj.)
aver
to declare (v.)
banal
commonplace or trite (n: banality) (adj.)
blandishment
speech or action intended to coax someone into doing something (n.)
bombast
pompous speech (adj: bombastic) (n.)
burgeon
to grow or flourish; a bud or new growth (adj: burgeoning ) (v., n.)
cadge
to get something by taking advantage of someone (v.)
catalyst
an agent of change (adj: catalytic; v. catalyze) (n.)
complaisant
willingly compliant or accepting of the status quo (n: complaisance) (adj.)
corporeal
of or having to do with material, as opposed to spiritual; tangible. (In older writings, coeporeal could be a synonym for corporal. This usage is no longer common) (adj.)
craven
cowardly; a coward (adj., n.)
culpable
deserving of blame (n: culpability) (adj.)
dearth
lack, scarcity: "The prosecutor complained about the dearth of concrete evidence against the suspect." (n.)
deference
submission or courteous yielding: "He held his tongue in deference to his father." (n: deferential. v. defer) (n.)
disparaging
belittling (n: disparagement. v. disparage) (adj.)
dogmatic
relying upon doctrine or dogma, as opposed to evidence (adj.)
eclectic
selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources: "Many modern decorators prefer an eclectic style." (n: eclecticism) (adj.)
efficacy
effectiveness; capability to produce a desired effect (n.)
effluent
the quality of flowing out. something that flows out, such as a stream from a river (n: effluence) (adj., n)
engender
to give rise to, to propagate, to cause: "His slip of the toungue engendered much laughter." (v.)
ephemeral
lasting for only a brief time, fleeting (n: ephemera) (adj.)
exculpate
to demonstrate or prove to be blameless: "The evidence tended to exculpate the defendant."(adj: exculpatory) (v.)
extant
in existence, still existing: The only extant representative of that species." (adj.)
fathom
a measure of length (six feet) used in nautical settings. to penetrate to the depths of something in order to understand it: "I couldn't fathom her reasoning on that issue." (n., v.)
fervid, fervent
highly emotional; hot: "The partisans displayed a fervent patriotism." (n: fervor) (adj.)
florid
flushed with a rosy color, as in complexion; very ornate and flowery: "florid prose." (adj.)
floundering
struggling: "We tried to save the floundering business." (adj.)
garrulous
verbose; talkative; rambling: "We tried to avoid our garrulous neighbor." (adj.)
guile
skillful deceit: "He was well known for his guile." (v. bequile; adj: beguiling. Note, however, that these two words have an additional meaning: to charm (v.) or charming (adj:), while the word guile does not generally have any such positive connotations) (n.)
headlong
headfirst; impulsive; hasty. impulsively; hastily; without forethought: "They rushed headlong into marriage." (adj., adv.)
imperious
commanding (adj.)
implication
insinuation or connotation (v. implicate) (n.)
insipid
lacking zest or excitement; dull (adj.)
intransigent
stubborn; immovable; unwilling to change: "She was so intransigent we finally gave up trying to convince her." (n: intransigence) (adj.)
laconic
using few words; terse: "a laconic reply." (adj.)
latent
present or potential but not evident or active (n: latency) (adj.)
leviathan
giant whale, therefore, something very large (n.)
loquacious
talkative (adj.)
lugubrious
weighty, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an excessive degree: "Jake's lugubrious monologues depressed his friends." (adj.)
malevolent
malicious; evil; having or showing ill will: "Some early American colonists saw the wilderness as malevolent and sought to control it." (adj.)
misogynist
one who hates women (n.)
mitigate
to make less forceful; to become more moderate; to make less harsh or undesirable: "He was trying to mitigate the damage he had done." (n: mitigation) (v.)
nefarious
wicked, evil: "a nefarious plot." (adj.)
noisome
harmful, offensive, destructive: "The noisome odor of the dump carried for miles." (adj.)
obdurate
hardened against influence or feeling; intractable. (adj.)
obviate
to prevent by anticipatory measures; to make unnecessary: (v.)
occlude
to close or shut off; to obstruct (n: occlusion) (v.)
panegyric
a writing or speech in praise of a person or thing (n.)
peccadillo
a small sin or fault (n.)
perfidious
deliberately treacherous; dishonest (n: perfidy) (adj.)
philanthropy
tendency or action for the benefit of others, as in donating money or property to a charitible organization (n.)
placate
to calm or reduce anger by making concessions: "The professor tried to placate his students by postponing the exam." (v.)
ponderous
heavy; massive; awkward; dull: "A ponderous book is better than a sleeping pill." (adj.)
precursor
something (or someone) that precedes another: "The assasination of the Archduke was a precursor to the war." (n.)
propitiate
to conciliate; to appease: "They made sacrifices to propitiate angry gods." (v.)
quiescence
inactivity; stillness; dormancy (adj: quiescent) (n.)
rarefy
to make or become thin; to purify or refine (n: rarefaction, adj: rarefied) (v.)
savant
a very knowledgable person; a genious (n.)
taciturn
habitually untalkative or silent (n: taciturnity) (adj.)
temperate
exercising moderation and self-denial; calm or mild (n: temperance) (adj.)
tortuous
twisted; excessively complicated: "Despite public complaints, tax laws and forms have become increasingly tortuous." Note: Don't confuse this with torturous. (adj.)
tractable
ability to be easily managed or controlled: "Her mother wished she were more tractable." (n: tractibility) (adj.)
tyro
beginner; person lacking experience in a specific endeavor: "They easily took advantage of the tyro." (n.)
vacuous
empty; without contents; without ideas or intelligence:: "She flashed a vacuous smile." (adj.)
verbose
wordy: "The instructor asked her verbose student make her paper more concise." (n: verbosity) (adj.)
voracious
craving or devouring large quantities of food, drink, or other things. She is a voracious reader. (adj.)
waver
to hesitate or to tremble (v.)
wretched
extremely pitiful or unfortunate (n: wretch) (adj.)
zeal
enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal (n: zealot; zealoutry. adj: zealous) (n.)