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151 Cards in this Set

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abdicate
renounce; give up
abeyance
suspended action
abjure
renounce upon oath; disavow
abnegation
renunciation; self-sacrifice
abrogate
abolish
abscission
removal by cutting off, as in surgery; separation
abut
border upon; adjoin
acclivity
sharp upslope of a hill
accoutre
equip
acetic
vinegary
acidulous
slightly sour; sharp; caustic
adjuration
solemn urging
adjutant
staff officer assisting the commander; assistant
ambulatory
able to walk; not bedridden
animadversion
critical remark
aplomb
poise; assurance
apposite
appropriate; fitting
apprise*
inform
appurtenances
subordinate possessions
arable
fit for growing crops
arbiter
person with power to decide a matter in dispute; judge
argot
slang
array
marshal; draw up in order
artless*
without guile; open and honest
ascendancy
controlling influence
aseptic
preventing infection
askance
with a sideways or indirect look
asperity
sharpness (of temper)
astringent
binding; causing contraction
attrition
gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment
atypical
not normal
augury
omen; prophecy
aureole
sun's corona
aver*
assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact
badinage
teasing conversation
bate
let down; restrain
bedizen
dress with vulgar finery
belabor
explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree; assail verbally
beleaguer
besiege or attack; harass
bevy
large group
bilk
swindle; cheat
blandish
cajole
blithe
carefree and unconcerned (perhaps foolishly so): cheerful and gay
bluff
rough but good-natured
bowdlerize
expurgate, purge
brackish
somewhat saline
brocade
rich, figured fabric
bucolic
rustic; pastoral
burgeon*
grow forth; send out buds
burnish*
make shiny by rubbing; polish
cabal
small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
cadge
beg; mooch; panhandle
calumny
malicious misrepresentation; slander
canard
false or unfounded story; fabricated report
cant
insincere expressions or piety; jargon of thieves
caprice
whim
capricious*
unpredictable; fickle
captious
faultfinding
carafe
glass water bottle; decanter
carillon
a set of bells capable of being played
cavil
make frivolous objections
censure
blame; criticize
cessation
stoppage
cession
yielding (something) to another; ceding
chaff
worthless products of an endeavor
chaffing
bantering; joking
chagrin
vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride); disappointment
chary
cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
chase
ornament a metal surface by indenting
chassis
framework and working parts of an automobile
chastened
humbled; subdued; rebuked
chicanery*
trickery; deception
chisel
swindle or cheat; cut with a chisel
choleric
hot-tempered
circumlocution
unnecessarily wordy and indirect speech; evasive language
circumscribe
limit narrowly; confine or restrict; define
circumspect
prudent; cautious
circumvent
outwit; baffle
clarion
shrill, trumpetlike sound
cloying
distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental
codicil
supplement to the body of a will
coeval
living at the same time as; contemporary
cogent*
convincing
cogitate
think over
cognitive
having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes
collation
a light meal
colloquy
informal discussion
collusion
conspiring in a fraudulent scheme
comity
courtesy; civility
commiserate
feel or express pity or sympathy for
compendium*
brief, comprehensive summary
comport
bear one's self; behave
concatenate
link as in a chain
concomitant
that which accompanies
condign
appropriate; deserved (almost always in the sense of deservedly severe, as in condign punishment)
congruence
correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship
connivance
pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend
conscript
draftee; person forced into military service
consequential
pompous; self-important
contiguous
adjacent to; touching upon
contingent
group that makes up part of a gathering
controvert
oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict
contumacious
disobedient; resisting authority
converse
opposite
cornice
projecting molding on building (usually above columns)
coterie
group that meets socially; select circle
countenance
approve; tolerate
countermand
cancel; revoke
cozen
cheat; hoodwink; swindle
craven*
cowardly
cynosure
object of general attention
decollete
having a low-cut neckline
default*
failure to act
defection
desertion
defer
delay till later; exempt temporarily
deference*
courteous regard for another's wish
defray
provide for the payment of
deleterious
harmful
delusive
deceptive; raising vain hopes
delve
dig; investigate
demagogue
person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader
demur
objection; protest
demur
object (because of doubts, scruples); hesitate
denigrate*
blacken
depredation
plundering
derivative*
unoriginal; obtained from another source
descry
catch sight of
despoil
strip of valuables; rob
desultory*
aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
devolve
be transferred to another; delegate to another; gradually worsen
diaphanous
sheer; transparent
dictum
authoritative and weighty statement; saying; maxim
die
device for stamping or impressing; mold
diffuse*
wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
dilatory
tending to delay; intentionally delaying
dilettante
aimless follower of the arts; amateur; dabbler
diminution
lessening; reduction in size
disabuse*
correct a false statement
discomfit
put to rout; defeat utterly; also, to disconcert
disengage
uncouple; separate; disconnect
disingenuous*
lacking genuine candor; insincere
disinterested*
unprejudiced
disport
amuse
disquisition
a formal systematic inquiry; an explanation of the results of a formal inquiry
dissemble*
disguise; pretend
dissimulate
pretend; conceal by feigning
distrait
inattentive; distracted, often by anxiety
doldrums
blues; listlessness; slack period
dormer
window projecting from roof
dowdy
slovenly; untidy
dross
waste matter; worthless impurities