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175 Cards in this Set

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abate
V. subside or moderate
aberrant
Adj. Abnormal or deviant
abeyance
n. suspended action
abscond
v. depart secretly and hide
abstemious
adj. sparing in eating and drinking, temperate
admonish
v. warn, reprove
adulterate
v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
aesthetic
adj. artistic; dealign with or capable of appreciating the beautiful
aggregate
v. gather; accumulate
alacrity
n. cheerful promptmess; eagerness
alleviate
v. relieve
amalgamate
v. combine; unite in one body
ambiguous
adj unclear or doubtful in meaning
ambivalence
n. The state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
ameliorate
v. Improve
anachronism
n. something or someone misplaced in time
analogous
adj. comparable
anarchy
n. absence of governing body
anomalous
adj. abnormal, irregular
antipathy
n. aversion; dislike
apathy
n. lack of caring; indifference
appease
v. pacify or soothe; relieve
apprise
v. inform
approbation
n. approval
appropriate
v. acquire
arduous
adj. hard; strenuous
artless
adj. without guile; open and honest
ascetic
adj. practicing self-denial; austere
assiduous
adj. diligent
assuage
v. ease or lessen pain, satisfy hunger, soothe anger
attenuate
v. make thinner; weaken; lessen
audacious
adj. daring; bold
austere
adj. forbiddingly stern; severaly siple and unornamented
autonomous
adj. self governing
aver
v. assert confidently or declare; as used in law
banal
adj. hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality
belie
v. contradict; give a false impression.
beneficient
adj. kindly; doing good
bolster
v. support; reinforce
bombastic
adj. rude; insensitive
boorish
adj. rude; insensitive
burgeon
v. grow forth; send out buds
burnish
v. make shiny by rubbing; polish
buttress
v. support; prop up.
cacophonous
adj. discordant; inharmonious
capricious
adj. unpredictable; fickle
castigation
n. punishment; severe criticism
catalyst
n. agent that influences the pace of a chemical reaction while it remains unaffected and unchanged
caustic
adj. burning; sarcastically biting
chicanery
n. trickery; deception
coagulate
v. thicken; congeal, clot
coda
n. concluding section of a musical or literary composition
cogent
adj. convincing
commensurate
adj. corresponding in extent, degree, or amount; proportionate
compendium
v. brief, comprehensive summary
complaisant
adj. trying to please; overly polite; obliging
complaint
adj. yielding; conforming to requirements
conciliatory
adj. reconciling; soothing
condone
v. overlook; forgive; give tacit approval, excuse
confound
v. confuse; puzzle
connoisseur
n. person competent to act as a judge of art, etc.
contention
n. claim; thesis
contentious
adj. quarrelsome
contrite
adj. penitent
conundrum
n. riddle; difficult problem
converge
v. approach; tend to meet; come together
convoluted
adj. coiled around; involved; intricate
craven
adj. cowardly
daunt
v. intimidate
decorum
n. propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
default
n. failure to act
deference
n. courteous regard for another's wish
delineate
v. portray; depict; sketch
denigrate
v. blacken
deride
v. ridicule; make fun of
derivative
adj. unoriginal; obtained from another source
desiccate
v. dry up
desultory
adj. aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
deterrent
n. something that discourages; hindrance
diatribe
n. bitter scolding; invenctive
dichotomy
n. split, branching into 2 parts
diffidence
n. shyness
diffuse
adj. wordy; rambling; spread out like a gas
digression
n. wandering away from the subject
dirge
n. lament with music
disabuse
v. correct a false impression, undeceive
discerning
adj. mentally quick and observant; having insight
discordant
adj. not harmonious; conflicting
discredit
v. defame, destroy confidence in; disbelieve
discrepancy
n. lack of consistency; difference
discrete
adj. separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts
disingenuous
adj. lacking genuine candor; insincere
disinterested
adj. unprejudiced
disjointed
adj. lacking conherence, separated at the joints
dismiss
v. eliminate from consideration; reject
disparate
adj. basically different; unrelated
dissemble
v. disguise; pretend
disseminate
v. distribute
dissolution
n. disintegration; looseness in morals
dissonance
n. discord; opposite of harmony
distend
v. expand, swell out
distill
v. purify; refine; concentrate
diverge
v. vary; go in different directions from the same point
divest
v. s trip; deprive
document
v. provide written evidence
dogmatic
adj. opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
dormant
adj. sleeping; lethargic; latent
dupe
n. someone easily fooled
ebullient
adj. showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
eclectic
adj. selective; composed of elements drawn from disparate sources
efficacy
n. power to produce desired effect
effrontery
n. impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness
elegy
n. poem or song expressing lamentation
elicit
v. draw out by discussion
embellish
v. adorn
empirical
adj. based on experience
emulate
v. imitate
endemic
adj. prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
enervate
v. weaken
engender
v. cause; produce
enhance
v. increase; improve
ephemeral
adj. short-lived; fleeting
equanimity
n. calmness of temperament; composure
equivocate
v. lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
erudite
adj. learned, scholarly
esoteric
n. hard to understand; known only to the chosen law
eulogy
n. expression of praise; often on teh occasion of someone's death
euphemism
n. mild expression in place on an unpleasant one
exacerbate
v. worsen, embitter
exculpate
v. clear from blame
exigency
n. urgent situation; pressing needs or demands
extrapolation
n. projection; conjecture
facetious
adj. joking often inappropriately
facilitate
v. help bring about; make less difficult
fallacious
adj. false, misleading
fatuous
adj. brainless, inane, foolish yet smug
fawning
adj. trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering or cringing
felicitous
adj. apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
fervor
n. glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
flag
v. droop, grow feeble
fledgling
adj. inexperienced
flout
v. reject; mock; show contempt for
foment
v. stir up; instigate
forestall
v. prevent by taking action in advance
frugality
n. thrift, economy
futile
adj. useless; hopeless
gainsay
v. deny
garrulous
adj. loquacious; wordy; talkative
goad
v. urge on
gouge
v. overcharge
grandiloquent
adj. pompous; bambastic
gregarious
adj. sociable
guileless
adj. without deceit
gullible
adj. easily deceived
gullible
adj. easily deceived
harangue
n. long passionate and vehement speech
homogeneous
adj. of the same kind
hyperbole
n. exaggeration, overstatement
iconoclastic
adj. attacking cherished traditions
idolatry
n. worship of idols; excessive admiration
immutable
adj. unchangeable
impair
v. injure; hurt
impassive
adj. without feeling; imperturbable; stoical
impede
v. hinder; block
impermeable
adj. impervious; not permitting passage through
imperturbable
adj. calm; placid
impervious
adj. imprentrable, incapable of begin damaged or distressed
implacable
adj. incapable of being pacified.
implicit
adj. understood but not stated
implode
v. burst inward
inadvertantly
adv. unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly
inchoate
adj. recently begun; rudimentary; elementary
incongruity
n. lack of harmony; absurdity
inconsequential
adj. insignificant
incorporate
v. introduce something