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62 Cards in this Set
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Abate (verb) |
to lessen in intensity or degree |
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Accolade (noun) |
an expression of praise |
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Adulation (noun) |
excessive praise; intense adoration |
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Aesthetic (adj) |
dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful |
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Ameliorate (verb) |
to make better or more tolerable |
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Ascetic (noun) |
one who practices rigid self-denial, asp. as an act of religious devotion |
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Avarice (noun) |
greed, esp. for wealth (adj. form: avaricious) |
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Axiom (noun) |
a universally recognized principle (adj. form: axiomatic) |
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Burgeon (verb) |
to grow rapidly or flourish |
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Bucolic (adj.) |
rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants |
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Cacophony (noun) |
harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance (adj. form: cacophonous) |
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Canon (noun) |
an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature (adj. form: canonical) |
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Castigation (noun) |
severe criticism or punishment (verb form: castigate) |
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Catalyst (noun) |
a substance that accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction without itself changing; a person or thing that causes change |
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Caustic (adj.) |
burning or stinging; causing corrosion |
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Chary (adj.) |
wary; cautious; sparing |
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Cogent (adj.) |
appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing |
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Complaisance (noun) |
the willingness to comply with the wishes of others (adj. form: complaisant) |
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Contentious (adj.) |
argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement |
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Contrite (adj.) |
regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness (noun form: contrition) |
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Culpable (adj.) |
deserving blame (noun form: culpability)) |
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Dearth (noun) |
smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack |
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Demur (verb) |
to question or oppose |
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Didactic (adj) |
intended to teach or instruct |
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Discretion (noun) |
cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (adj. form: discreet) |
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Disinterested (adj.) |
free of bias or self-interest; impartial |
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Dogmatic (adj.) |
Expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles (noun form: dogma) |
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Ebullience (noun) |
The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings (adj. Form : ebullient) |
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Eclectic (adj.) |
Composed of elements drawn from various sources |
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Elegy (noun) |
A mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead (adj form: elegiac) |
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Emollient (adj./noun) |
Soothing, esp to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smoothes the skin |
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Empirical (adj.) |
Based on observation or experiment |
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Enigmatic (adj.) |
Mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand (noun form: enigma) |
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Ephemeral (adj ) |
Brief; fleeting |
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Esoteric (adj.) |
Intended for our understood by a small, specific group |
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Eulogy |
A speech honoring the dead (verb form: eulogize) |
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Exonerate (verb ) |
To remove blame |
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Facetious (adj.) |
Playful; humorous |
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Fallacy (noun) |
An invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief (adj form : fallacious) |
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Furtive (adj.) |
Malted by stealth; covert; surreptitious |
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Gregarious (adj.) |
Sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people |
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Harangue (verb/noun) |
To deliver a forceful or angry speech; ranting speech or writing |
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Heretical (adj.) |
Violating accepted dogma or convention (noun form: heresy) |
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Hyperbole (noun) |
An exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech ( adj.form: hyperbolic) |
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Impecunious (adj.) |
Lacking funds; without money |
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Incipient (adj.) |
Beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
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Inert (adj.) |
Unmoving; lethargic; sluggish |
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Innocuous (adj.) |
Harmless; causing no damage |
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Intransigent (adj.) |
Refusing to compromise (noun form: intransigence) |
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Inveigle (verb) |
To obtain by deception or flattery |
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Morose (adj.) |
Sad; sullen; melancholy |
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Odious (adj.) |
Evoking intense aversion or dislike |
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Opaque (adj.) |
Impenetrable by light; not reflecting light |
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Oscillation (noun) |
The act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm (verb form: oscillate) |
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Penurious (adj.) |
Penny - pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous |
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Pernicious (adj) |
Extremely harmful in a way that is not easily seen or noticed |
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Peruse (verb) |
To examine with great care (noun form: perusal) |
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Pious (adj.) |
Extremely reverent or devout ; showing strong religious devotion (noun form: piety) |
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Precursor (noun) |
One that precedes and indicates or announces another |
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Preen (verb ) |
To dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care |
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Prodigious (adj.) |
Abundant in size, force, or extant; extraordinary |
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Prolific (adj.) |
Producing large volumes or amounts; productive |
