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77 Cards in this Set
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Abscond (v) |
To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide |
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Aberrant (adj) |
Deviating from the norm (noun: aberration) |
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Alacrity (n) |
Eager and enthusiastic willingness |
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Anomaly (n) |
Deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (adj: anomalous) |
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Approbation (n) |
an expression of approval or praise |
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Arduous (adj) |
strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort |
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Assuage (v) |
to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify |
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Audacious (adj) |
daring and fearless; recklessly bold (noun: audacity) |
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Austere (adj) |
without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun: austerity) |
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Axiomatic (adj) |
taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (noun: axiom) |
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Canonical (adj) |
following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (noun: canon) |
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Capricious (adj) |
inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable |
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Censure (v) |
to criticize severely; to officially rebuke |
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Chicanery (n) |
trickery or subterfuge |
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Connoisseur (n) |
an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert |
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Convoluted (adj) |
complex or complicated |
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Disabuse (v) |
to undeceive; to set right |
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Discordant (adj) |
conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound |
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Disparate (adj) |
fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
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Effrontery (n) |
extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
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Eloquent (adj) |
well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun: eloquence) |
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Enervate (v) |
to weaken; to reduce in vitality |
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Ennui (n) |
dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
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Equivocate (v) |
to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj: equivocal) |
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Erudite (adj) |
very learned; scholarly (noun: erudition) |
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Exculpate (v) |
exonerate; to clear of blame |
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Exigent (adj) |
urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention |
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Extemporaneous (adj) |
improvised; done without preparation |
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Filibuster (n) |
intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action |
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Fulminate (v) |
to loudly attack or denounce |
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Ingenuous (adj) |
artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication |
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Inured (adj) |
accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
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Irascible (adj) |
easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts |
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Laud (v) |
to praise highly (adj: laudatory) |
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Lucid (adj) |
clear; easily understood |
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Magnanimity (n) |
the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (adj: magnanimous) |
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Martial (adj) |
associated with war and the armed forces |
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Mundane (adj) |
of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
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Nascent (adj) |
coming into being; in early developmental stages |
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Nebulous (adj) |
vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form |
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Neologism (n) |
a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses |
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Noxious (adj) |
harmful, injurious |
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Obtuse (adj) |
lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression |
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Obviate (v) |
to anticipate and make unnecessary |
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Onerous (adj) |
troubling; burdensome |
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Paean (n) |
a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |
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Parody (n) |
a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art |
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Perennial (adj) |
recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly |
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Perfidy (n) |
intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj: perfidious) |
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Perfunctory (adj) |
cursory; done without care or interest |
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Perspicacious (adj) |
acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun: perspicacity) |
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Prattle (v) |
to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner |
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Precipitate (adj) |
acting with excessive haste or impulse |
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Precipitate (v) |
to cause or happen before anticipated or required |
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Predilection (n) |
a disposition in favor of something; preference |
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Prescience (n) |
foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj: prescient) |
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Prevaricate (v) |
to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead |
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Qualms (n) |
misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy |
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Recant (v) |
to retract, esp. a previously held belief |
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Refute (v) |
to disprove; to successfully argue against |
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Relegate (v) |
to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position |
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Reticent (adj) |
quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
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Solicitous (adj) |
concerned and attentive; eager |
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Sordid (adj) |
characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul |
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Sporadic (adj) |
occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances |
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Squander (v) |
to waste by spending or using irresposibly |
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Static (adj) |
not moving, active, or in motion; at rest |
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Stupefy (v) |
to stun, baffle, or amaze |
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Stymie (v) |
to block; to thwart |
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Synthesis (n) |
the combination of parts to make a whole (verb: synthesize) |
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Torque (n) |
a force that causes rotation |
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Tortuous (adj) |
winding, twisting; excessively complicated |
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Truculent (adj) |
fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
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Veracity (n) |
truthfulness, honesty |
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Virulent (adj) |
extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
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Voracious (adj) |
having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous |
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Waver (v) |
to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion |
