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78 Cards in this Set
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Acumen (n) |
keen, accurate judgment or insight |
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Adulterate (v) |
to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients |
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Amalgamate (v) |
to combine several elements into a whole (noun: amalgamation) |
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Archaic (adj) |
outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time |
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Aver (v) |
to state as a fact, to declare or assert |
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Bolster (v) |
to provide support or reinforcement |
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Bombastic (adj) |
pompous; grandiloquent (noun: bombast) |
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Diatribe (n) |
a harsh denunciation |
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Dissemble (v) |
to disguise or conceal; to mislead |
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Eccentric (adj) |
departing from norms or conventions |
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Endemic (adj) |
characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people |
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Evanescent (adj) |
tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing |
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Exacerbate (v) |
to make worse or more severe |
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Fervent (adj) |
greatly emotional or zealous (noun: fervor) |
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Fortuitous (adj) |
happening by accident or chance |
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Germane (adj) |
relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter |
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Grandiloquence (n) |
pompous speech or expression (adj: grandiloquent) |
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Hackneyed (adj) |
rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage |
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Halcyon (adj) |
calm and peaceful |
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Hedonism (n) |
devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses |
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Hegemony (n) |
the consistent dominance of one state or group over others |
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Iconoclast (n) |
one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions |
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Idolatrous (adj) |
given to intense or excessive devotion to something (noun: idolatry) |
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Impassive (adj) |
revealing no emotion |
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Imperturbable (adj) |
marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness |
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Implacable (adj) |
not capable of being appeased or significantly changed |
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Impunity (n) |
immunity from punishment or penalty |
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Inchoate (adj) |
in an initial stage, not fully formed |
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Infelicitous (adj) |
unfortunate; inappropriate |
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Insipid (adj) |
lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge |
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Loquacious (adj) |
extremely talkative (noun: loquacity) |
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Luminous (adj) |
characterized by brightness and the emission of light |
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Malevolent (adj) |
having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred (noun: malevolence) |
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Malleable (adj) |
capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable |
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Mendacity (n) |
the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty (adj: mendacious) |
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Meticulous (adj) |
characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail |
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Misanthrope (n) |
one who hates all other humans (adj: misanthropic) |
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Mitigate (v) |
to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate |
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Obdurate (adj) |
unyielding; hardhearted; intractable |
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Obsequious (adj) |
exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
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Occlude (v) |
to obstruct or block |
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Opprobrium (n) |
disgrace; contempt; scorn |
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Pedagogy (n) |
the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing |
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Pedantic (adj) |
overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge |
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Penury (n) |
poverty; destitution |
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Pervasive (adj) |
having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout |
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Pine (v) |
to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor |
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Pirate (v) |
to illegally use or reproduce |
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Pith (n) |
the essential or central part |
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Pithy (adj) |
precise and brief |
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Placate (v) |
to appease; to calm by making concessions |
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Platitude (n) |
a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful |
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Plummet (v) |
to plunge or drop straight down |
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Polemical (adj) |
controversial; argumentative |
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Prodigal (adj) |
recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish |
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Profuse (adj) |
given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant |
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Proliferate (v) |
to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly |
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Queries (n) |
questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations |
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Querulous (adj) |
prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish |
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Rancorous (adj) |
characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment (noun: rancor) |
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Recalcitrant (adj) |
obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
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Repudiate (v) |
to refuse to have anything to do with; to disown |
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Rescind (v) |
to invalidate; to repeal; to retract |
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Reverent (adj) |
marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect (noun: reverence) |
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Rhetoric (n) |
the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion |
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Salubrious (adj) |
promoting health or well-being |
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Solvent (adj) |
able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance |
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Specious (adj) |
seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false |
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Spurious (adj) |
lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit |
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Subpoena (n) |
a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony |
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Succinct (adj) |
brief; concise |
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Superfluous (adj) |
exceeding what is sufficient or necessary |
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Surfeit (v/n) |
an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess |
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Tenacity (n) |
the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination (adj: tenacious) |
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Tenuous (adj) |
having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak |
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Tirade (n) |
a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation |
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Transient (adj) |
fleeting; passing quickly; brief |
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Zealous (adj) |
fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause |
