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50 Cards in this Set

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misconduct
immoral behavior; bad management; V.
mandate
order; charge; authoritative command; power to govern another country; power to given to a government; region under administration; V: give a mandate to; place under a mandate; Ex. mandated territory
hubris
arrogance; excessive self-conceit
averse
reluctant; disinclined; not liking or opposed; Ex. averse to cats/doing the house work
regatta
boat or yacht race
materialism
preoccupation with physical comforts and things; excessive regard for worldly concerns (rather than spiritual matters)
clip
cut off with shears; fasten; N: something clipped off (as a short extract from film); clasp or fastener
debris
rubble; wreckage; scattered remains of something broken or destroyed
opportune
timely; well-chosen
conscript
draftee; person forced into military service; V.
rehabilitate
restore to proper condition (health or useful life); restore the former rank of
ramification
branching out; subdivision; one branch of a system; one of the results following from an action or decision; Ex. ramifications of a business/the decision
usury
lending money at illegal high rates of interest
preen
make oneself tidy in appearance; feel self-satisfaction or pride; (of a bird) smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak; Ex. preen oneself on; CF. prune
mural
wall painting
knead
mix; work dough; mix and work into a uniform mass (with the hands); Ex. knead dough
curator
superintendent; manager (in charge of a museum or a library)
retract
withdraw; take back; draw back; Ex. retract a statement/an offer/claws; N. retraction; CF. retractile
irate
angry; CF. ire: anger; wrath
halting
hesitant; faltering; not fluent; Ex. halting steps/voice; V. halt: proceed or act with uncertainty; falter; hesitate; waver; stop
prehensile
capable of grasping or holding (esp. by wrapping around); Ex. prehensile tails
introvert
one who is introspective or inclined to think more about oneself; ADJ. introverted
surrogate
substitute; person or thing used in place of another; Ex. surrogate mother; ADJ.
brawn
human muscle; muscular strength; sturdiness
propound
put forth for consideration or analysis; set forth; Ex. propound a problem/theory
gratuity
n. money given to sb who has done one a service; tip ;
brevity
conciseness; shortness of duration
embezzlement
taking for one's own use in violation of trust; stealing (of money placed in one's care)
symmetry
arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity; ADJ. symmetrical
fiasco
total failure; CF. bottle
sleigh
large vehicle drawn by a horse over snow or ice
deplete
reduce; exhaust
compilation
listing of information in tabular or book form; compiling
leave-taking
farewell or departure
perpetuate
make perpetual; make something last for a long time; preserve from extinction; N. perpetuity
grandiloquent
(of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language; pompous; bombastic
discombobulated
discomposed; confused
factious
inclined to form factions; causing dissension
scad
a great quantity; Ex. scads of clothes
subsidiary
serving to assist; subordinate; secondary; of a subsidy; N.
nostalgia
homesickness; longing for the past; Ex. nostalgia for the clothes of 1920s; ADJ. nostalgic
patrician
noble; aristocratic; N: person of high rank; aristocrat; CF. member of the governing classes in ancient Rome; CF. plebian
atavism
resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback; ADJ. atavistic
stoop
bend forward and down; lower or debase oneself; fall to a lower standard of behavior by doing something; condescend; Ex. stoop to lying
monotheism
belief in one God
impertinent
insolent; rude; not pertinent; N. impertinence
effeminate
having womanly traits
broach
introduce as a subject; moot; open up
litter
waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily); V: cover untidily with scattered litter
rout
put to rout; stampede; drive out; N: complete defeat and disorderly retreat