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74 Cards in this Set

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Martinet

Strict disciplinary

Polyglot

Speaking many different languages

Prevarication

Lying, beating around the bush

Histrionic

Theatric

Pithy

Concise and forcefully expressive

Terse

Abrupt, sparing use of words

Aphorism

Short saying

Ignominy

Public disgrace

Autodidactic

Self-taught

Pundit

One who has been admitted to a scholarly field

Miscreant

One without morals

Amalgam

Combination of diverse things

Laconic

Say as few words as possible

Ribald

Vulgar

Canard

Rumor or false report

Infusion

Introduction of certain amount of something

Affidavid

Written decleration made under oath

Obsequious

Obedient to excessive degree

Glib

Speak with ease

Deferential

Respectful

Jingoism

An appeak intended to arouse partiotism

Restiveness

Anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters

Cupidity

Extreme greed

Chimera

Grotesque production of the imagination

Repast

Food served and eaten at 1 time

Dander

Feeling of anger

Potentate

Ruler unconstrained by law

Consigliere

Advisor, especially to the mafia

Trenchant

Incisive, getting to the point

Poignant

"touching," emotional

Anodyne

Capable of relieving pain

Trope

Nonliteral use of language; tired conventional idea

Auguries

Things that tell us about the future

Exacting

Requiring a lot of attention

Inchoate

Not fully formed; rudimentary

Intrasigent

Refusing to be reconciled

Obdurate

Resistent to persuasion; hardened in feelings

Curmudgeon

Someone who is grumpy

Unseemly

Something that is not appropriate

Brusque

Rude, abrupt

Polemic

Strong attack on someone or something

Exaltation

High praise

Churlish

Rude

Preeminent

Surpassing all others

Hapless

Unfortunate

Garrulous

Talkative

Parsimonious

Unwilling to spend money

Fledgling

Just starting off

Consummate

Highly accomplished

Promulgate

State/announce

Revelry

Partying

Carousing

drunk

Hackneyed

unoriginal and trite

Languish

Tapers off

Serendipity

Something you find when you're not looking for it

Docile

Submissive

Disingenuous

Not honest or insincere behavior



Not pretending to know something

Anemic

Lacking vitality

Ineffectual

Not producing desired effect

Spartan

Indifference to luxury

Martial

Relating to war

Salutary

Producing good effect

Galvanizing

Gives you energy, shock or excite

Placate

Make less angry

Amenable

WIlling, open to suggestion

Protean

Versatile

Lauded

Praise

Racket (n)

Fraud

Remiss

Failing in one's duties

Doting

Extravagantly or foolishly loving

Haphazardly

Without care

Scrupulously

With extreme care

Rancid

Having rank smeel or taste

Sullen

Downcast or moody