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52 Cards in this Set
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abash
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humiliate, embarrass
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aberrant
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abnormal
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abeyance
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postponement
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aboriginal
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indigenous
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abstemious
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moderate; marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious with the use of adverbs"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper"; think ABSTAIN
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aegis
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that which protects; To act under the aegis of someone is to act with their protection, support, or guardianship. A shield or breastplate
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alacrity
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swiftness; cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
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ambivalence
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conflicting emotions
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amorphous
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shapeless
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anachronistic
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out of historical order
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anathema
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curse
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animus
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hate; animosity
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antipathy
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repulsion, hatred
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antipodal
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exactly opposite
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approbation
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approval; The speech struck a responsive chord among many and won him much approbation.
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artless
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naive, simple
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ascetic
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self-denying; A hermit's habits of life are ascetic.
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assiduous
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hard-working
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auspicious
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favorable
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axiom
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self-evident truth
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banal
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trite
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belie
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misrepresent
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bellicose
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warlike
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cachet
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prestige
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callow
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inexperienced; Lacking adult maturity or experience; immature: a callow young man.
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canon
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rule
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capacious
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spacious
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cathartic
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purgative, purifying
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chary
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cautious; (châr'-ee)
adj. char·i·er, char·i·est 1. Very cautious; wary: was chary of the risks involved. 2. Not giving or expending freely; sparing: was chary of compliments. |
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coda
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concluding passage
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cogent
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well-put, convincing
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commensurate
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proportionate
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commiserate
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empathize
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credence
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belief
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credulous
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believing
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deleterious
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harmful; from deleter "destroyer,"
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demur
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take exception
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desiccate
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dehydrate; Desiccation is the state of extreme dryness, or the process of extreme drying. It is an extreme form of dehydration (though dessication is not a medical condition).
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desultory
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without direction in life
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disabuse
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correct a misconception
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dogmatic
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certain, unchanging in opinion
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efficacy
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effectiveness
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effloresce
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to bloom
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endemic
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peculiar to a particular region
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enervate
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weaken; It comes from Latin nervus, "sinew." Thus enervate means "to cause to become 'out of muscle'," that is, "to weaken or deplete of strength."
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engender
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generate
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ennui
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boredom (on-wee)
The servants relieved their ennui with gambling and gossip about their masters |
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esoteric
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known only by a few
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evanescent
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fleeting, very brief
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foment
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instigate; promote the growth or development of: to foment trouble; to foment discontent.
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fulminate
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denounce, menace; 1. To issue a thunderous verbal attack or denunciation: fulminated against political chicanery. 2. To explode or detonate.
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furtive
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stealthy; "furtive glance"
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