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84 Cards in this Set
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Abhor
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Hate utterly, loathe, detest.
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Apposite
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Well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant.
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Culpable
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Guilty, responsible, deserving blame.
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Disconsolate
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Deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless.
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Extirpate
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To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate.
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Indefatigable
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Continuing without fatigue; untiring; unflagging.
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Inscrutable
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Unable to be understood; unfathomable; mysterious.
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Myriad
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A large and indefinite number.
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Perilous
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Dangerous.
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Torpor
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Apathy, profound lack of energy or activity, lethargy, lassitude.
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Abate
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To decrease; to become less in strength or violence.
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Acme
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The top or highest point; the culmination.
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Acclimate
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To habituate to a climate not native.
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Afoot
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In motion; in action; astir; in progress.
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Allegory
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A work of art (story, painting, etc) in which a secondary meaning underlies the obvious message.
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Aloof
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aloof (adj):
Detached, unsympathetic, distant, feeling superior. |
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Anathema
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anathema (adj):
Greatly detested; seen to be accursed or damned. |
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Ascetic
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ascetic (adj):
Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe. |
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Avarice
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Avarice (noun):
Greediness after wealth; covetousness; an excessive desire of gain. |
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Balmy
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balmy (adj):
Soothing; refreshing; mild. |
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Belabor
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belabor (verb):
To beat soundly (as a point); to work diligently. |
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Bellicose
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bellicose (adj):
Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious. |
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Bequest
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bequest (noun):
That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift. |
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Beseech
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beseech (verb):
To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore. |
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Blight
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blight (noun):
That which impairs or destroys; mildew; decay |
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Collateral
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collateral (adj):
Acting indirectly; having lesser importance. |
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Colloqial
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colloquial (adj):
Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, especially common and familiar conversation. |
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Complicity
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complicity (noun):
Partnership in wrong-doing. |
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Copious
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copious (adj):
Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful. |
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Decant
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decant (verb):
To pour from one vessel into another. |
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Decrepitude
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Decrepitude (noun):
The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of age. |
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Deferential
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deferential (adj):
Showing courteous or ingratiating respect. |
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Detain
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detain (verb):
To hold back. |
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Dogma
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dogma (noun):
Prevailing code, tenet or doctrine. |
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Duress
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duress (noun):
Compulsion by threat. |
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Emaciate
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emaciate (verb):
To become or to cause to become very thin, as when starving. |
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Enigma
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enigma (noun):
A puzzle; a dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; something that cannot be adequately explained. |
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Expatriate
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expatriate (noun):
One formerly of a country, now living elsewhere. |
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Extrapolate
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extrapolate (verb):
To expand given knowledge in order to make a prediction or conclusion about the unknown. |
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Febrile
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febrile (adj):
Indicating fever, or derived from it. |
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Gall
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gall (noun):
Impudence; brazen assurance, something bitter or severe. |
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Galvanize
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galvanize (verb):
To plate or coat with metal by means of electricity; to stimulate, rouse, stir. |
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Gestate
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gestate (verb):
To carry in the uterus during pregnancy. |
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Impassive
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impassive (adj):
Not showing emotion; disinterested; unmoved. |
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Impudent
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impudent (adj):
Bold and sassy; marked by disregard for others. |
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Inclement
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inclement (adj):
Physically severe or harsh; rough (as in weather). |
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Indigent
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indigent (adj):
Needy; poor; in want. |
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Infernal
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infernal (adj):
Having the quality of hell. |
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Inimical
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inimical (adj):
Hostile, opposed. Acting against, adverse and damaging. |
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Introspective
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introspective (adj):
Given to self-examination. |
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Inveigh
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inveigh (verb):
To complain or criticize strongly. |
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Lexicon
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lexicon (noun):
A dictionary or a vocabulary particular to a subject. |
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Locution
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locution (noun):
Talk, speech. |
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Minatory
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minatory (adj):
Threatening or menacing. |
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Mollify
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mollify (verb):
Soothe or reassure; make less intense. |
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Naive
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naive (adj):
Innocent, inexperienced in worldly ways; honest, simple and straighforward; easily convinced, credulous, gullible. |
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Nascent
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nascent (adj):
In beginning stages, recently born. |
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Neophyte
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neophyte (noun):
Beginner, novice. |
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Niggardly
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niggardly (adj):
Lacking generosity; stingy. |
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Nubile
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nubile (adj):
Marriable; sexually mature. |
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Pecuniary
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pecuniary (adj):
Relating to money. |
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Pedantic
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pedantic (adj):
Displaying or showing off trivial knowledge; overly concerned with technicalities and rules. |
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Predominate
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predominate (adj):
Most characteristic or most important. |
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Primeval
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primeval (adj):
Belonging to the first ages; primitive. |
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Prodigious
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prodigious (adj):
Of great size, power or amount; amazing. |
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Profound
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profound (adj):
Deep; intense. |
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Propagate
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propagate (verb):
To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied (as with plants.) |
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Proponent
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proponent (noun):
One who makes a proposal, or lays down a proposition. |
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Purvey
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purvey (verb):
Supply, generally in a business context. |
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quorum
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quorum (noun):
Minimum number of people required to hold an official meeting. |
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Recourse
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recourse (noun):
An attempt to find assistance or protection, a source of aid. |
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Relegate
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relegate (verb):
To remove, usually to an inferior position; to transfer. |
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Rend
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rend (verb):
To tear one's clothes. |
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Repudiate
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repudiate (verb):
To cast off, to refuse to have anything to do with. |
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Specious
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specious (adj):
Seeming to be correct (or beautiful) when not really so. |
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Staid
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staid (adj):
Sober; grave; sedate. |
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Tawdry
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tawdry (adj):
Showy, but without taste or elegance. |
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Travesty
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travesty (noun):
A burlesque translation or imitation of a work; a mockery. |
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Truncate
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truncate (verb):
Cut short, break off. |
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Usurp
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usurp (verb):
To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right. |
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Vexation
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vexation (noun):
Agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation. |
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Waffle
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waffle (verb):
To speak or write in a vague manner; to be unable to decide between things. |
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Waggish
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waggish (adj):
Mischievous in sport; frolicsome. |
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Waif
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waif (noun):
A wanderer; a castaway; a stray; a homeless child. |
