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93 Cards in this Set
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Recondite |
Mysterious |
opposite of recognized |
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Condign
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Well deserved
Fitting Adequate |
a condign punishment |
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Clement
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Calm
Mild Moderate Peaceful |
cleam/calm |
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Opprobious
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Hateful |
opprobrium |
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Invective |
Verbal abuse
Vituperation. |
infective(speech) |
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Beguile
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To influence by trickery or flattery |
having guile |
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Plaintive
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Pathetic |
plain... |
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Cant |
Hypocritical statement |
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Vex
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Irritate |
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Alacrity
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Liveliness
Cheerfulness |
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Apocryphal |
Fake |
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Artless
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Simple |
without "art" |
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Assiduous
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Constant |
from sid...sitting |
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Attribution
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Acknowledgment |
attributional error he deserved the attribution for his work |
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Beget |
To procreate or generate offspring |
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Calamitous |
Disastrous
Tragic |
calamity...nothing to do with calm! |
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Calimny
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Slander |
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Cant
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Hypocritical statement
Insincerity |
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Caveat
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Warning
Admonition |
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Chimerical
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Unreal |
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Clandestine
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Secret |
clandestine operation was the Bay of Pigs |
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Colloquial
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Informal |
this is a colloquial event. No need to dress up |
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Comely
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Attractive
Proper |
a comely fellow! |
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Commensurate
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Proportional
Appropriate Equivalent |
commensurate punishment |
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Condign(punishment)
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Well deserving
Fitting Adequate |
condign punishment |
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Conjecture
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Speculation |
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Contrite |
Regretful |
He was very contrite about the time when he was a hard core criminal |
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Convalescent
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Improving
Recuperating |
convalescent patient |
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Corollary
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Conclusion
Deduction Result |
The corollary of the study showed that he was right |
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Countenance |
Appearance,demeanor |
multiple meanings |
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Craven |
Weak |
nothing to do with crave! He was a craven boy and barely ever played with the other kids |
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Cupidity
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Greed |
There us a lot of cupidity going on Wall Street! |
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Cursory
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Causal
Hasty |
Cursory writing |
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dalliance |
delay procrastinating idling dawdling |
He was known for his dalliance and always had trouble starting things on time |
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dauntless |
bold courageous |
a dauntless hero |
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dearth |
scarcity lack antonym: abundance
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a dearth of water in the desert |
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delectable |
delicious enjoyable pleasant |
nothing to do with detectable or electable! That was a delectable dinner and conversation |
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deleterious |
harmful damaging |
That is deleterious to your health |
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descry |
discover perceive |
descry...disc.... |
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desiccate |
take moisture out of dry(up) |
sounds like cutting sth in pieces! desicccccc....sun.... |
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desultory |
random erratic unstable |
sounds like insult! That was a desultory comment! And he makes desultory decisions |
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sinistral |
pertaining to the left side antonym: dextral |
anto.: dextral |
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diluvial |
pertaining to or caused by a flood |
to dilate... |
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disabuse |
free from belief persuade enlighten |
Abused by theology and religion |
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doughty |
bold brave fearless |
A doughty knight/soldier |
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dovetail |
link fit together antonym: disconnect |
The tails of two doves |
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emaciated |
undernourished thin |
Emaciated: Christian Bale |
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emetic |
causing vomiting |
to emit... |
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encumber |
bother burden impede antonym:aid,assist |
Encumbering progress through fillibuster |
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endemic |
native local regional |
endemic vegetables |
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enervate |
tire wear our exhaust antonym:activate energize |
to goon somebody's "nerves" |
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ensorcel |
bewitch The beauty of the moon ensorcelled them. |
The with ensorcelled them with her tricks |
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ephemeral |
momentary passing fleeting |
not eternal |
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epicure |
gourmet connoisseur gourmand gastronome |
He was "picky" with his food. a true epicure |
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epithet |
a word or phrase used to describe a thing or a person dog=man's best friend |
An epithet of Jesus: INRI |
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equivocate |
avoid an issue flip flop prevaricate |
politicians |
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exigent |
urgent pressing |
This is an exigent issue! We need to act now! |
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expatiate |
elaborate expound |
Can you expatiate on that please? It's not quiet clear to me. |
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expurgate |
to amend by removing words/passages censor cut |
"to purge" in the text |
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Foment(trouble)
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Instigate |
His presence was bound to foment trouble! |
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Gestate
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To develop slowly
To think and develop(an idea) in the mind |
This idea was gestating in his mind for a long time digestion in the mind |
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Ineluctable
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Synonyms: inevitable, unavoidable, irrevocable, unpreventable, unstoppable, inexorable. Antonyms: certain, sure, fated.
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His victory was ineluctable |
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Ingenuous |
Honest |
Marta is brutally ingenious |
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Inimical |
adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful: a climate inimical to health. |
"enemy"...inimical stare. a climate inimical to your health |
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Insidious |
Sneaky |
an insidious plan to rob the bank that was an insidious move! |
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Insolent |
Bold |
Careful! Different from indolent! That was an insolent move! It required some "balls"! |
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Intractable |
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Invective |
vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach. |
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Inveigh
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to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail (usually followed by against ): to inveigh against isolationism. |
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Locution
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Accent |
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Mainstay |
a person or thing that acts as a chief support or part: Coffee is the mainstay of the country's economy. |
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Grovel
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Behaving too respectfully towards another person
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Mercurial |
changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature. |
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Meretricious |
based on pretense, deception, or insincerity.
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Careful! Has nothing to do with "merit"!
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Munificent |
Generous
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Careful! Similar to magnificent!
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Obdurate |
Stubborn
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different from objurgate! Viki is obdurate |
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Objurgate
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Berate
Chastise |
different from obdurate! He objurgated her behavior |
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Obloquy |
Vituperation |
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Obsequious |
Submissive |
obsequious bottom |
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Obviate
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Make unnecessary
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Anto: allow. Permit The law obviated the need to execute direct punishment |
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Occlude |
Block. Prevent |
preclude.... |
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Onerous
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Difficult
Arduous Requiring hard labor |
an onerous task careful: nothing to do with honor |
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Hackneyed |
Cliched |
a hackneyed movie |
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Opprobrium |
Disgrace |
The speaker faced an opprobrium after his controversial talk |
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Ostentation
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pretentious or conspicuous show, as of wealth or importance; display intended to impress others. |
Ostentation attire(mama) |
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Harbinger |
Indication |
It doesn't have anything to do with the word "harboring" He was a harbinger of things yet to come |
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Hyperbole
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Exaggaration |
hyper... |
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Ilk
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Kind |
He is her ilk.Tall and blonde |
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Impecunious |
Poor |
Pecunia...something to do with money or the lack of... |
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Impervious |
not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain. |
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Impetuous
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adjective: acting without thinking
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impatient |
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Ineffable
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incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible: ineffable joy. |
nothing to do with laughable..ineffable joy. hard to describe |
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Trenchant |
incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting: trenchant wit. |
incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting: trenchant wit. |
