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78 Cards in this Set
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Abscond - Verb
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-to depart clandestinely
-To steal off and Hide |
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Aberrant- Adjective
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-Deviating from norm
-(n) Aboration |
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Alacrity- noun
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-Eager and enthusiastic
willingness |
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Anomaly - Noun
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-To deviate from a normal order, form, or rule.
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Approbation - Noun
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-An expressive approval or praise.
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Arduous - Adjective
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-Strenuous, Taxing, Requiring significant effort.
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Assuage - Verb
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-To ease or lessen
-To ease or Passify |
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Enervate - Verb
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-To weaken
-To reduce in Vitality |
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Audacious - Adj.
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-Daring and Fearless
-recklessly Bold |
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Austere - Adj.
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-W/o Adornment
-bare -severely simple -ascetic |
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Axiomatic - adj.
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-taken as given
-possessing a self evident truth - a universally known principle |
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Canonical - adj.
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-following or in agreement w/ accepted, traditional standards
noun form: canon |
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Capricious - adj.
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-inclined to change ones mind impulsively
- erratic - unpredictable |
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censure - verb
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- to criticize severely
-to officially rebuke |
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chicanery - noun
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trickery or subterfuge
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connoisseur - noun
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- and informed and astute judge in matters of taste
-expert |
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convoluted - adj.
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- complex or complicated
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disabuse - verb
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-to undeceive
- to set right - to come clean |
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discordant - adj.
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- conflicting
- dissonant or harsh sound |
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disparate - adj.
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-fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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Effrontery - noun
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- Extreme boldness
- presumptuousnesses |
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Eloquent - adj.
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- well-spoken, expressive, articulate.
noun form: eloquence |
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Enervate - verb
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- to weaken
- to reduce in vitality |
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Ennui - noun
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- Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom and apathy.
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Equivocate - verb
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- to use ambiguous language w/ intent to deceive.
adj. form: equivical |
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Erudite - adj.
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- very learned
- scholarly |
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Exculpate - verb
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- exonerate
- to clear of blame |
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Exigent - adj.
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- Urgent, pressing
- requiring immediate action or attention. |
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Extemporaneous - adj.
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- improvised
- done w/o preparation |
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Filibuster - noun
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- intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speech making to delay legislative action.
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fulminate - verb
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- to loudly attack or denounce.
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ingenuous - adj.
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- artless, frank, and candid
- lacking in sophistication |
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Inured - adj
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- accustomed to accepting something undesirable.
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irascible - adj.
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- easily angered
- prone to temperamental outbursts. |
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Laud - verb
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- to praise highly
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lucid - verb
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- clear
- easily understood |
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magnanimity - noun
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- quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving.
adj. form: magnanimous |
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Martial - adj
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-associated w/ war and the armed forces
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Mundane - adj
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- of the world
- typical of or concerned w/ the ordinary |
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Nascent - adj
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- Coming into being
- in early developmental stages |
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Nebulous - adj
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- Vague
- Cloudy - Lacking clearly defined form |
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Neologism - noun
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- new word, expression or usage.
- The creation or use of new words or senses. |
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Noxious - adj
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- harmful, injurious
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Obtuse - adj
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- lacking sharpness of intellect.
- not clear or precise in thought or expression. |
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Obviate - verb
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To anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous - adj
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- troubling
- burdomsome |
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Paean - noun
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- A song or hymn or praise and thanksgiving.
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Parody - noun
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- a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art
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Perennial- adjective
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-recurrent through the yea or many years
- happening repeatedly |
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Perfidy- noun
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-intentional breach of faith
-treachery adj form- perfidious |
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Perfunctory- adjective
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-cursory
-Done w/o core or interest |
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Perspicacious- adjective
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-acutely perceptive
-having keen discernment noun form: perspicacity |
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Prattle- verb
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- to babble meaninglessly
- to talk in an empty and idle manner |
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Precipitate- adjective
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- to act with excessive haste or impulse.
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Precipitate- verb
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- to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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Predilection- noun
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- a disposition in favor of something preference
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Prescience- noun
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- foreknowledge of events
- knowing of events prior to their occurring. adj. form: prescient |
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Prevaricate - verb
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- To deliberately avoid the truth
- to mislead |
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Qualms - noun
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- Misgivings
- reservations - causes for hesitancy |
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recant - verb
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- to retract, esp. a previously held believe.
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refute - verb
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- disprove
- successfully argue against |
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relegate - verb
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- to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position.
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reticent - adj.
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- quiet
- reserved - reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
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solicitous - adj
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concerned and attentive eager
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sordid - adj
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characterized by filth, grime, or squalor.
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sporadic - adj
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occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances.
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squander- verb
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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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static- adj
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not moving, active, or in motion
at rest |
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stupefy- verb
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to stun, baffle, or amaze
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stymie- verb
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to block
thwart |
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synthesis- n
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the combination of parts to make a whole
verb form: synthesize |
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torque- n
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a force that cause rotation
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tortuous- adj
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winding, twisting
excessively complicated |
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truculent- adj
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fierce and cruel
eager to fight |
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veracity- n
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truthfulness, honesty
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virulent- adj
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-extremely harmful or poisonous
-bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
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voracious- adj
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-having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit
-ravenous |
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waver- verb
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-to move to and fro
-to sway -to be unsettled in opinion |