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78 Cards in this Set

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Abscond - Verb
-to depart clandestinely
-To steal off and Hide
Aberrant- Adjective
-Deviating from norm
-(n) Aboration
Alacrity- noun
-Eager and enthusiastic
willingness
Anomaly - Noun
-To deviate from a normal order, form, or rule.
Approbation - Noun
-An expressive approval or praise.
Arduous - Adjective
-Strenuous, Taxing, Requiring significant effort.
Assuage - Verb
-To ease or lessen
-To ease or Passify
Enervate - Verb
-To weaken
-To reduce in Vitality
Audacious - Adj.
-Daring and Fearless
-recklessly Bold
Austere - Adj.
-W/o Adornment
-bare
-severely simple
-ascetic
Axiomatic - adj.
-taken as given
-possessing a self evident truth
- a universally known principle
Canonical - adj.
-following or in agreement w/ accepted, traditional standards

noun form: canon
Capricious - adj.
-inclined to change ones mind impulsively
- erratic
- unpredictable
censure - verb
- to criticize severely
-to officially rebuke
chicanery - noun
trickery or subterfuge
connoisseur - noun
- and informed and astute judge in matters of taste
-expert
convoluted - adj.
- complex or complicated
disabuse - verb
-to undeceive
- to set right
- to come clean
discordant - adj.
- conflicting
- dissonant or harsh sound
disparate - adj.
-fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
Effrontery - noun
- Extreme boldness
- presumptuousnesses
Eloquent - adj.
- well-spoken, expressive, articulate.

noun form: eloquence
Enervate - verb
- to weaken
- to reduce in vitality
Ennui - noun
- Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom and apathy.
Equivocate - verb
- to use ambiguous language w/ intent to deceive.

adj. form: equivical
Erudite - adj.
- very learned
- scholarly
Exculpate - verb
- exonerate
- to clear of blame
Exigent - adj.
- Urgent, pressing
- requiring immediate action or attention.
Extemporaneous - adj.
- improvised
- done w/o preparation
Filibuster - noun
- intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speech making to delay legislative action.
fulminate - verb
- to loudly attack or denounce.
ingenuous - adj.
- artless, frank, and candid
- lacking in sophistication
Inured - adj
- accustomed to accepting something undesirable.
irascible - adj.
- easily angered
- prone to temperamental outbursts.
Laud - verb
- to praise highly
lucid - verb
- clear
- easily understood
magnanimity - noun
- quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving.

adj. form: magnanimous
Martial - adj
-associated w/ war and the armed forces
Mundane - adj
- of the world
- typical of or concerned w/ the ordinary
Nascent - adj
- Coming into being
- in early developmental stages
Nebulous - adj
- Vague
- Cloudy
- Lacking clearly defined form
Neologism - noun
- new word, expression or usage.
- The creation or use of new words or senses.
Noxious - adj
- harmful, injurious
Obtuse - adj
- lacking sharpness of intellect.
- not clear or precise in thought or expression.
Obviate - verb
To anticipate and make unnecessary
Onerous - adj
- troubling
- burdomsome
Paean - noun
- A song or hymn or praise and thanksgiving.
Parody - noun
- a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art
Perennial- adjective
-recurrent through the yea or many years
- happening repeatedly
Perfidy- noun
-intentional breach of faith
-treachery
adj form- perfidious
Perfunctory- adjective
-cursory
-Done w/o core or interest
Perspicacious- adjective
-acutely perceptive
-having keen discernment
noun form: perspicacity
Prattle- verb
- to babble meaninglessly
- to talk in an empty and idle manner
Precipitate- adjective
- to act with excessive haste or impulse.
Precipitate- verb
- to cause or happen before anticipated or required
Predilection- noun
- a disposition in favor of something preference
Prescience- noun
- foreknowledge of events
- knowing of events prior to their occurring.

adj. form: prescient
Prevaricate - verb
- To deliberately avoid the truth
- to mislead
Qualms - noun
- Misgivings
- reservations
- causes for hesitancy
recant - verb
- to retract, esp. a previously held believe.
refute - verb
- disprove
- successfully argue against
relegate - verb
- to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position.
reticent - adj.
- quiet
- reserved
- reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
solicitous - adj
concerned and attentive eager
sordid - adj
characterized by filth, grime, or squalor.
sporadic - adj
occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances.
squander- verb
to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
static- adj
not moving, active, or in motion
at rest
stupefy- verb
to stun, baffle, or amaze
stymie- verb
to block
thwart
synthesis- n
the combination of parts to make a whole
verb form: synthesize
torque- n
a force that cause rotation
tortuous- adj
winding, twisting
excessively complicated
truculent- adj
fierce and cruel
eager to fight
veracity- n
truthfulness, honesty
virulent- adj
-extremely harmful or poisonous
-bitterly hostile or antagonistic
voracious- adj
-having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit
-ravenous
waver- verb
-to move to and fro
-to sway
-to be unsettled in opinion