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58 Cards in this Set
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Acerbic |
Having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting |
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Aggrandize |
To increase in intensity, power, influence or prestige |
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Alchemy |
Metals into gold |
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Amenable |
Agreeable |
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Anachronism |
Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context |
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Astringent |
Having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh, severe |
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Contiguous |
Sharing a boarder; touching; adjacent |
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Convention |
A generally agreed - upon practice or attitude |
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Credulous |
Tending to believe too readily |
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Decorum |
Polite or appropriate behavior |
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Derision |
Scorn, ridicule |
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Desiccate |
To dry out or dehydrate |
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Dilettante |
One with an amateurish interest in the arts |
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Disparage |
To slight or belittle |
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Divulge |
To disclose something secret |
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Fawn |
To flatter |
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Flout |
To show contempt for, as in a rule or convention |
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Garrulous |
Pointlessly talkative |
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Glib |
Superficial; informality |
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Hubris |
Overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance |
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Impetuous |
Hastily or rashly energetic |
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Inimical |
Damaging, harmful |
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Intractable |
Not easily managed; stubborn |
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Maverick |
Independent individual who does not go along with a group |
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Mercurial |
Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood |
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Mollify |
To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity |
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Neophyte |
Beginner, novice |
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Obfuscate |
To deliberately obscure; to make confusing |
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Obstinate |
Stubborn |
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Ostentatious |
Pretentious display, showy |
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Pervade |
To permeate through |
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Phlegmatic |
Calm, sluggish, unemotional |
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Plethora |
Surplus |
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Presumptuous |
Overstepping due bounds; taking liberties |
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Pristine |
Pure; uncorrupted |
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Probity |
Adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity |
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Proclivity |
A natural predisposition or inclination |
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Profligate |
Excessively wasteful |
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Prosaic |
Dull; lacking in spirit or imagination |
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Pungent |
Characterized by strong smell or taste |
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Quixotic |
Foolishly impractical |
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Rarefy |
To make or become thin, less dense |
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Recondite |
Hidden; difficult to understand |
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Refulgent |
Radiant ; shiny |
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Renege |
To fail to honor a commitment ; to go back in a promisse |
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Sedulous |
Diligent ; persistent; hard working |
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Soporific |
Causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
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Sparse |
Thin; not dense |
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Spendthrift |
One who spends money wastefully |
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Tacit |
Implied; not explicitly stated |
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Terse |
Brief and concise in wording |
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Tout |
To publicly praise or promote |
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Trenchant |
Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating |
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Unfeigned |
Genuine; not false or hypocritical |
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Untenable |
Indefensible ; not viable |
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Variegated |
Multicolored |
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Vexation |
Annoyance; irritation |
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Vituperate |
To use harsh condemnatory language |