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58 Cards in this Set

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Acerbic

Having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting

Aggrandize

To increase in intensity, power, influence or prestige

Alchemy

Metals into gold

Amenable

Agreeable

Anachronism

Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

Astringent

Having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh, severe

Contiguous

Sharing a boarder; touching; adjacent

Convention

A generally agreed - upon practice or attitude

Credulous

Tending to believe too readily

Decorum

Polite or appropriate behavior

Derision

Scorn, ridicule

Desiccate

To dry out or dehydrate

Dilettante

One with an amateurish interest in the arts

Disparage

To slight or belittle

Divulge

To disclose something secret

Fawn

To flatter

Flout

To show contempt for, as in a rule or convention

Garrulous

Pointlessly talkative

Glib

Superficial; informality

Hubris

Overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance

Impetuous

Hastily or rashly energetic

Inimical

Damaging, harmful

Intractable

Not easily managed; stubborn

Maverick

Independent individual who does not go along with a group

Mercurial

Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood

Mollify

To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity

Neophyte

Beginner, novice

Obfuscate

To deliberately obscure; to make confusing

Obstinate

Stubborn

Ostentatious

Pretentious display, showy

Pervade

To permeate through

Phlegmatic

Calm, sluggish, unemotional

Plethora

Surplus

Presumptuous

Overstepping due bounds; taking liberties

Pristine

Pure; uncorrupted

Probity

Adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity

Proclivity

A natural predisposition or inclination

Profligate

Excessively wasteful

Prosaic

Dull; lacking in spirit or imagination

Pungent

Characterized by strong smell or taste

Quixotic

Foolishly impractical

Rarefy

To make or become thin, less dense

Recondite

Hidden; difficult to understand

Refulgent

Radiant ; shiny

Renege

To fail to honor a commitment ; to go back in a promisse

Sedulous

Diligent ; persistent; hard working

Soporific

Causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep

Sparse

Thin; not dense

Spendthrift

One who spends money wastefully

Tacit

Implied; not explicitly stated

Terse

Brief and concise in wording

Tout

To publicly praise or promote

Trenchant

Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating

Unfeigned

Genuine; not false or hypocritical

Untenable

Indefensible ; not viable

Variegated

Multicolored

Vexation

Annoyance; irritation

Vituperate

To use harsh condemnatory language