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64 Cards in this Set
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Inimical |
tending to obstruct or harm |
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Prolific |
much fruit, plentiful |
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Scanty |
small or insufficient in amount |
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Robust |
strong, healthy, vigorous |
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Singular |
exceptionally good, great, remarkable |
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Reticent |
not revealing one's thoughts or ideas readily |
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Congenial |
pleasant because thoughts, personality are similar to one's own |
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Brusque |
abrupt or offhand in speech or manner |
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Gregarious |
fond of company, social |
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Scurrilous |
Making or spreading scandalous claims against someone in order to damage their reputation |
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Abjured |
solemnly denounce |
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Befuddlement |
make someone unable to think clearly |
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Chagrin |
distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated |
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Relativism |
doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality in relation to society, or historical context and are not absolute |
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Malfeasance |
Wrongdoing, especially by a public official |
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Supercillious |
behaving or looking as though one thinks they are superior to others |
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Sardonic |
grimly mocking or cynical |
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Fatuous |
silly or pointless |
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Ribald |
referring to sexual matters in amusingly rude or irreverent way |
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Snubbed |
to rebuff, ignore, or spurn distastefully |
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Imprudent |
Not showing care for consequences of an action, rash |
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Ignominious |
deserving or causing public disgrace or shame |
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Inconspicuous |
not clearly visible or attracting attention |
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Apocryphal |
doubtful authenticity although many circulate as being true |
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Mystique |
a fascinating aura of mystery, awe, or power surrounding something or someone else |
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Acridity |
having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell |
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Trenchancy |
vigorous or incisive in decision or style, sharp |
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Mellifluous |
sweet or musical, pleasant to hear |
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Euphonic |
Having a pleasing mixture of notes |
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Strident |
loud and harsh; grating |
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Circuitous |
longer than the most direct way |
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Extirpate |
root out and completely destroy
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Recondite |
little known; abstruse
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Detritus |
waste or debris of any kind |
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gaudiness |
ostentious |
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bedlam |
a scene of uproar and confusion |
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Barrenness |
not reproducing, incapable of having offspring |
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Punctilious |
showing great attention to detail or close behavior |
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Vociferous |
vehement or clamourous |
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Waggish |
humourous, in a playful, mischevious or facetious manner |
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Facetious |
treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate manner; flippant |
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Precarious |
not securely held in position; carelessly |
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Mien |
a person's look or manner; especially one of a particular kind indicating their character or mood |
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Convalescing |
recover one's health and strength over a period of time after an illness or operation |
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Enfeebled |
to make weak or feebled |
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Litigation |
process of taking legal action |
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Salubrious |
health-giving; healthy |
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Pungent |
having a sharply strong taste or smell |
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Evocative |
bringing strong images, feelings, or memories to mind |
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Truculent |
eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant |
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Panegyrical |
a public speech or text in praise of someone or something |
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Disquieted |
make someone worried or anxious |
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Ebullient |
cheerful and full of energy |
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Phlegmatic |
having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition |
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Timorous |
showing or suffering from nervousness; fear; or lack of confidence |
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Vacillating |
indecisive |
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Eclectic |
deriving style, ideas, or taste from a broad range of sources |
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Ambrosial |
pertaining to taste of ambrosia or liquor of the Gods |
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Apogee |
climax |
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Encroachment |
intrusion on a person's territory or rights |
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Eschewed |
deliberately avoid using; abstain from |
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Forwent |
omit or decline to take something; go without |
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Collusive |
an agreement between two or more parties
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Interpolations |
creating new data within a discrete set of data points |
