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77 Cards in this Set
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Entreated(verb) |
Toask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something His friendsentreated him not to go. |
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Apparition (noun) |
A ghost or ghostlike image of a persona ghostlyapparition at midnight. |
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Assail (Verb) |
To attack with arguments, criticism, ridicule,abuse, etc.To assailone's opponent with slander. |
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Fortified(verb) |
To furnish with a means of resistingforce or standing strain or wear:To fortifycotton with nylon. |
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Harrows (Noun) |
anagricultural implement with spikelike teeth or upright disks, drawn chieflyover plowed land to level it, break up clods, root up weeds, etc.Theland was leveled with Harrows |
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Usurp (Verb) |
to seize and hold (a position, office,power, etc.) by force or without legal right:Thepretender tried to usurp the throne. |
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Avouch (verb) |
tomake frank acknowledgment or affirmation of; declare or assert withpositiveness.Thecouch Avouched the student was good at basketball. |
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Martial(Adjective) |
Inclined or disposed to war; warlike:The ancient Romans were a martial people. |
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Bodes (verb) |
To be an omen of; portend:The news bodes evil days for him. |
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Brazen (Adjective) |
shameless or impudent:To make a brazen presumption. |
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Emulate (Verb) |
totry to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass:to emulate one's father as a concert violinist. |
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Covenant (Noun) |
anagreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not dosomething specified.Acovenant was made between the two business partners |
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Mettle (Noun) |
courage and fortitude:a man of mettle. |
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Portentous (Adjective) |
ominously significant or indicative:A portentousdefeat. |
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Harbingers (Noun) |
anything that foreshadows a futureevent; omen; sign:Frost is a harbinger of winter. |
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Invulnerable (Adjective) |
proofagainst or immune to attack:A strong navy made Great Britain invulnerable. |
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Auspicious (Adjective) |
promising success; propitious;opportune; favorable:an auspicious occasion. |
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Mirth (noun) |
gaiety or jollity, especially whenaccompanied by laughter:the excitement and mirth of the holiday season. |
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Dejected (Adjective) |
depressed in spirits; disheartened;low-spirited:The dejected expression on the face of the loserspoiled my victory. |
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Obsequious (Adjective) |
firmlyor stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding toargument, persuasion, or entreaty.Thechild was being obstinate |
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Impious |
notpious or religious; lacking reverence for God, religious practices, etc.;irreligious; ungodly. |
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Vulgar (Adjective) |
characterized by ignorance of or lackof good breeding or taste:vulgar ostentation. |
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Peevish (Adjective) |
showing annoyance, irritation, or badmood:a peevish reply; a peevish frown. |
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Discourse (noun) |
communication of thought by words;talk; conversation:earnest and intelligent discourse |
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Countenance (Noun) |
appearance, especially the look orexpression of the face:a sad countenance. |
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Calumnious (Adjective) |
of,involving, or using calumny;slanderous; defamatory.Forthe rest, I trust to myself to propitiate the kindly and to silence the calumnious. |
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Dalliance(Noun) |
atrifling away of time; dawdling.Theseaffinities are arguably at the heart of the 40-year dalliance of Iranian and Syrian despots. |
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Perilous (Adjective) |
involving or full of grave risk or peril;hazardous; dangerous:a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat. |
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Sanctified (adjective) |
made holy;consecrated:sanctified wine. |
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Beguile (Verb) |
to take away from by cheating ordeceiving (usually followed by of):to be beguiled of money. |
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Ponderous (Adjective) |
awkward or unwieldy:He carried a ponderous burden on his back. |
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Fretful (Adjective) |
disposedor quick to fret;irritable or peevish. |
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Celestial (Adjective) |
pertaining to the spiritual orinvisible heaven; heavenly; divine:celestial bliss. |
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Loathsome (Adjective) |
causing feelings of loathing;disgusting; revolting; repulsive:a loathsome skin disease. |
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Pernicious (Adjective) |
causing insidious harm or ruin;ruinous; injurious; hurtful:pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie. |
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Arrant (Adjective) |
downright; thorough; unmitigated;notorious:an arrant fool. |
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Encumbered (Verb) |
to impede or hinder; hamper; retard:Red tape encumbers all our attempts at action. |
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Ambiguous (Adjective) |
open to or having several possiblemeanings or I interpretations;equivocal:an ambiguous answer. |
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Perturbed (Verb) |
todisturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.Hehad no rage, no brattyness, but rather the perturbed, annoyed air of a powerful man not getting justice. |
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Piteous (Adjective) |
evoking or deserving pity;pathetic:Piteous cries for help. |
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Purport (Verb) |
to present, especially deliberately,the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely:a document purporting to be official. |
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Vouchsafe (Verb) |
to grant or give, as by favor,graciousness, or condescension:to vouchsafe a reply to a question. |
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Quintessence (Noun) |
thepure and concentrated essence of a substance.“Innocenceis the quintessence of thesnapshot,” Lisette Model would write. |
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Tyrannous |
unjustly cruel, harsh, or severe;arbitrary or oppressive; despotic:a tyrannical ruler. |
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Visage (Noun) |
theface, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance.Reidlooked grim, his head slightly bowed as he strode purposefully, not sayinganything, his visage adding tothe drama. |
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Remorseless (Adjective) |
Thearithmetic of bombing is just that remorseless,leading to the novel's most famous joke: "People are trying to killme."withoutremorse;merciless; pitiless; relentless. |
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Malefactions (Noun) |
anevil deed; crime; wrongdoing.Hispreferred field of malefaction isthe country that is most nearly anarchical. |
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Turbulent (Adjective) |
being in a state of agitation ortumult; disturbed:turbulent feelings or emotions. |
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Niggard (Noun) |
anexcessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person.niggard spends as much as generous, and in theend a good deal more. |
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Consummation (Noun) |
theact of consummating;completion.Thedemonstrations and riots in Ferguson, to a certain extent, are the consummation of the marriage betweenrage and love. |
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Devoutly (Adjective) |
devoted to divine worship or service;pious; religious:a devout Catholic. |
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Termagant (Noun) |
aviolent, turbulent, or brawling woman.Theythrew a rope over my shoulders from behind, and I felt the foot of one termagant in the small of my back asshe hauled taut. |
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Abominably (Adjective) |
repugnantly hateful; detestable;loathsome:an abominable crime. |
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Ominous (Adjective) |
portending evil or harm; foreboding;threatening; inauspicious:an ominous bank of dark clouds. |
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Repugnant (Adjective) |
distasteful, objectionable, oroffensive:a repugnant smell. |
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Contumely (Noun) |
insultingdisplay of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.TheChristian Englishman drags her shame before an open court, and divorces herwith contumely. |
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Pomp (Noun) |
statelyor splendid display; splendor; magnificence.“Duringmore affluent times, we could afford to bury this kind of conflict,” pomp explains. |
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Knavish (Adjective) |
likeor befitting a knave; untrustworthy; dishonest.Theknavish actions of the fox,however, are far more celebrated in the West than in the East. |
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Purging (Verb) |
to rid, clear, or free (usuallyfollowed by of or from):to purge a political party of disloyal members. |
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Rhapsody (Noun) |
anepic poem, or a part of such a poem, as a book of the Iliad, suitable for recitation at one time.Andhe launched into a rhapsody thatneed not here be given at length. |
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Potency (Noun) |
efficacy;effectiveness; strength.Aftereight seasons of conditioning, the precision-timed “shocks” have lost a greatdeal of potency. |
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Prating (Verb) |
to talk excessively and pointlessly;babble:They prated on until I was ready to scream. |
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Convocation (Noun) |
agroup of people gathered in answer to a summons; assembly.Congregationnumbers four hundred, convocation nearlysix thousand. |
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Beauteous (Adjective) |
beautiful. |
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Superfluous (Adjective) |
beingmore than is sufficient or required; excessive.Thedevice of reconstructing internal dialogues sometimes feels a bit forced or superfluous. |
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Unsmirched (Verb) |
todiscolor or soil; spot or smudge with or as with soot, dust, dirt, etc.Adivorced wife can run soup-kitchens and fever hospitals just as well as themost unsmirched woman of theworld. |
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Cuckold (Noun) |
thehusband of an unfaithful wife.Speak,I say, have you considered what it is to cuckoldyour husband? |
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Allegiance (Noun) |
heloyalty of a citizen to his or her government or of a subject to his or hersovereign.Ahigher threshold would force the two to remain in allegiance even amidst serious departures in ideologies. |
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Incensed (Noun) |
anaromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used inreligious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.Herincensed mother contacted alawyer, hoping to block publication; Polanski had not made her sign a release. |
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Rue (Verb) |
to feel sorrow over; repent of; regretbitterly:to rue the loss of opportunities. |
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Ostentation (Noun) |
pretentiousor conspicuous show, as of wealth or importance; display intended to impressothers.Itwas becoming increasingly elitist, pretentious,and exclusive. |
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Mountebank (Noun) |
aperson who sells quack medicines, as from a platform in public places,attracting and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc.Buthis natural gift was to be a mountebank,a clown, a circus Hercules. |
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Heathen (Noun) |
Informal. an irreligious, uncultured, oruncivilized person. |
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Circumvent (Verb) |
to go around or bypass:to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the realissues. |
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Abhorred (Verb) |
toregard with extreme repugnance or aversion; detest utterly; loathe; abominate.WhenI took command of the army, I abhorredthe idea of independence.” |
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Obsequies (Noun) |
afuneral rite or ceremony.Priamperforms the obsequies for sacus,believing him to be dead. |
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Sultry (Adjective) |
oppressively hot and close or moist;sweltering:a sultry day. |
