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44 Cards in this Set
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Laud (verb) |
to praise highly (adj. form: laudatory) |
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Lucid (adj.) |
clear; easily understood |
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Magnanimity (noun) |
the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart , esp. in forgiving (adj. form: magnanimous) |
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Martial (adj.) |
associated with war and the armed forces |
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Mundane (adj.) |
of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
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Nascent (adj.) |
coming into being; in early developmental stages |
one of the leading figures in the nascent civil-rights movement |
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Nebulous (adj.) |
vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form |
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Neologism (noun) |
a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses |
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Noxious (adj.) |
harmful, injurious |
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Obtuse (adj.) |
lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression |
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Obviate (verb) |
to anticipate and make unnecessary |
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Onerous (adj.) |
troubling; burdensome |
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Paean (noun) |
a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |
his retirement party featured many paeans for his long years of service to the company |
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Parody (noun) |
a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art |
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Perennial (adj.) |
recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly |
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Perfidy (noun) |
intentional breach of faith; treachery (adj. form: perfidious) |
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Perfunctory (adj.) |
cursory; done without care or interest |
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Perspicacious (adj.) |
acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity) |
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Prattle (verb) |
to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner |
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Precipitate (adj.) |
acting with excessive haste or impulse |
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Precipitate (verb) |
to cause or happen before anticipated or required |
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Predilection (noun) |
a disposition in favor of something; preference |
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Prescience (noun) |
foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (adj. form: prescient) |
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Prevaricate (verb) |
to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead |
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Qualms (noun) |
misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy |
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Recant (verb) |
to retract, esp. a previously held belief |
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Refute (verb) |
to disprove; to successfully argue against |
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Relegate (verb) |
to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position |
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Reticent (adj.) |
quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
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Solicitous (adj.) |
concerned and attentive; eager |
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Sordid (adj.) |
characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul |
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Sporadic (adj.) |
occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances |
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Squander (verb) |
to waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
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Static (adj.) |
not moving, active, or in motion; at rest |
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Stupefy (verb) |
to stun, baffle, or amaze |
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Stymie (verb) |
to block; to thwart |
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Synthesis (noun) |
the combination of parts to make a whole (verb form: synthesize) |
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Torque (noun) |
a force that causes rotation |
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Tortuous (adj.) |
winding, twisting; excessively complicated |
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Truculent (adj.) |
fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
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Veracity (noun) |
truthfulness, honesty |
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Virulent (adj.) |
extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
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Voracious (adj.) |
having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous |
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Waver (verb) |
to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion |
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