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76 Cards in this Set
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Abscond (verb) |
to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide |
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Aberrant (adj.) |
deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration) |
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Alcarity (noun) |
eager and enthusiastic willingness |
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Anomaly (noun) |
deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (adj. form: anomalous) |
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Approbation (noun) |
an expression of approval or praise |
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Arduous (adj) |
strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort |
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Assuage (verb) |
to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify |
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Audacious (adj.) |
daring and fearless; reckless bold (noun form: audacity) |
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Austere (adj.) |
without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (noun form; austerity) |
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Axiomatic (adj.) |
taken as given; possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom) |
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Canonical (adj.) |
following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (noun form; canon) |
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Capricious (adj.) |
inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable |
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Censure (verb) |
to criticize severely; to officially rebuke |
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Chicanery (noun) |
trickery or subterfuge |
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Connoisseur (noun) |
an informed an astute judge in matters of taste; expert |
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Convoluted (adj.) |
complex or complicated |
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Disabuse (verb) |
to undeceive; to set right |
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Discordant (adj.) |
conflicting; dissonant or harsh to sound |
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Disparate (adj.) |
fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
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Effrontery (noun) |
extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
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Eloquent (adj.) |
well-spoken, expressive, articulate (noun form: eloquence) |
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Enervate (verb) |
to weaken; to reduce in vitality |
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Ennui (noun) |
dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
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Equivocate (verb) |
to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent (adj. form: equivocal) |
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Erudite (adj.) |
very learned; scholarly (noun form; erudition) |
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Exculpate (verb) |
exonerate; to clear of blame |
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Exigent (adj.) |
urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention |
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Extemporaneous (adj.) |
improvised; done without preparation |
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Filibuster (noun) |
intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action |
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Fulminate (verb) |
to loudly attack or denounce |
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Ingenuous (adj.) |
artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication |
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Inured (adj.) |
accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
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Irascible (adj.) |
easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts |
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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 development stages |
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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 |
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Parody (noun) |
a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or commic effect, esp. in literature and art |
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Perennial (adj.) |
recurrent throughout 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 of impulse |
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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 teh 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 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 |
