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58 Cards in this Set
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Acumen |
N. Keen, accurate judgement or insight |
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Adulterate |
V. To reduce purity by combining inferior ingredients |
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Archaic |
Adj. Outdated; associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive time |
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Aver |
V. To state as a fact; to declare or assert |
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Bolster |
V. To provide support or reinforcement |
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Bombastic |
Adj. Pompous; Grandiloquent |
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Diatribe |
N. A harsh denunciation |
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Dissemble |
V. To disguise or conceal; to mislead |
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Endemic |
Adj. Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region or people |
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Exacerbate |
V. To make worse or more severe |
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Fervent |
Adj. Greatly emotional or zealous |
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Fortuitous |
Adj. Happening by accident or chance |
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Germane |
Adj. Relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter |
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Grandiloquence |
N. Pompous speech or expression |
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Hackneyed |
Adj. Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage |
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Halcyon |
Adj. Calm and peaceful |
Placid |
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Hedonism |
N. The belief that pleasure or happiness is the most important goal in life |
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Hegemony |
Of consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others |
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Idolatrous |
Given to excessive or intense devotion to something |
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Impassive |
Revealing no emotions |
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Imperturbable |
Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness |
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Impunity |
Immunity from punishment or penalty |
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Inchoate |
In an initial stage; not fully formed |
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Infelicitous |
Unfortunate, improper |
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Insipid |
Without taste or flavour; lacking in spirit; bland |
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Mendacity |
The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty |
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Meticulous |
Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail |
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Mitigate |
To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate |
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Obdurate |
Refusing to do what other people want Not willing to change your opinion or the way you do something |
Unyielding; hardhearted; intractable |
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Obsequious |
Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
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Occlude |
To obstruct or block |
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Opprobrium |
Disgrace; contempt; scorn Especially by a large number of people |
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Pedantic |
Overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one's knowledge |
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Penury |
Poverty; destitution |
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Pervasive |
Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout |
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Pine |
To yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor |
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Pith |
The essential or central part |
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Pithy |
Precise and brief |
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Platitude |
A superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful |
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Plummet |
To plunge or drop straight down |
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Polemical |
Controversial; argumentative |
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Prodigal |
Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish |
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Proliferate |
To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly |
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Rancorous |
Characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment |
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Recalcitrant |
Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage |
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Repudiate |
To refuse to have to do anything with; to disown |
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Rescind |
To invalidate; to repeal; to retract |
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Salubrious |
Promoting health or well-being |
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Solvent |
Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance |
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Specious |
Seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive, plausible but false |
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Spurious |
Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit |
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Subpoena |
A court order requiring appearance and/ or testimony |
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Succinct |
Brief; concise |
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Superfluous |
Exceeding what is necessary or sufficient |
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Surfeit |
An overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess |
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Tenacity |
The quality of adherence or persistence to somthing valued. Persistent determination |
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Tenuous |
Having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak |
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Tirade |
A long and extremely critical speech; harsh denunciation |
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