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48 Cards in this Set

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Reticent
unwilling to speak
Repudiate
to disapprove of something formally and strongly and renounce any connection with it
Obsequious
follows rules
Raconteur
somebody who tells entertaining stories
sycophant
self-seeking person; stuck up
Vapid
dull
Scrupulous
careful to do what is right or moral
Sardonic
disdainfully mocking
exacerbate
make worse
Consort
spouse of monarch
Novel
long story or refreshingly new
Perdition
punishment in hell
Deference
respect
Affable
good-natured, friendly, and easy to talk to
raucous
unpleasantly loud
copious
abundant
Catharsis
emotional release
Debunk
to expose the falseness of something
Prattle
talk idly or childishly
Phlegmatic
unexcitable
Fatuity
utter foolishness
Penitent
feeling or expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
Quandary
dilemma
Rendezvous
agreement or place to meet
Pedantic
too concerned with formal rules and details
Ameliorate
to make something better, or become better
Odious
offensive, hateful
precarious
unsafe, dangerous
Pugnacious
quarrelsome
Pathos
the power of arousing pity or sorrow
Quell
put stop to something
Impassioned
expressing strong feelings
Convoluted
twisted integrate, difficult to follow
Sumptuous
splendid, extravagant, lavish
arrested
stopped by something
Surreptitiously
trying to avoid being noticed
Disparage
to refer disapprovingly or contemptuously to somebody or something
Obsidian
jet-black volcanic glass
Cacophony
unpleasant noise
Ambivalence
the presence of two opposing ideas, attitudes, or emotions at the same time and cant choose one
Nascent
just beginning to develop
Erudite
showing great academic knowledge, learned, cultured
Exacting
demanding attention
Malevolence
wanting to cause harm
Derision
mocking scorn
Enkindle
to set fire, light
Benign
not life-threatening
Condone
to regard something that is considered immoral or wrong in a tolerant way, without criticizing it or feeling strongly about it