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78 Cards in this Set

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alacrity

cheerful readiness

probity

strong moral principals

petulance

childish sulky or bad tempered

recumbent

lying down

fetid

smelling bad

ardent

enthusiastic, passionate

bombastic

inflated

albumen

protein soluble by heat

addle

(humorous) to confuse

aprobation

approval or praise

profligate

recklessly wasteful

elegiac

mournful quality

recondite

little known

anomalous

deviating from the standard

adumbration

represented in outline form

cogency

clear, logical, convincing

erudition

showing knowledge

mellifluours

sweet music (melody)

execrable

extremely bad

vituperate

bitter abusive language

clanestine

kept secret

dilettante

ameteur

august

respected; impressive

culpable

deserving blame

asseverating

solemn declaration

arcadian

relating to a rustic paradise

idiosyncratic

pecular or idividual

abregation

rejection

traunt

cuts school

splemetic

bad tempered

diaphanous

(fabric) delicate, translucent, light

pithy

forcefully expressive

decried

publicly denounce

compendium

collection of literary work

unexpurgated

uncensored (un-purged)

apolitical

not interested in politics

preclude

prevent from happening

pique

irritation due to insult on one's pride

tout

attempting to sell agressively

democratize

make into a democracy

ineluctable

unable to be avoided or resisted, in esacpable

chimera

mythical, things wished or hoped for but are unreal

adroitness

clever and appropriate

penchant

tendency

averred

confirmed

loutish and boorish

rude

castigate

punish

vilify

slander

disparage

ridicule

sanction

approve of

discomfit

make someone uneasy

zenith

highest point

perigee

closest point to the earth

antipathy

extreme dislike

intemperate

lack of self control

desiccate

dry thoroughly

hubris

excessive pride

adulation

excessive praise

circadian

(bodily) recurring on a 24 hour cycle

diurnal

active during the ay

exegesis

interpretation of text

parochial

focus on small sections of an issue

anthithetical

directly opposed to; incompatable

emblematic

symbolic of

trammel

to hinder

disabuse

free from misconception

galvanizing

firing up, animating

envenorating

exhausting

piquancy

stimulating

genial

chin OR cheerful

meretricious

apparently attractive but in reality of no value

malodorous

smells bad

apocryphal

story or statement of doubtful origin although widely spread as being true

esoteric

understood only by a few

innervate

to supply with nerves

enervate

to cause to drain, weaken

maladroit

clumbsy

adroit

skillful