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78 Cards in this Set
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alacrity |
cheerful readiness |
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probity |
strong moral principals |
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petulance |
childish sulky or bad tempered |
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recumbent |
lying down |
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fetid |
smelling bad |
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ardent |
enthusiastic, passionate |
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bombastic |
inflated |
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albumen |
protein soluble by heat |
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addle |
(humorous) to confuse |
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aprobation |
approval or praise |
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profligate |
recklessly wasteful |
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elegiac |
mournful quality |
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recondite |
little known |
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anomalous |
deviating from the standard |
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adumbration |
represented in outline form |
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cogency |
clear, logical, convincing |
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erudition |
showing knowledge |
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mellifluours |
sweet music (melody) |
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execrable |
extremely bad |
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vituperate |
bitter abusive language |
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clanestine |
kept secret |
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dilettante |
ameteur |
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august |
respected; impressive |
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culpable |
deserving blame |
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asseverating |
solemn declaration |
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arcadian |
relating to a rustic paradise |
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idiosyncratic |
pecular or idividual |
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abregation |
rejection |
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traunt |
cuts school |
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splemetic |
bad tempered |
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diaphanous |
(fabric) delicate, translucent, light |
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pithy |
forcefully expressive |
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decried |
publicly denounce |
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compendium |
collection of literary work |
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unexpurgated |
uncensored (un-purged) |
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apolitical |
not interested in politics |
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preclude |
prevent from happening |
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pique |
irritation due to insult on one's pride |
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tout |
attempting to sell agressively |
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democratize |
make into a democracy |
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ineluctable |
unable to be avoided or resisted, in esacpable |
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chimera |
mythical, things wished or hoped for but are unreal |
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adroitness |
clever and appropriate |
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penchant |
tendency |
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averred |
confirmed |
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loutish and boorish |
rude |
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castigate |
punish |
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vilify |
slander |
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disparage |
ridicule |
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sanction |
approve of |
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discomfit |
make someone uneasy |
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zenith |
highest point |
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perigee |
closest point to the earth |
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antipathy |
extreme dislike |
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intemperate |
lack of self control |
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desiccate |
dry thoroughly |
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hubris |
excessive pride |
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adulation |
excessive praise |
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circadian |
(bodily) recurring on a 24 hour cycle |
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diurnal |
active during the ay |
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exegesis |
interpretation of text |
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parochial |
focus on small sections of an issue |
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anthithetical |
directly opposed to; incompatable |
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emblematic |
symbolic of |
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trammel |
to hinder |
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disabuse |
free from misconception |
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galvanizing |
firing up, animating |
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envenorating |
exhausting |
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piquancy |
stimulating |
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genial |
chin OR cheerful |
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meretricious |
apparently attractive but in reality of no value |
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malodorous |
smells bad |
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apocryphal |
story or statement of doubtful origin although widely spread as being true |
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esoteric |
understood only by a few |
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innervate |
to supply with nerves |
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enervate |
to cause to drain, weaken |
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maladroit |
clumbsy |
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adroit |
skillful |