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67 Cards in this Set

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Accoutrements
n. equipment.
Alacrity
n. cheerful promptness.
Vacillation
n. fluctuation; wavering
Proviso
n. stipulation; condition.
Impunity
n. freedom from punishment.
Arroyo
n. gully.
contrite
penitent; repentant.
Paean
n. song of praise or joy.
Incredulous
adj. withholding belief; skeptical.
Cognizance
n. knowledge .
Imminent.
adj. impending; about to happen.
Stipulate
v. make express conditions; specify.
Savant
n. scholar; learned person; erudite.
Cataclysm
n. deluge; upheaval; disaster.
Emolument
adj. salary; compensation.
Vernacular
n. living language; natural style; colloquial; informal speech.
Auspicious.
adj. favoring success; favorable.
Incipient
adj. beginning; in early stage.
Connivance
n. collusion; conspire.
Reticent
adj. reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence.
Prevaricate
v. lie.
Conundrum
n. riddle; difficult problem.
Bellicose
adj. war like.
Latent
adj. dormant; hidden.
Macabre
adj. gruesome; grisly.
Astute
adj. wise; shrewd.
Jettison
v. throw overboard.
Expunge
v. cancel; remove.
Deduce
v. infer.
Gamut
n. entire range.
Ambulatory
adj. able to walk.
Limpid
adj. clear.
Blandishment
n. flattery.
Epitome
n. summary; concise abstract.
Plenary
adj. complete; full.
Specious
adj. seemingly reasonable but incorrect; deceptive.
Beatific
adj. giving bliss; blissful.
Obviate
n. cessation.
Sebaceous
v. make unnecessary; get rid of.
Recondite
adj. oily; fatty.
Dissimulate
adj. abstruse; profound; secret.
Vitiate
v. pretend; conceal by feigning.
Adventitious
v. spoil the effect of; make inoperative; contaminate.
Descry
v. catch sight of.
Turgid
adj. swollen; distended.
Ethnology
n. study of man.
Panoramic
comprehensive view ,unobstructed view in all directions.
Apposite
adj. appropriate; fitting.
Disparage
v. belittle.
Derisive
adj. expressing ridicule.
Avid
adj. greedy; eager for.
Hiatus
n. gap; pause.
Extirpate
v. root up; eradicate.
Recompense
v. reward; make amends.
Sanguine
adj. cheerful; hopeful.
Sentient
adj. capable of feeling.
Truncheon
n. baton; club carried by a police officer.
Dilatory
adj. delaying.
Redolent
adj. fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor.
Sublime
adj. exalted; noble; uplifting.
Sedulous
adj. diligent.
Curvet
v. leap.
Animus
n. hostile feeling or intent.
Recondite
adj. abstruse; profound; secret.
Descry
v. catch sight of.
Redolent
adj. fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor.
Sentient
adj. capable of feeling.