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53 Cards in this Set

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atrophy
wasting away/ failure
bastion
fortified place/ stronghold
concord
state of agreement
consummate
complete in the highest degree
disarray
disorder
exigency
urgency
flotsam
floating debris/ homeless people
frenetic
highly agitated
glean
gather bit by bit
grouse
type of game bird/ to complain
incarcerate
imprison/confine
incumbent
obligatory/required
jocular
humorous/joking
ludicrous
ridiculous/ absurd
mordant
sharply or bitterly harsh
nettle
prickly or stinging plant/irritate severely
pecuniary
measuring in money
pusillanimous
cowardly or mean-spirited
recumbent
in a reclining position
stratagem
scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent
acuity
sharpness of mind
delineate
portray, or describe in accurate and vivid detail
depraved
marked by evil and corruption
enervate
to weaken or lessen
esoteric
understood by only a select few
fecund
fruitful in offspring or vegetation
fiat
command or act of will or consciousness
figment
fabrication of the mind
garner
gather and store away for future use
hallow
set apart as holy or sacred
idiosyncrasy
peculiarity that serves to identify
ignominy
shame and disgrace
mundane
earthly, wordly, concerned with what is ordinary
abject
degraded/ horrific (poverty)
agnostic
doesnt believe in God
complicity
involvement in wrongdoing
derelict
someone or something that is abandoned or neglected
diatribe
bitter and prolonged verbal attack
effigy
crude image of despised person
equity
state or quality of being fair
inane
silly/ empty of meaning or value
indictment
act of accusing
indubitable
certain/ not to be doubted
intermittent
stopping and beginning again
moot
open to discussion and debate
motif
principal idea, feature, theme or element
neophyte
rookie
perspicacity
keenness in observing and understanding
plenary
everything is there/ complete
surveillance
watch kept over a person
sylvan
woody area/forest
testy
easily irritated
travesty
grossly inferior imitation/ disguise