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38 Cards in this Set
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Umbrage
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n. resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult. She took umbrage at his condescending remarks.
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Unaccountable
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adj. inexplicable; unreasonable or mysterious. I have taken an unaccountable dislike of my doctor, who for all other reasons seems like a good woman.
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Unbriddled
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adj. violent. She had a sudden fit of unbriddled rage.
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Uncanny
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adj. strange; mysterious. The uncanny dissapperance of Rachel has plagued authorities for years.
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Unconscionable
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adj. unscrupulous; excessive. She found the loan shark's demands to be unconscionable.
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Uncouth
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adj. outlandish; clumsy; boorish. Could he have been so uncouth as to think that he would immidiately gotten the position?
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Unctious
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adj. oily; bland; insincerley suave. The oil-man concealed his motivations with unctious promises.
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Unequivocal
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adj. plain; obvious. Is it not unequivocal that you have to study for the GRE to do well?
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Unexceptionable
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adj. not offerig any basis for criticism; entirely acceptable. Because the Clintons refused to vet their sources for funding, their campaign was not as unexceptionable as we had hoped.
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Unfeigned
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adj. genuine; real. She turned so pale that I am sure her surprise was unfeigned.
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Unfledged
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adj. immature. Many of the novice rowers were unfledged, but I still enjoyed their lively company.
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Unfrock
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v. to strip a priest or minister of church authority. After his alcohol problem was discovered, Jeff was unfrocked.
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Ungainly
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adj. awkward; clumsy; unwieldy. Teenage kids can be ungainly, but they usually grow out of it.
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Unguent
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n. oinment. Apply this unguent to your burn, said the nurse.
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Unmitigated
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adj. unrelieved or immoderate; absolute. After four days of unmitigated heat, the Texans knew it was summer time.
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Unobtrusive
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adj. inconspicuous; not blatant. Reluctant to attract attention, she remained as unobtrusive as possible.
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Unprepossessing
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adj. unattractive
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Unrequited
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adj. not reciprocated. Her unrequited lover would not return her phone calls.
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Untoward
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adj. unfortunate or unlucky; adverse; unexpected. The accident was to untoward that some thought it must have been the result of bad karma.
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Untrammeled
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adj. without limits or restrictions; unrestrained. The night was dedicated to untrammeled fun.
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Unwitting
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adj. unintentional; not knowing. She was the unwitting tool of the bandits.
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Unwonted
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adj. unaccustomed. He hesitated to take the unwonted role of father, for it was new and awkward for him.
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Upbraid
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v. severly scold; reprimand. For his disobedience, Mrs. Walsh upbraided Everit.
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Uproarious
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adj. marked by commotion; extremely funny; very noisy. The uproarios comedy attracted huge numbers of fans.
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Upshot
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n. outcome. The upshot of his determination was inevitable success.
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Urbane
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adj. suave; elegant; refined. The courtier was urbane and sophisticated.
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Urchin
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n. mischeivous child. Lets hope Natalie doesn't have any urchins, as friends.
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Ursine
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adj. bearlike; pertaining to a bear. The campers thought they heard an ursine growl from the forest, but it was only the russell of leaves.
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Usury
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n. lending money at illegal rates of interest. The loan shark was found guilty of usury.
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Uxorious
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adj. excessively devoted to one's wife. I don't want an uxorious husband.
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Vagary
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n. caprice; whim. She followed every vagary of fashion.
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Vagrant
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adj. stray; random
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Valedictory
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adj. pertaing to farewell. I found the valedictory address too long.
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Vanguard
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n. forerunners; advance forces. We are the vanguards of the army headed this way.
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Vapid
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adj. dull and unimaginative; insipid and flavorless. Boring, thought Alice who was required to sit through another vapid lecture.
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Variegated
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adj. many-colored. Joseph wore a variegated coat.
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Vaunted
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adj. boasted; bragged; highly publicized. This much vaunted project lived up to its expectations.
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Vegetate
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v. live in a monotonous way. Let us not vegetate, but appreciate the variety of life.
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