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53 Cards in this Set
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Acrid |
Sharp; pungent (used of smells and tastes) |
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Boorish |
ill-mannered |
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Poignant |
deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions |
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Respite |
a break; intermission |
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Terse |
concise; to the point |
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Acrophobia |
fear of heights |
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Bourgeois |
Middle class |
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Debility |
weakness; incapacity |
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Hiatus |
interruption; pause |
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Languid |
tired; slow |
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Poised |
calm; collected; self-possessed |
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Resplendent |
Shining; glowing |
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Acuity |
Sharpness (mental or visual) |
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Braggart |
Someone who boasts |
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Epitomized |
typified; characterized; personified |
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Hidebound |
rigid in opinions |
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Languish |
decay; fade away; get weaker |
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Obsequious |
servile; submissive |
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Polemical |
causing debate or argument |
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Adamant |
forceful; inflexible |
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Brawny |
muscular |
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Equivocate |
speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth |
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Larceny |
theft; robbery; stealing |
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Ponderous |
weighty; slow and heavey |
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Timorous |
cowardly; fearful |
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Adroit |
skillful |
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Brevity |
Being brief |
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Decorum |
dignified, correct behavior |
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Largess |
generosity |
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Pontificate |
speak pompously or dogmatically |
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dogmatic |
inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true |
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Reticent |
restrained; holding something back; uncommunicative |
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Tirade |
stream of verbal abuse |
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Adulation |
strong admiration; worship |
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Bristle |
to show irritation |
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Histrionic |
theatrical; exaggerated |
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Laud |
praise |
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obstreperous |
noisy and boisterous |
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Portend |
foretell |
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Titter |
giggle quietly |
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Bulwark |
fortification; barricade; wall |
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defunct |
no longer in existence or functioning |
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Etymology |
study of word origins |
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Odious |
hateful |
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Rife |
common |
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Torpor |
dormancy; sluggishness; inactivity |
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Affable |
friendly; social; easygoing |
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Degradation |
deprivation; poverty; debasement |
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Hypochondriac |
a person obsessed with health; having imaginary illnesses |
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Officious |
domineering; intrusive; meddlesome |
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Posthumous |
after death |
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Rigor |
thoroughness |
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Totter |
walk unsteadily |
