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50 Cards in this Set
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Licentious (adj)
Licentiousness(n); Licentiously(adv) |
sexually unrestrained, immoral or wicked.
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Corroborate(v)
Corroboration(n) |
to make certain or confirm; especially for one's story.
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Malevolent(adj)
Malevolence(n); Malevolently(adv) |
evil; wishing evil or harm to others.
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Incredulous(adj)
Incredulity(n); Incredulously(adv) |
not believing, skeptical.
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Vindictive(adj)
Vindictiveness(n); Vindictively(adv.) |
wanting revenge.
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Trepidation(n)
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a fear so great that it causes trembling or quivering.
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Spurious(adj)
Spuriousness(n); Spuriously(adv) |
not real or genuine, counterfeit OR of illegimate birth.
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Rancorous(adj)
Rancorousness(n); Rancorously(adv) |
full of bitterness and resentment, unforgiving.
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Assiduous(adj)
Assiduousness(n); Assiduoulsy(adv) |
constant, working diligently, persevering.
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Tempest(n)
Tempestous(adj) |
a violent windstorm OR a violent commotion or distraction.
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Impetus(n)
Impetuous(adj) |
a driving force, impulse, stimulus.`
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Heathen(n)
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someone who does not worship the god of the bible or the Koran OR an irreligious, uncultured, uncivilized person.
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Demagogue(n)
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someone who gets power by stimulating people's emotions and prejudices.
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Intrepid(adj)
Intrepidness(n); Intrepidly(adv) |
fearless.
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Cajole(v)
Cajolement(n); Cajolingly(adv) |
to coax; persuade someone using flattery or promises.
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Allegory
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a direct symbolic representation of some idea or situation in fictious form, an extended metaphor.
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Catch 22
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a situation when a person is trapped between two contradictory conditions.
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Irony
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when the opposite of what is expected occurs.
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Dramatis Personae
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list of characters in a play.
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Witch Hunt
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an intense search for members of a feared group, based on little or no evidence.
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Anachronism(n)
Anachronistic(adj) |
something outside of its time.
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Ardent(adj)
Ardently(adv) |
intense feeling, passionate, burning.
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Audacious(adj)
Audacity(n) |
bold and daring.
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Austere(adj)
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serious, strict,severely simple.
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Daunt(v)
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to intimidate or cause loss of courage.
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Ignominious(adj)
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humiliating, deserving disgrace or shame.
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Lurid(adj)
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shocking, horrible, gruesome, revolting
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Melancholy(n/adj)
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gloomy, sad, depressed.
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Obeisance(n)
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a gesture to show respect.
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Palpable(adj)
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obvious OR tangible(touchable).
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Pestilent(adj)
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harmful and likely to spread; annoying.
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Placid(adj)
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calm and peaceful.
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Robust(adj)
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strong, healthy, rough.
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Scrupulous(adj)
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conscientious, precise, exact.
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Urbane(adj)
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socially polished and sophisticated; cool.
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Convivial(adj)
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fond of feasting, drinking and good company; jovial.
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Corpulent(adj)
Corpulence(n) |
obese, bulky in body, portly.
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Disconcerting(adj)
Disconcert(v); Disconcerted(adj) |
disturbing, throwing into disorder or confusion.
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Disparity(n)
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a difference, especially lack of similarity or inequality.
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Exultant(adj)
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feeling great joy or happiness, triumphant.
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Gaudy(adj)
Gaudiness(n) |
showy, flashy, ornamental.
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Infinitesimal(adj)
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tiny, immeasureably small.
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Ingratiate(v)
Ingratiation(n) |
to suck up, put yourself in good favor.
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Juxtapose(v)
Juxtaposition(n) |
to put multiple things close together for comparision/contrast.
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Loquacious(adj)
Loquaciousness(n) |
excessively talkative
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Portentous(adj)
Portentously(adv) |
momentous OR pompous, self important.
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Punctilious(adj)
Punctiliousness(n) |
strict in following the formalities of conduct.
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Somnambulist(n)
Somnambulism(n) |
sleepwalker
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Superfluous(adj)
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more than necessary, excessive.
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Truculent(adj)
Truculence(n) |
aggresively, hostile, belligerant.
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