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51 Cards in this Set
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Incendiary (adjective) |
Designed for the purpose of causing a fire |
An incendiary device/bomb |
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Havoc (noun) |
A situation in which there is much destruction or confusion |
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Rankle (verb) |
To cause (someone) to feel angry or irritated especially for a long time |
The joke about her family rankled her |
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Debase (verb) |
To lower the value or reputation of (someone or something) : to make (someone or something) less respected |
The governor debased himself by lying to the public |
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Evanescent (adjective) |
Lasting a very short time |
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Pernicious (adjective) |
Causing great harm or damage often in a way that is not easily seen or noticed |
She thinks that television has a pernicious influence on our children |
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Latency (noun) |
The state of existing but not being obvious or developed |
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Insular (adjective) |
separated from other people or cultures : not knowing or interested in new or different ideas |
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Countermand (verb) |
To cancel (an order) especially by giving a new order |
Orders to blow up the bridge were countermanded |
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Iniquitous (adjective) |
Very unfair or evil |
Zero tolerance at the academy for cheating and other iniquitous practices |
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Halcyon (adjective) |
Very happy and peaceful or successful |
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Stratified (adjective) |
Divided into groups in society based on status |
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Circumlocution (noun) |
The use of many words to say something that could be said more clearly and directly by using fewer words |
I'm trying to avoid circumlocutions in my writing |
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Unheralded (adjective) |
Not previously noticed or praised much |
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Enigmatic (adjective) |
Full of mystery and difficult to understand |
The discovery of the abandoned ship in mid ocean remains one of the most enigmatic episodes in seafaring history |
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Provenance (noun) |
The origin or source of something |
Has anyone traced the provenances of these painting? |
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Bane (verb) |
To kill especially with poison |
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Plumb (verb) |
To manage to understand something difficult or mysterious |
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Dearth (noun) |
The state or condition of not having enough of something |
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Timbre (noun) |
The quality of the sound made by a particular voice or musical instrument |
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Deleterious (adjective) |
Damaging or harmful |
The drug has no deleterious effects on patients |
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Subdued (adjective) |
Not strong,loud,intense |
She spoke in a subdued voice |
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Noisome (adjective) |
Very unpleasant or disgusting |
It's no fun having asthma and living in an area with noisome smog |
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Undulate (verb) |
To rise and fall in volume |
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Erstwhile (adverb) |
Formerly |
There's now a store where erstwhile lay green and pleasant pastures |
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Breach (verb) |
To fail to do what is required by |
He claims that the city breached an agreement by selling the property |
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Abrogate (verb) |
Breach ; to fail to do what is required by |
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Adulterate (verb) |
Contaminate |
The village's water supply had been adulterated/vitiated by toxic industrial by-products that had seeped into groundwater |
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Vitiate (verb) |
Spoil, make defective, corrupt |
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Genial (adjective) |
Cheerful and pleasant |
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Standoffish (adjective) |
Unfriendly |
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Glacial (adjective) |
Slow, physically cold |
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Succinct (adjective) |
Using few words to state or express an idea |
He gave a succinct overview of the expansion project |
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Encomium (noun) |
Warmly enthusiastic praise |
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Lackadaisical (adjective) |
Feeling or showing a lack of interest or enthusiasm |
His teachers did not approve of his lackadaisical approach to homework |
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Recluse (adjective) |
Marked by withdrawal from society |
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Shirk (verb) |
To avoid doing something that you are supposed to do |
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Deluge (noun) |
Severe flood |
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Trenchant (adjective) |
Very strong clear and effective |
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Excoriate (verb) |
To criticize very harshly |
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Lackey (noun) |
Subordinate who follow without question |
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Prolix (adjective) |
Using too many words |
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Pious (adjective) |
Deeply religious |
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Pithy (adjective) |
Using few fords in a clever and effective way; succinct |
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Amicable (adjective) |
Showing a polite and friendly desire to avoid disagreement and argument |
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Slander (verb) |
Tell malicious lies about |
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Turgid (adjective) |
Very complicated and difficult to understand |
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Bombastic (adjective) |
Pompous, overinflated |
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Eloquent (adjective) |
having or showing the ability to use language clearly and effectively |
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Cogent (adjective) |
Compellingly persuasive |
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Idiosyncrasy (noun) |
Eccentricity ; harmless personal oddness |
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