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61 Cards in this Set
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invective
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Denunciatory or abusive language; vituperation.
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apostate
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One who has abandoned one's religious faith, a political party, one's principles, or a cause.
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officious
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Marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others: an officious host; officious attention.
Informal; unofficial. |
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redoubtable
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Arousing fear or awe; formidable.
Worthy of respect or honor. |
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aboveboard
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Without deceit or trickery; straightforward.
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mendicant
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A beggar.
A member of an order of friars forbidden to own property in common, who work or beg for their living. |
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impecunious
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Lacking money; penniless.
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timorousness
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Full of apprehensiveness; timid.
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temerity
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Foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness.
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craven
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Characterized by abject fear; cowardly
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splenetic
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Of or relating to the spleen.
Affected or marked by ill humor or irritability. A person regarded as irritable. |
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nettle
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To sting with or as if with a nettle.
To irritate; vex. |
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exhort
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To make urgent appeal.
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cadenza
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An elaborate, ornamental melodic flourish interpolated into an aria or other vocal piece.
An extended virtuosic section for the soloist usually near the end of a movement of a concerto. |
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provident
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Providing for future needs or events.
Frugal; economical. |
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turbid
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Having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended; muddy: turbid water.
Heavy, dark, or dense, as smoke or fog. In a state of turmoil; muddled: turbid feelings. |
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diaphanous
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Of such fine texture as to be transparent or translucent: diaphanous tulle.
Characterized by delicacy of form. See Synonyms at airy. Vague or insubstantial: diaphanous dreams of glory. |
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disingenuos
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Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating: “an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who... exemplified... the most disagreeable traits of his time” (David Cannadine).
Pretending to be unaware or unsophisticated; faux-naïf. |
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skein
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A length of thread or yarn wound in a loose long coil.
Something suggesting the coil of a skein; a complex tangle: a twisted skein of lies. A flock of geese or similar birds in flight. See Synonyms at flock1. |
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nomenclature
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A system of names used in an art or science: the nomenclature of mineralogy.
The procedure of assigning names to the kinds and groups of organisms listed in a taxonomic classification: the rules of nomenclature in botany. |
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turpitude
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Depravity; baseness.
A base act. |
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celerity
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Swiftness of action or motion; speed
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indigent
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Experiencing want or need; impoverished.
Lacking or deficient |
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pertinacious
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Holding tenaciously to a purpose, belief, opinion, or course of action.
Stubbornly or perversely persistent. |
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perfunctory
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Done routinely and with little interest or care: The operator answered the phone with a perfunctory greeting.
Acting with indifference; showing little interest or care. |
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asperity
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roughness
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sycophantic
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servile self seeker
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virulence
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Extremely infectious, malignant, or poisonous. Used of a disease or toxin.
Capable of causing disease by breaking down protective mechanisms of the host. Used of a pathogen. Bitterly hostile or antagonistic; hateful: virulent criticism. See Synonyms at poisonous. Intensely irritating, obnoxious, or harsh. |
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irridescent
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colorful
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dispassionate
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Devoid of or unaffected by passion, emotion, or bias
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specious
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Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious: a specious argument.
Deceptively attractive. |
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munificent
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Very liberal in giving; generous.
Showing great generosity |
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vouchsafe
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To condescend to grant or bestow (a privilege, for example); deign.
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jettison
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The act of discarding or casting overboard
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indigent
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Lacking or deficient.
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desultory
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Moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected: a desultory speech.
Occurring haphazardly; random |
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assiduous
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Constant in application or attention; diligent: an assiduous worker who strove for perfection. See Synonyms at busy.
Unceasing; persistent: |
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abstruse
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Difficult to understand; recondite.
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hide-bound
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Stubbornly prejudiced, narrow-minded, or inflexible.
Having abnormally dry, stiff skin that adheres closely to the underlying flesh. Used of domestic animals such as cattle. Having the bark so contracted and unyielding as to hinder growt |
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gambol
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To leap about playfully; frolic.
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descry
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To catch sight of (something difficult to discern). See Synonyms at see1.
To discover by careful observation or scrutiny; detect: |
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boggle
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1: startle with amazement or fear 2: hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear 3: overcome with amazement
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belied
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To picture falsely; misrepresent: “He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility” (James Joyce).
To show to be false: Their laughter belied their outward grief. To be counter to; contradict |
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moribund
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Approaching death; about to die.
On the verge of becoming obsolete |
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mellifluous
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Flowing with sweetness or honey.
Smooth and sweet |
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hedge
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To take compensatory measures so as to counterbalance possible loss.
To avoid making a clear, direct response or statement. |
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hortatory
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Marked by exhortation or strong urging: a hortatory speech.
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abrogate
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To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
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admonish
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scold gently
warn |
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cogent
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powerfully convincing
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deify
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To make a god of; raise to the condition of a god.
To worship or revere as a god: deify a leader. To idealize; exalt: deifying success. |
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effusive
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higly emotional
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lachrymose
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Weeping or inclined to weep; tearful.
Causing or tending to cause tears. |
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recreant
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Unfaithful or disloyal to a belief, duty, or cause.
Craven or cowardly. |
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tenacity
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perssitent
stubborn |
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skinflint
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One who is very reluctant to spend money; a miser.
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vantage
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An advantage in a competition or conflict; superiority.
A position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage. A vantage point |
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putative
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commonly accepted
supposed |
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diffident
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timid
lacking self confidence |
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desultory
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without plan or purpose
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myopic
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lack of foresight
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