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62 Cards in this Set

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aplomb
poise, assurance
callow
w/o experience
surmise
to think or believe w.o supporting evidence
adventitious
incidental; accidental
acculturation
adaptation
expediate
redeem
seditious
resistant to authority; rebellious
tenuous
vague; hazy
assuage
to make easier or milder
inscrutable
incapable of being understood
insular
narrow outlook or experience
querulous
peevish; complaining
sedulous
persistant
scurrilious
vulgar
axiomatic
self-evident
blazon
embellishment
caveat
warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding
fractious
tending to be troublesome
soporific
causing sleep
sepulchral
funereal
aspersion
derogatory statement; defaming
aspersion
derogatory statement; defaming
ennui
boredom; listlessness
sinecure
job that is easy
surreptitious
stealthily
debase
lower in character
grandiose
grand
mitigate
make milder or softer
prate
blabber; talk a great deal in a foolish way
acrimonious
stinging, bitter in temper or tone
expurgate
purify
impugn
to call into question or accuse
odium
hatred
relegate
relocate
anathema
object of intense dislike
avarice
greedy desire
egregious
standing out
penury
extreme poverty
slovenly
untidy, dirty, careless
torpid
inactive, sluggish
accrue
grow or accumulate over time
dun
demand insistently
invective
condemnation; abusive
munificent
extremely generous
reprobate
a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person
abstemious
moderate
denizen
an inhabitant
heresy
opinion different that of accepted belief
inculcate
to impress on the mind with repitition
pernicious
extremely harmful
salient
leaping, jumping, springing forth
specious
deceptive; lacking real merit
extenuate
to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense
implicit
implied or understood though unexpressed
ostentatious
overdone
prosaic
dull
redundant
excess or extra
sanctimonious
self-righteous
scintillating
sparkling, twinkling
aver
to affirm
collate
compare critically
encumber
weigh down