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49 Cards in this Set
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arbitrate |
to judge a dispute between two opposing parties |
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ardor |
intense and passionate feeling |
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assuage |
to make something unpleasant less severe |
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attenuate |
to reduce in force or degree; to weaken |
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audacious |
fearless and daring |
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austere |
severe or stern in appearance; undecorated |
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banal |
predictable, cliched, boring |
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bolster |
to support; to prop up |
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diatribe |
an abusive, condemnatory |
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diffident |
lacking self-confidence |
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dilatory |
intended to delay |
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dilettante |
someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic |
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disabuse |
to set right; to free from error |
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disparate |
fundamentally different; entirely unlike |
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dissemble |
to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character |
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efficacy |
effectiveness |
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elegy |
sorrowful poem or speach |
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enervate |
to reduce in strength |
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enigma |
a puzzle; a mystery |
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enumerate |
to count, list, or itemize |
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ephemeral |
lasting a short time |
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equivocate |
to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead |
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erratic |
wandering and unpredictable |
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estoeric |
known or understood by only a few |
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estimable |
admirable |
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extigent |
urgent; requiring immediate action |
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exonerate |
to clear of blame |
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fawn |
to grovel |
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fervid |
intensely emotional; feverish |
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florid |
excessively decorated or embellished |
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foment |
to arouse or incite |
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guile |
deceit or trickery |
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lavish |
to give unsparingly; extremely generous or extravaant |
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iconoclast |
one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions |
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impetuous |
quick to act without thinking |
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inchoate |
not fully formed; disorganized |
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ingenuous |
showing innocence or childlike simplicity |
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inimical |
hostile, unfriendly |
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innocuous |
harmless |
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insipid |
lacking interest or flavor |
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intransigent |
uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled |
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inundate |
to overwhel; to cover with water |
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irascible |
easily made angry |
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implacable |
unable to be calmed down or made peaceful |
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laconic |
using few words |
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laud |
to give praise; to glorify |
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abate |
to reduce in amount, degree, or severity |
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abstain |
to choose not to do something |
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abscond |
to leave secretly |
