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43 Cards in this Set
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abjure
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ABJURE =
to reject or renounce |
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acumen
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ACUMEN =
keen judgment |
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adumbrate
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ADUMBRATE =
to foreshadow or sketch out vaguely |
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alchemy
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ALCHEMY =
medieval science |
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bellicose
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BELLICOSE = belligerent
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calumniate
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CALUMNIATE =
to slander (i remember by "she slandered me in her column") |
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canon
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CANON =
an established set of principles |
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canonical
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CANONICAL =
following accepted standards |
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dearth
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DEARTH =
scarcity, lack |
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demur
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DEMUR =
to question |
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eccentric
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ECCENTRIC =
departing from norms |
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emollient
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EMOLLIENT =
soothing or lubricating |
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expiate
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EXPIATE =
to atone for |
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fell
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FELL =
inhumanely cruel |
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hackneyed
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HACKNEYED =
unoriginal or trite, quotidian, commonplace |
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imbroglio
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IMBROGLIO =
difficult or embarassing situation |
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impecunious
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IMPECUNIOUS = poor
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inveterate
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INVETERATE =
stubbornly established by habit |
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jejune
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JEJUNE =
dull, immature |
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malevolent
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MALEVOLENT =
having spite |
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nadir
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NADIR =
the lowest point of something (nadir=to swim in spanish, remember "bottom of the ocean") |
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nascent
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NASCENT =
in the process of being born |
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obfuscate
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OBFUSCATE =
to confuse |
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paean
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PAEAN =
a song of praise |
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pedagogy
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PEDAGOGY =
principles of teaching |
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perusal
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PERUSAL =
a careful review |
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pirate
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PIRATE =
to illegally use |
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polemic
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POLEMIC =
controversy |
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puerile
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PUERILE =
juvenile or immature |
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quaff
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QUAFF =
to drink deeply |
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quixotic
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QUIXOTIC =
idealistic or impractical |
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rail
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RAIL =
to bitterly complain about |
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remonstrate
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REMONSTRATE =
to protest |
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saturnine
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SATURNINE =
dark, gloomy, stygian |
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sedulous
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SEDULOUS =
diligent, persistent, hard working, assiduous |
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squalid
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SQUALID =
sordid or wretched and dirty |
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stentorian
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STENTORIAN =
extremely loud and powerful |
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surfeit
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SURFEIT =
an excess |
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tendentious
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TENDENTIOUS =
biased (root: tendency) |
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timorous
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TIMOROUS = timid
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ubiquitous
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UBIQUITOUS =
widespread or existing everywhere |
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variegated
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VARIEGATED =
diversified or distinctly marked |
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vexation
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VEXATION = irritation
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