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50 Cards in this Set

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abjure

to reject, renounce

abrogate


to abolish with authority

acerbic

biting , bitter in tone or taste

acrimony

bitterness, discord

acumen

keen insight

adumbrate

to sketch out in a vague way

alacrity

eagerness, speed

anathema

a cursed, detested person

antipathy

a strong dislike

approbation

praise

arrogate

to take without reason

ascetic

practicing restraint

aspersion

a curse, expression of ill will

assiduous

hard-working

blandish

to coax with flattery

boon

a gift or blessing

brusque

short, abrupt, dismissive

buffet

v) to strike with hard force


n) an arrangement of food on a table

burnish

to polish or shine

buttress

V) to support, hold up


n) something that offers support

cacophony

n) tremendous noise, disharmonious sound

cojole

v) to urge, coax

calumny

n) an attempt to spoil someone else's reputation by spreading lies


capricous

adj) subject to whim, fickle

clemeny

n) mercy

cogent

adj) intellectually convincing

concomitant

adj) accompanying in a subordinate fashion

conflagration

n) great fire

contrite

adj) penitent, eager to be forgiven

conundrum

puzzle, problem

credulity

n) readiness to believe

cupidity

n) greed, strong desire

cursory

adj) brief to the point of being superficial

decry

V) to criticize openly

defile

V) to make unclean, impure

deleterious

adj) harmful

demure

adj) quiet, modest, reserved

deprecate

V) to belittle, depreciate

deride

V) to laugh at mockingly, scorn

descrate

v) to violate the sacredness of a thing or place

desiccated

adj) dried up, dehydrated

diaphanous

adj) light, airy transparent

diffident

adj) shy, quiet, modest

discursive

adj) rambling, lacking order

dissemble

V) to conceal, fake

dither

V) to be indecisive

ebullient

adj) enthusiastic

effrontery

n) impudence, nerve, insolence

effuglent

adj) radiant, splendourous

egregious

adj) extremely bad