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50 Cards in this Set
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Adulation
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extreme admiration or flattery
-idolatry, veneration |
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Astute
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wise, perceptive, and shrewd to an acute degree
-shrewd, discerning, cagey, canny |
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Auspicious
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promising good, favorable in outlook, boding success
-favorable, promising, propitious |
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Congenial
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a) sharing like tastes
- consonant, kindred b) pleasant, harmoniously agreeable -genial, sociable |
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felicitous
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aptly expressed, fitting or well placed (of remarks)
- apt, fit, appropriate, delightful, pleasant |
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homage
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respectful deference as tribute to someone or something deemed worthy; any act of respectful admiration
- honor |
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Impeccable
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without fault or blame; free from error or sin
-flawless, faultless |
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Indomitable
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incapable of being overcome
-unconquearble, dauntless |
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Placid
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of a peaceful nature
-calm, unruffled, serene, quiet |
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Sanguine
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positive and confident in outlook; cheerful
-confident, optimistic |
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Furtive
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a)Stealthy or sly in manner, hoping to not be discovered
-secret, stealthy, surreptitious b) stolen -stolen |
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Heinous
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outrageously evil or appalling, shocking in the extreme
-outrageous, abominable, odious, villainous |
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Inimical
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a) distinctly unfriendly and uncongenial
-hostile b)adverse or cotrary to, as an enemy -adverse |
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Lurid
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arousing horror or undue sensation by being gruesome or revolting formerly, exceedingly pale in appearance
-gruesome, sensational |
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Macabre
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dwelling on death; gruesome or extremely horrible in aspect
ex: The logical predessor of Stephen King was Edgar Allen Poe, who penned macabre short stories. |
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Morbid
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a) preoccupied with unwholesome, gloomy, or macabre feelings
-grisly or gruesome b)referring to or typical of disease; causing disease -diseased |
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Nefarious
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noticeably evil, wicked, or impious
- vicious, wicked, evil, sinful |
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Sordid
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base, gross, or vile, mean and dishonorable in intent
-mean |
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Vendetta
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a lengthy blood feud, typically marked by revenge
-blood feud |
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Aficionado
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fan, anyone keenly devoted to something
-devotee |
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Quixotic
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idealistic, lacking practicality; noble or lofty in motives, yet unrealistic
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Imbroglio
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a complex. often bitter argument or dispute; a complicated situation or entanglement
-embroilment |
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Aphorism
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a pithy saying that expressed an acknowledged truth or shared feeling
-adage, saying ex: The pen is mightier than the sword |
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Construe
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a) to interpret or understand the intention of, as "he construed my attitude as favorable"
-interpret, understand, infer b) to analyze the construction of a sentence, especially when translating |
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Dissent
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to hold a different opinion
-differ, disagree; disagreement, difference |
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Glib
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a) easily fluent in speech or writing
-slick, superficial b)revealing a lack of serious thought example: a glib reply to my important question |
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Innuendo
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an indirect hint or unpleasant insinuation about someone's reputation or character; a veiled, unflattering comment
-insinuation |
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Reticent
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reserved in speech, tending to be silent; restrained in appearance or manner
-silent, reserved, taciturn, uncommunicative, close-mouthed |
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Rhetoric
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a)insincere or high-flown writing or speech
-grandiloquence, bombast b) originally the study of effective communication or written composition |
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terse
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brief(of speech or writing)
-concise, succinct, pithy |
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Vociferous
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loudly and clamorously insistent
-clamorous, strident |
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Condescend
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to bend or stoop to a less formal or exalted level; to put on a superior air
-stoop, unbend |
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Divulge
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to reveal something held in confidence or secret
-reveal |
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Expurgate
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to clean or purge of something objectionable, wrong, or harmful
-purge |
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Extricate
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to free from an entanglement or awkward situation
-disentangle, untangle, disencumber |
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Instigate
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to egg on or urge forward
-incite, provoke, goad |
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remonstrate
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to raise objections or protest; to plead pro or con
-object, expostulate |
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Suffice
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to be enough or sufficient for a need
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Supplant
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to take the place of or replace because of superiority or by force or treachery; to erase and offer a substitue for
-replace |
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Vindicate
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a) to confirm or justify
-justify, substantiate, confirm b) to free from blame -absolve, exonerate, exculpate, acquit c) to avenge -avenge |
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Extenuating
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tending to lessen the seriousness of by offering excuses or reasons
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Germane
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both fitting and appropriate
-relevant, material |
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Inscrutable
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difficult to grasp, understand, or interpret
-mysterious, enigmatic |
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Intransigent
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unwilling to compromise or alter an opinion or custom, even though it may be extreme
-uncompromising |
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Palpable
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noticeably or readily perceived; able to be touched or felt; tangible
-perceptive |
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Prodigious
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impressively large, enormous; calling forth wonder or amazement
-awesome |
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Remiss
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showing lack of attention or care
-negligent, careless |
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Unctuous
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a) showing a false warmth or sincerity in an oily-smooth way
b) being self-consciously virtuous, earnest, or spiritual |
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vehement
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full of emotion, feeling, passion, intense; expressed with force or animosity
-impassioned, fervid, fervent |
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Dilettante
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someone who dabblies in the arts( or another field of knowledge) and has a little information but lacks serious commitment
-amateur, dabbler, tyro |