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77 Cards in this Set
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consummate |
complete, total, supremly good |
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jaundiced |
pessimistic, cynical |
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superlative |
extremely good, the best |
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whet |
sharpen |
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grity |
coarse, granular |
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jaunt |
short pleasure trip |
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niggardly |
miserly |
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whimsical |
capricious |
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bemoan |
complain about |
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philistine |
uncultured person |
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redolent |
smelling of, giving off odours |
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redress |
put right something that was wrong |
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wily |
cunning |
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benign |
harmless |
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contumacious |
stubborn |
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guileless |
straightforward |
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benignity |
compassion, gentleness |
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jollity |
happiness |
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nonentity |
not famous person |
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referendum |
public vote |
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wistful |
melancholy, pensive |
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emulate |
imitate something admired |
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sybarite |
lover of luxury |
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zany |
crazy, wacky |
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berate |
scold, criticize |
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gustatory |
concerned with taste |
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regale |
entertain |
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sycophant |
flatterer |
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beret |
type of cap |
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corpulent |
fat |
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relegate |
dismiss to lower position |
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zealot |
fanatic |
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bestial |
brutal |
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corrugated |
highly folded |
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hallowed |
consecrate, worshipped |
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juxtapose |
place next to |
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tactile |
concerned with sense of touch |
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zenith |
summit |
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vociferous |
characterized by vehement opinions |
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clamorous |
a. vehement protest b. loud and confused noise |
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risque |
indecent and liable to shock |
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titillating |
salacious |
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bawdy |
humorously indecent
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ribald |
referring to sexual matters in rude way |
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incontrovertible |
cannot be disproved |
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unassailable |
unable to be defeated/attacked |
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impervious |
unable to be affected by |
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dogged |
tenacity |
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pertinacious |
holding firm to an opinion |
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indefatigable |
working persistently |
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unflagging |
tireless, persistent |
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stymied |
hinder progress of |
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leery |
cautious because of realistic expectations |
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doctored |
falsify something, alter, repair, remove sexual organs |
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insidious |
progressing in gradual manner with harmful effects |
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vanguard |
people leading the way in developments etc |
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avant-garde |
new and experimental ideas |
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dout |
extinguish fire |
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synagogue |
place in which jews worship |
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ennoble |
give someone noble rank, lend greater dignity |
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espionage |
practice of using spies |
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arid |
a.too dry b.lacking in interest/excitement |
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stipulate |
a.demand or specify requirement |
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wordly |
a.concerned with material values b.sophisticated |
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distension |
swell |
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husbandry |
management of resources, cultivation of crops |
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tandem |
alongside each other, together |
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cognition |
mental action of acquiring knowledge, intuition |
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pervasive |
spreading throughout an area |
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stratified |
arrange or classify |
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vicarious |
a.done for another b. experienced in imagination through feelings etc of another person |
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odoriferous |
giving off unpleasant smell |
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aural |
relating to ear |
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hilarity |
extreme amusement |
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rectitude |
righteousness |
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prospectus |
printed booklet advertising school |
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mandate |
authority to carry out policy |
