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129 Cards in this Set

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galvanize
to stire up
gambol
to leap playfully
gamut
entire range
garbled
mixed up
garish
flashy
genesis
beginning
gingerly
very carefully
girth
distance around something
glut
having too much of something
gouge
to tear out
glutton
someone who eats too much
grandiose
impressive
grapple
to wrestle
gregarious
sociable
garrulous
wordy
gaudy
flashy
guile
deceit
hackneyed
commonplace
hamper
to obstruct
haphazard
by chance
hardy
sturdy
hedonism
belief that pleasure is the sole aim in life
heed
to pay attention to
heresy
opnion contrary to popular belief
hiatus
gap in time
hirsute
hairy
hoax
an act intended to trick
homage
honor
hone
to sharpen
humane
kind
hypochondriac
person unreasonably worried about his health
illicit
illegal
immaculate
spotless
imminent
likely to occur soon
immutable
unchangeable
impassive
without feeling
impetus
moving force
implacable
incapable of being calmed down
implicit
understood but not stated
impotent
weak
inane
silly
inaugurate
to initiate
incidental
not essential
incisive
direct and effective (as in remarks)
inconsequential
of small significance
incontrovertible
indisputable
indict
to charge (with a crim)
indiscriminate
choosing at random
indolent
lazy
indulgent
yielding
ingenuous
naive
innocuous
harmless
insolvent
bankrupt
integral
necessary for completion
interminable
endless
intractable
stubborn
irascible
irritable
irresolute
uncertain how to act
jaunt
a short trip
judicious
wise
lackadaisical
lacking liveliness
laconic
brief adn to the point
languish
to lose strength
larceny
theft
laud
to praise
lax
lacking in rigor
levity
lightness
lilliputian
extremely small
liquidate
to settle accounts
listless
lackign in spirit or energy
lithe
flexible
livid
enraged
loath
reluctant
lofty
having high goals
lucid
easily understood
lugubrious
mournful
lull
moment of calm
maim
to badly injure
malcontent
person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs
malignant
having an evil influence
marshal
to put in order
maverick
rebel
martial
warlike
mire
to entangle
mitigate
to lessen in intensity
mnemonic
pertaining to the memory
monolithic
unyielding
moribund
at the point of death
muddle
to confuse
mundane
wordly (as oppposed to spiritual)
munificent
very generous
murkiness
darkness
mutable
changing in form
nebulous
vague
nefarious
wicked
neologism
newly coined word or phrase
noisome
unwholesome; offensive
novelty
something newq
obdurate
stubborn
obfuscate
to confuse
oblivion
forgetfulness; state of being unaware
obscure
unclear
obsequious
willing to serve
obsolete
out-of-date
obstinate
stubborn
obtrusive
pushing forward
onerous
burdensome
opportune
timely
oscillate
to waver back and forth
ossify
to harden into bone
ostentatious
showy
palatable
agreeable
palatial
magnificent
palliate
to make less severe
palpable
easily perceptible
paltry
insignificant
panacea
cure-all
pandemic
widespread
parable
simple story teachign a moral
paradigm
model; example
paragon
model of perfection
parity
equality
parochial
narrow in outlook
parody
humorous imitation
parsimonious
stingy
partisan
one-sided in viewpoint; partial
pastoral
rural
paucity
scarcity
pecuniary
pertaining to money