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110 Cards in this Set
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celerity |
speed |
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dexterous |
skillful with hands |
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pallid |
pale |
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extrapolate |
extend, predict on basis of known data |
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malady |
illness |
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unfetter |
set free |
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extrinsic |
irrelevant, on the outside |
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malediction |
curse |
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prevaricate |
speak misleadingly, evasively |
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scuttle |
sink |
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unfrock |
remove priest from position |
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cerebral |
intellectual |
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fallacious |
false |
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paradigm |
example, model, way of looking at things |
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seminary |
institution in which priests are trained |
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certitude |
certainty |
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indelible |
cannot be wiped out |
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malinger |
deliberately avoid work, shirk |
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proclivity |
tendency towards |
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charlatan |
trickster who claims knowledge he doesnt have |
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dike |
dam, embankment |
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paragon |
perfect example |
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sentinel |
guard, sentry |
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unwitting |
unconscious, not deliberate |
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chary |
caution of, reluctant to give |
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paramount |
extremely important |
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prodigal |
wasteful |
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sequester |
isolate |
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upbraid |
scold off |
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antediluvian |
outdated |
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prodigious |
very large |
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serendipity |
fortunate coincidence, unsought discovery |
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uproarious |
funny |
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fatuous |
silly |
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profane |
unholy |
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upshot |
outcome |
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chimerical |
fantastic but improbable visions |
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pariah |
outcast from society |
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serrated |
jagged, saw like |
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ornate |
a. intricate b. baroque c. rococo d. florid |
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eclectic |
deriving from wide range of sources |
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anachronistic |
not belonging to current period (old) |
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byzantine |
a.complicated b. devious |
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nefarious |
wicked or criminal |
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lackadaisical |
lacking enthusiasm, lazy |
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enervate |
lacking energy |
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insouciant |
a.lack of concern b. offhand c. slipshod |
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drab |
lacking brightness, dull, light brown |
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circumlocution |
use of many words when not necessary to be vague/evasive |
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eloquent |
a. fluent in speaking/writing b. clearly expressing something |
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generic |
not original |
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ensue |
happen afterwards |
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emanate from |
spread out from, produced by |
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evocation |
a. recalling feeling etc to conscious mind b. invoking spirit c. eliciting response |
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patronage |
a.support given by patron b. power to control appointments to office c. rights to privilege d. visiting shop etc e. condescending |
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sophistry |
a.clever but false arguments b. casuistry |
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intemperance |
a. lack of moderation b. overindulgence |
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acumen |
a.make good judgement and decisions b.perspicacity |
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ingenuous |
innocent and unsuspecting |
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artless |
without guile |
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arcane |
a.understood by few, secret b.inscrutable |
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clandestine |
done secretively because illegal |
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occult |
magical practices |
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munificent |
generous |
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altruistic |
not selfish |
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solicit |
a.try to obtain something b. beseech c. importune d. supplicate |
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accost |
appraoch boldy |
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inexorable |
a. impossible to stop b impossible to persuade, unrelenting (not yielding) |
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yielding |
complying with desires of others |
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excise |
tax levied on goods, tithe |
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dissonance |
lack of harmony |
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immure |
a.confine someone against their will b.incarcerate c. intern |
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ostensibly |
a.stated to be true but not necessarily b.purportedly |
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profess |
claim openly but falsely |
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morbid |
a. unhealthy interest in unpleasant subjects - ghoulish - macabre b. indicative of disease |
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unwholesome |
not conducive to health or moral well being |
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efface |
a. erase mark from surface b. make oneself appear insignificant |
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seditious |
a.inciting people to rebel against authority of state b.forment c.insurgent d. subvert |
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insurrection |
violent uprising |
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mutinous |
a. disobedient |
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wilful |
a. stubborn b. intentional |
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corollary |
a.natural consequence b.associated c.proposition followed from one already proved |
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append |
add something at end of document |
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uncanny |
strange or mysterious in unsettling way |
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surreptitious |
kept secret because it wouldn't be approved |
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furtive |
secretive |
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raunchy |
shabby, energetic, sexually explicit |
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sated |
a. slake b. surfeit |
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glut |
abundance of something |
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cogitation |
think |
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reverie |
daydream |
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abstraction |
preoccupation |
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pretension |
claim to something, pretentious |
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render |
a.provide or give b.submit for inspection c. deliver d. give up e. cause/make f. represent g. translate |
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shirk |
deliberately avoid work |
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baroque |
intricate |
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rococo |
intricate |
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florid |
intricate |
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offhand |
lack of concern |
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slipshod |
lack of concern |
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perspicacity |
make good judgement |
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importune |
try to get something |
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supplicate |
beg for something |
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intern |
confine someone against will |
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macabre |
unhealthy interest in gross stuff |
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forment |
seditious |
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subvert |
seditious |
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insurgent |
seditious |
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slake |
sated |
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surfeit |
sated |
