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30 Cards in this Set

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felicity
(n) a state of happiness
foible
(n) a personal weakness or failing; a minor flaw in character or behavior
furtive
(adj) stealthy or sly, like the actions of a theif
galvanize
(v) to stimulate as if by shock; startle; excite to imbue with life or animation
gamut
(n)the whole range or sequence
garner
(v) to get or earn
garrulous
(adj) given o talking too much, esp. about unimportant things
genteel
(adj) well bred or refined
germane
(adj) relevant
gesticulate
(v) to make or use gestures, as in speaking, or in place of speech
gourmand
(n) a connoisseur in the delicacies of the table; one who is heartily interested in good food and drink
grandiloquent
(adj) using high-flown, pompous, bombastic words and expressions
gratuitous
(adj) without cause or justification; uncalled for
gregarious
(adj) fond of the company of others; sociable
grotesque
(adj) incongruously composed or ill-proportioned; bizarre; departing markedly from the natural, the expected or the typical
guile
(n) slyness and cunning; craftiness
hackneyed
(adj) made trite and commonplace by overuse
haggard
(adj) worn and gaunt in appearance
harangue
(n) a long, blustering, noisy, or scolding speech; a tirade
harbinger
(n) a person or thing that comes before to announce or give an indication of what follows
hibernal
(adj) pertaining to winter
hindrance
(adj) an obstacle
hypocrisy
(n) a pretending to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; esp. a pretense of virtue
hypocritical
(adj) practicing hypocrisy
iconoclast
(n) anyone who attacks or ridicules traditional or venerated institutions or ideas regarded by him as erroneous or based on superstition; an image-breaker
idiosyncrasy
(n) a mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual; a personal peculiarity
ignoble
(adj) low in character or purpose
ignominious
(adj) characterized by disgraced or shame; deserving of shame or infamy
imbroglio
(n) a misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, confusion, strife
immaterial
(adj) of no essential consequence; not pertinent; unimportant