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79 Cards in this Set

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Modicum
a moderate or small amount:
Surfeit
excess
Conciliatory
tending to conciliate: to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over; to make compatible
Confrontational
tending toward or ready for confrontation
Jaded
worn out or wearied, as by overwork or overuse; dulled or satiated by overindulgence
Miffed
put into an irritable mood, especially by an offending incident:
Embittered
To make bitter
Wary
watchful; being on one's guard against danger.
Encroaching
to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; tresspass
Reprobate
unprincipled person
Spurned
to reject with disdain; scorn.
Invariable
not changing
Curative
serving to cure or heal;
Anomalies
a deviation from the common rule
Tendril
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
Unequivocally
in a way that is clear and unambiguous
Sequestered
to remove or withdraw into solitude or retirement; seclude
Urbane
reflecting elegance, sophistication
Injunction
a command; order; admonition
Collusion
a secret agreement
Hubris
arrogance
Consummate
complete
Versatile
capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor;variable or changeable, as in feeling, purpose
Languid
Slack; slow
Sagacious
having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd
Evanescent
vanishing; fading away; fleeting.
Transient
not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory.
Derivative
not original
Morose
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
Opulent
wealthy, rich, or affluent.
Indomitable
unconquerable
Lithe
bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible
Ephemeral
lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory
Dissipated
indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure; intemperate; dissolute.
Circuitous
roundabout; not direct:
Inviolable
prohibiting violation; secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration
Curator
manager
Divisive
forming or expressing division or distribution.
Prosaic
commonplace; dull
Futile
incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless
Disparate
distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar:
Obsolete
outmoded
Meager
having little flesh; lean; thin; deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate
Inefficacious
ineffective.
Discretionary
subject or left to one's own discretion.
Purports
to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely; to convey to the mind as the meaning or thing intended; express or imply.
Touted
to solicit business, employment, votes, or the like, importunately.
Adept
very skilled; proficient; expert:
Relegate
to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition:
Fortuitous
happening or produced by chance; accidental; lucky; fortunate
Dilatory
tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
Assiduous
constant in application or effort; working diligently
Pogroms
an organized massacre, especially of Jews.
Impugn
to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost; to explore or examine in order to discover
Forgo
to abstain or refrain from; give up
Gall
to vex or irritate greatly
Spate
a flood or inundation;
a river flooding its banks;
a sudden or heavy rainstorm.
Drudgery
menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
Acumen
keen insight; shrewdness:
Impertinence
unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence; inappropriateness
Arcane
mysterious; secret; obscure
Abstruse
hard to understand; recondite; esoteric; secret; hidden
Didactic
intended for instruction; instructive
Ingenuous
free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.; innocent; naive
Disparage
belittle
Sophistry
a false argument; superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning.
Effacement
to wipe out
Insurrectionists
rebellion
corollary
an immediate consequence or easily drawn conclusion;
a natural consequence or result.
Uncanny
having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary; mysterious
Autonomy
independence or freedom
Seditious
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
Musing
contemplation; reflection.
Divisive
rming or expressing division or distribution.
Flotsam
useless or unimportant items; odds and ends; material or refuse floating on water
Cantankerous
disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish:
Tacit
silent; saying nothing; implied
Impetuous
impulsive
Miscreants
depraved, villainous, or base; holding unorthodox belief