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80 Cards in this Set

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tenuous
having little substance or strength; shaky
mercenary
motivated solely by a desire for money or material gain.
vigilant
on the alert; watchful
tangential
only superficially relevant; slightly connected
dirge
a funeral hymn or lament
incongruous
lacking in harmony, incompatible
sonorous
producing a deep or full sound
strident
loud, harsh, grating, or shrill
tumultuous
noisy and disorderly
dilatory
habitually late
redolent
strongly reminiscent of something.
strongly fragrant of something.
onerous
troublesome or oppressive; burdensome (homework)
portent
omen; indication of something important or calamitous about to occur
banal
drearily commonplace; predictable
insipid
uninteresting; unchallenging; lacking taste or savor.
vapid
lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull
profundity
great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning
scintillating
brilliant
averse
strongly disinclined
demure
modest and reserved
diffidence
timidity or shyness
placid
calm or quite; undisturbed
quiescent
quiet, still, or at rest
fastidious
carefully attentive to detail. difficult to please.
intransigence
refusal to moderate a position or to compromise
jocular
characterized by or given to joking
alacrity
promptness in response; cheerful readiness; eagerness
benign
kind and gentle
belligerent
eager to fight; hostile or aggressive
contentious
quarrelsome
flippant
disrespectfully humorous or casual
nefarious
flagrantly wicked; vicious
pernicious
extremely or irrevocably harmful; deadly
rancorous
marked by bitter, deep-seated ill will
repugnant
arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive
invocation
a call for assistance from a higher power
variegated
having streaks marks or patches of different colors
abstruse
difficult to undrstand
reticent
wanting to keep quiet
staid
unemotional; serious
gaffe
faux pas
potentate
one who has the power and position to rule over others
castigate
to scold rebuke or harshly criticize
vituperative
marked by harshly abusive condemnation
indict
to officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime
litigious
prone to sue
parity
equality as in amount, status, or value (antonym of disparity)
rectitude
moral uprightness
remiss
lax in attending to duties
scrupulous
principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong
vindicate
to free from blame
chicanery
trickery
obsequious
fawning and servile
sycophant
insincere, obsequious flatterer
extol
to praise highly
magnanimous
courageously or generously noble in mind and heart
expurgate
to remove objectionable content before publication or release
extirpate
to destroy
supplant
to usurp the place of, with underhanded menas
stymie
to thwart or stump
abase
to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem
deride
to mock contemptuously
effrontery
brazen boldnss, presumptuousness
ignominy
great personal dishonor or humiliation, disgraceful conduct
pejorative
belittling, insulting
vindictive
revengeful
ebullience
intense enthusiasm
exorbitant
exceeding all bounds
lugubrious
excessively gloomy or mournful
penchant
a strong inclination or liking
amalgam
a combination of diverse elements
inundate
to overwhelm with a flood of something
multifarious
diverse; various
palliative
relieving the symptoms of something without curing it
felicitous
apt, admireable for something
belie
to misrepresent or disguise
mendacious
lying, untruthful
capricious
impulsive and unpredictable
impetuous
forcefully and suddenly energetic or emotional
vacillate
to oscillate between to things