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88 Cards in this Set

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Accolade
praise
Allusion
indirect reference
Ambivalence
uncertainty, having 'mixed feelings'
Ambivalent
unable to decide
Analogy
comparison
Anecdote
short account of something interesting, story
Anomalous
odd; not fitting the pattern
Apparition
ghost, something that 'appears'
Aspersion
negative feeling; damaging remark
Belligerence
aggression
Bombastic
too elaborate; exaggerated
Candid
truthful
Capricious
changeable; fickle
Cherished
cared for; firmly-held
Cliche
over-used expression
Conception
1. idea; view
2. beginning of pregnancy
Convoluted
complicated
Credence
belif
Cryptic
hidden
Currency
1. widespread acceptance
2. money
Decorous
good and correct (use of behavior)
Denunciation
act of speaking out against
Derailed
thrown off course
Derivative
unoriginal
Despotic
acting like a tyrant
Detritus
rubbish
Diaphanous
very thin and transparent
Dictum
often used saying
Dilettante
person who dabbles in the arts
Disdained
showed contempt for
Dispassionate
unbiased; fair
Dowager
an elderly woman of elevate social status
Dubious
doubtful
Egalitarian
equal; believer in equality
Elict
draw out (used mainly for information or feelings)
Elliptical
1. Shaped like an ellipse
2. Indirect
Epitomizes
acts as a typical example of
Equivocate
speak ambiguously/vaguely
Evasiveness
trying to avoid something
Explicity
very clear, nothing hidden
Foraging
searching for food
Hypothetical
based on guesswork; not proven
Iconoclast
person who goes against accepted authority
Indiosyncratic
quirky, unique to an individual
Imponderable
cannot be understood
Indecorous
not well-behaved, lacking in dignity
Indigence
extreme poverty
Inept
clumsy
Inherent
inbuilt; genetic
Intricate
complicated
Irrefutable
cannot be proven wrong
Jingoism
using words to stir up exaggerated patriotism
Jubilant
joyful
Judicious
fair and equal
Lament
express regret over something
Loquacious
talkative; using many words
Mendicancy
begging
Metaphorical
not literal; figurative
Milieu
environment; surroundings
Mitigated
made less severe
Nascent
just begun; in an early stage of development
Nostalgia
longing for the past
Obtrusive
easily seen
Orthographical
concerned with writing and spelling
Ossified
become fixed and rigid
Ostentatious
showy
Palpable
can be felt
Pastoral
1. concerned with the country side
2. concerned with the care a pastor gives to someone
Pedestrian
1. boring 2. person who walks
Perfidy
treachery; betrayal
Profligacy
wasteful and immoral behavior
Prohibitive
very expensive
Prudence
wisdom; caution
Pugnacious
aggresive
Purveyor
one who sells something or causes something to spread
Resonance
echo
Respite
break (from work, etc.)
Resurgence
revival
Sparse
thin; not thick
Stringent
strict
Succumbing
giving in to; falling under the influence of
Supercilious
arrogant
Tenacity
firmness of purpose
Transcend
go beyond a limit
Variegated
multicolored
Venerable
worthy of respect
Viable
workable; able to live or grow
Visceral
concerned with the 'guts'; physical rather than mental