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66 Cards in this Set

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ADEPT
(adj.) very skilled, able, or proficient
ADVOCATE
(n.) one who acts in support or defense of a person or cause
AESTHETIC
(adj.) pertaining to what is considered beautiful or tasteful
ANACHRONISM
(n.) someone or thing out of its correct chronological or historical order
ANECDOTE
(n.) a short account of an interesting or humorous, often biographical, incident
APPREHENSIVE
(adj.) uneasy, anxious, or fearful about the future; quick to understand or learn
ARROGANCE
(n.) an offensive display of self-importance or superiority; overbearing pride; haughtiness
BOORISH
(adj.) resembling or characteristic of a boor; crude, coarse, and clumsy in behavior
BREVITY
(n.) the quality of being brief in time or duration; concise expression
CATHARTIC
(adj.) delivering catharsis; emotionally purging
CENSURE
(v.) to express disapproval in a strong or vehement fashion; to criticize, blame, or reprimand
CITE
(v.) to quote as an authority or example; to mention in support or confirmation
COMMENDABLE
(adj.) worthy of great praise or approval
CONCILIATORY
(adj.) attempting to regain goodwill through pleasantness; overcoming hostility; willing to make concessions; accommodating; appeasing
CONSENSUS
(n.) majority of opinion among a group; general agreement or accord
CONSUMMATE
(adj.) complete or perfect in every respect; supremely skilled
CURSORY
(adj.) preformed hastily and without attention to detail; superficial
DEFIANT
(adj.) boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; challenging
DEPICT
(v.) to represent or characterize in words, pictures, or sculpture
DERIDE
(v.) to laugh at in corn or treat with contempt; to ridicule
DISPARAGE
(v.) to speak of with disrespect; to belittle or depreciate
DISPARITY
(n.) lack of equality or similarity; difference
ECLECTIC
(adj.) selecting, employing, or comprising individual elements from a wide variety of sources
ELABORATE
(adj.) planned or executed with great care and attention; painstaking
ELOQUENT
(adj.) characterized by clear, powerful, and persuasive speech
ELUCIDATE
(v.) to make lucid or clear; to explain
EMBODY
(v.) to represent in bodily, material, or tangible form
EQUITABLE
(adj.) characterized by fairness and impartiality; just or reasonable
ERRATIC
(adj.) having no fixed or regular course; wandering; lacking consistency, or regularity; eccentric
ETHICAL
(adj.) being in accordance with the rules or standards for right conduct or practice; adhering to moral principles
EXEMPLARY
(adj.) worthy of imitation; estimable; praiseworthy
FELICITOUS
(adj.) well-suited for the occasion, appropriate; marked by good fortune
FLORID
(adj.) reddish or rosy; excessively ornate or flowery
FOSTER
(v.) to promote the growth or development of; cultivate; nurture
HOLISTIC
(adj.) emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of parts, as opposed to separation into parts
IDIOSYNCRASY
(n.) a habit, mannerism, or characteristic that is peculiar
INEFFABLE
(adj.) defying expression or description; inexpressible
INTEMPERATE
(adj.) given to or characterized by excessive indulgence; not moderate or restrained
IRREVERENT
(adj.) showing lack of due respect; impertinent; satirical
LAMENT
(v.) to feel or express grief or regret; to mourn for
LAUDATORY
(adj.) containing or expressing priase
LUCID
(adj.) clear; rational; sane; easily understood
MAGNANIMOUS
(adj.) generous in forgiving; unselfish; free of resentment or vindictiveness
MOCK
(v.) to ridicule; to imitate or mimic; to defy
MUNDANE
(adj.) common or ordinary; pertaining to the world, secular
NAIVE
(adj.) unaffected; unsophisticated; inexperienced; having an unaffected style
NEFARIOUS
(adj.) wicked; infamous; villainous
NOSTALGIA
(n.) a longing for a former place or time; something that displays nostalgia
NOVEL
(adj.) new; different
OBSTINATE
(adj.) stubborn; inflexible; not easily overcome
PARTISAN
(adj.) devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause
PESSIMISTIC
(adj.) gloomy; having a negative outlook; expecting the worst
PRAGMATIC
(adj.) practical; dealing with actual facts or occurrences
PROSAIC
(adj.) commonplace; dull; lacking in imagination
QUELL
(v.) to suppress; to put an end to; to pacify
REFUTE
(v.) to prove to be false; to prove a person to be in error; to deny
RHETORICAL
(adj.) used for style or effect only; having to do with rhetoric; bombastic
SANGUINE
(adj.) optimistic, hopeful or confident; reddish; bloody
SOLICITOUS
(adj.) anxious or concerned; careful; eager
SOMBER
(adj.) dark; dimly lit; gloomy or depressing
SPECULATE
(v.) to think or reflect; to conjecture; to engage in a risky business practice in the expectation of a quick or large profit
SUPERFLUOUS
(adj.) more than sufficient; extra; unnecessary or needless
TENACIOUS
(adj.) persistent or stubborn; holding fast; holding together; sticky or adhesive
VENERATE
(v.) to regard or treat with reverence
VINDICATE
(v.) to clear of accusation or suspicion; to defend, maintain, or avenge
ZEALOUS
(adj.) filled with or motivated by zeal; enthusiastic