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113 Cards in this Set

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Quiescent

Still, inactive

Revelry

Cheerful,lively Festivity

Novel

New

Squander

To waste

Perambulate

To Stroll

Prescient

Having Knowledge of an event before it happens

Sustain

To maintain and support

Garrulous

Very talkative


Peregrinate

To wander from place to place


Expound

To explain by presenting in detail

Peripatetic

To move from place to place

Digress

To go off tangent

Bibliophile

Book Lover

Tome

A Scholarly Book

Pundit

Authority of critic

Obsolescent

Becoming obsolete

Tenuous

Weak

Missive

Letter

Caricature

Exaggerated Portrait

Travesty

Highly Inferior

Erudition

Deep Extensive learning

Predilection

having a bias for something

Lofty

Tall


Puerile

Childish; immature

Peruse

To examine

Affable

Friendly

Gambit

A carefully considered Strategy

Circumspect

Cautious

Astute

Clever

Inexplicable

Difficult or impossible to explain

Cardinal

Foremost Importance

Embellish

To exaggerate

Sensibility

Sensative

Admonish

To express sharp disproval

Pretentious

Making an extravagant show

Pedantic

Concerned with book learning

Exotic

Strikingly Unusual

Forlorn

Sad

Inopportune

Ill-Timed

Inscribed

Written

Prerogative

Exclusive Right

Countenance

Facial Expression

Incandescent

Shining Brightly

Clemency

A kind and merciful act

Supernal

Heavenly

Benign

Harmless

Malignant

Very likely to cause harm

Engender

To cause

Charismatic

charming

Disdain

To hate

Verdict

The decision of the authority

Sheepish

Embarrassed

Animated

Lively

Alluring

Very attractive

Enigmatic

Deeply puzzling

Furtively

Sneakily, Stealthily

Ebullient

Overflowing with enthusiasm

Acerbic

Sharp tempered

Volatile

Tending to vary frequently

Bellicose

Agressive

Mollify

To sooth

Alacrity

Speed; cheerful willingness

Query

Question

Impassive

Showing no emotion

Appease

To calm or sooth

Pedagogical

Related to teaching

Eclectic

Selecting from various sources

Scrupulous

hard working

Scathing

Very harsh

Savant

Learned person

Reclusive

reluctant

Pique

To arrouse

Jargon

Something understood by only a group of
people

Obstinate

Stubborn

Paramount

Primary, foremost

Cordinal

Warm and sincere

Colloquy

A formal Conversation

Verbatim

In exactly the same words

Reiterate

To repeat

Obtuse

Dull, Stupid

Rebuke

To scold

Revivify

To give new energy

Soporific

Sleep Producing

Somnolent

Sleepy

Sojourn

Visit

Undaunted

Not discouraged

Convoluted

Complicated

Appellation

Name

Vernacular

Everyday language used by ordinary people

Amenable

Agreeable

Idiom

An expression whose meaning differs from the meaning of the original words

Abortive

Interrupted while incomplete

Melange

Mixture

Voluble

Fluent

Uninhibited

Not Restrained

Moxie

determination

Tenet

Doctrine; A set of beliefs

Obsolete

Old fashioned

Predominant

Having a great deal of importance or authority

Plumb

To examine deeply

Cryptic

Having a hidden meaning

Profound

Deep

Anomaly

Something different from the norm

Unprecedented

Never occurring before

Affective

Relating to emotions

Empathize

to put yourself in someone else's shoes

Dissemble

To disguise

Atrophy

To waste away

Validity

The acceptance

Methodology

a system of methods used in a particular area of study

Miniscule

Very small

Conjure

To bring to mind

Chimerical

Imaginary