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50 Cards in this Set
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1: felicitous
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(Of a word or remark) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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2: flag
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Droop; grow feeble; decline in vigor or strength; adj. flagging; CF. unflagging
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3: flout
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Reject; mock; show contempt for; scorn; Ex. flout the rules
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4: foment
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Stir up; incite; instigate; promote the growth of (something evil or unpleasant)
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5: gainsay
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Deny
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6: garrulous
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Loquacious; wordy; talkative; n. garrulity
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7: gouge
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Overcharge (with high price); extort from; Ex. gouge the public; CF. usury
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8: grandiloquent
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(Of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language; pompous; bombastic
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9: gregarious
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Sociable; (of an animal) tending to form a group
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10: iconoclastic
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Attacking cherished traditions; n. iconoclast: one who attacks traditional ideas; one who destroys sacred images
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11: immutable
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Unchangeable
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12: impassive
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Without feeling; expressionless; imperturbable; stoical; Ex. impassive face
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13: impermeable
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Impervious; not permitting passage through its substance; impossible to permeate
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14: imperturbable
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Unshakably calm; placid
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15: implacable
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Incapable of being pacified; impossible to appease; Ex. implacable enemy
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16: inchoate
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(Of desire, wish, plan) recently begun; not explicit; at the beginning of development; rudimentary; elementary; Ex. inchoate mass
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17: incongruity
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Lack of harmony; absurdity; adj. incongruous: lacking in harmony; inappropriate
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18: indigence
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Poverty
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19: indolent
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Lazy
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20: inert
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Inactive; lacking power to move; unable to move or act; Ex. chemically inert; n. inertia: state of being inert; force which keeps a thing in the position or state
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21: ingenuous
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Naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated; candid
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22: innocuous
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Harmless
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23: insipid
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Lacking in flavor; lacking interest; dull; Ex. insipid food/character
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24: insularity
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Narrow-mindedness; isolation; adj. insular: of an island; isolated; narrow-minded; CF. peninsula
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25: …
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26: intransigence
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Refusal of any compromise; stubbornness; adj. intransigent: uncompromising
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27: inundate
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Flood; overflow; submerge; cover completely; Ex. inundated with work
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28: inured
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Accustomed; hardened; Ex. inured to the Alaskan cold; v. inure: make used to something undesirable; harden; CF. unfeeling
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29: invective
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Abuse; abusive word
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30: irascible
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Irritable; easily angered
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31: laconic
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Brief and to the point; using few words; terse
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32: lassitude
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Languor; weariness; listlessness
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33: levee
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Earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding; CF. raise
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34: levity
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Lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner
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35: loquacious
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Talkative; n. loquacity
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36: mendacious
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Lying; habitually dishonest; n. mendacity
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37: mollify
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Soothe an angry person
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38: morose
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Ill-humored; sullen; sullenly melancholy
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39: obdurate
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Stubborn; refusing to change one's belief
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40: obsequious
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Slavishly attentive; servile; full of servile compliance; sycophantic
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41: obviate
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Make unnecessary; get rid of; Ex. obviate the need
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42: occlude
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Shut; close; obstruct; Ex. A blood clot occluded an artery.
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43: officious
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Meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services; overly eager in offering unwanted services or advices; Ex. officious bellboy
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44: onerous
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Burdensome
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45: opprobrium
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Infamy; disgrace arising from shameful conduct; vilification(slander); scorn; contempt; Ex. opprobrium hurled against him; adj. opprobrious: expressing contempt; shameful or infamous
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46: paragon
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Model of perfection; Ex. paragon of virtue
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47: paucity
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Scarcity; dearth
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48: penchant
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Strong inclination; strong liking (esp. for something that is disapproved of by other people); Ex. penchant for fast cars
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49: penury
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Extreme poverty; stinginess; adj. penurious: very poor; stingy
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50: perfidious
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Treacherous; disloyal; n. perfidy: treachery
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