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98 Cards in this Set

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acrimonious
Bitter or Sharp language/tone
aegis
sponsorship
affect
to influence
affix
to attach a part to the beginning or end of a word
amends
Compensation for a wrong
analogous
A comparison (adj)
antithesis
the direct opposite
apprehensive
Anxious or uneasy
austerity
Severe/rigid restrictions
autonomy
Independence, self determination
Banter
Converse in playful/teasing way
Beguile
To charm
benevolent
with kind intentions
brazen
bold, rude, defiant
caricature
a comic exaggeration
categorical
without exception
coinage
newly invented word
colloquial
Conversational
commensurate
Corresponding in size or degree
complaisant
Wanting to please
Conciliatory
Peacemaking, appeasing
Conclusive
Decisive
congruence
agreement, harmony, correspondence
Debunk
To expose or make fun of a false claim
Decorum
Appropriate Behavior
Demeanor
Manner of behavior
deprivaton
A lack of necessary items
derogatory
Insulting, Belittling
Despot
A ruler with absolute power
didactic
Intended to teach
diligence
Persistent hard work
diminutive
A suffix denoting smallness, youth, familiarty, affection, or contempt
disparage
To speak of in a disrespectful way
docile
gentle, tame
dubious
doubtful
effect
a result
Elucidate
to make clear
emigrate
To leave one's country
erudited
Possessing great knowledge and scholarship
Esoteric
Understood by an elite group
exorbitance
An extreme, unreasonable expense or price
extricate
To free from entanglement
facetious
Playfully joking
Feral
Untamed
Finicky
Difficult to please
Flamboyant
Flashy, Vivid
flippant
Rudely Witty
Grandiose
Pretending to be important
Gratuitous
Not needed, unjustified
hegemony
dominance of one group over others
heterogeneous
Varied
Hilarity
great cheer, joy
Homogeneous
Uniform, Same
ignoble
Dishonorable
Imbue
To inspire or influence thoroughly
importune
To annoy with repeated requests
imprudent
unwise
impugn
to attack or challenge as false
indeterminate
Vague
indigent
Impoverished, Poor
Indoctrinate
To insturct in certain principles or idealogies
Innuendo
An indirect or subtle expression of something
Intemperate
Lacking moderation, Excessive
intrepid
fearless
ludicrous
Utterly absurd
Mirth
Good spirits
Mitigate
to make less severe
mores
customs of behavior
multifarious
Having great variety
Munificent
Generous in Giving
Opulence
Great wealth or abundance
Oxymoron
an expression that contradicts itself
Palindrome
Word spelled same forward and backward
patronize
To treat as inferior
Pecuniary
having to do with money
pormanteau word
one word made by combining parts of two others
precarious
Dangerous, unstable
precede
To come before
profligate
recklessly wasteful
provincial
unsophisticated
pundit
A person of great learning about a particular topic
Qualm
A sense of uneasiness
recession
The act of withdrawing or going back
Remunerate
to compensate for something
Satiate
To fully Satisfy
slovenly
Untidy
Solvent
Able to pay one's debts
Sovereign
A king or queen
strident
shrill, harsh, loud, grating
surfeit
An excess amount
tantamount
Equivalent in effect or value
tentative
uncertain, provisional
trepidation
anxiety
Unequivocal
Perfectly clear
unseemly
inappropriate
Usurp
To take hold by force
vacillate
To swing indecisively between opions or actions
Vilify
to slander