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126 Cards in this Set

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deference
submission or courteous yielding to the opinion,
wishes, or judgment of another; courteous respect, respect
altruism
unselfish concern for the welfare of others selflessness, generosity
clemency
a disposition to show mercy especially toward an
offender or enemy, mercy
consummate
complete or perfect in every respect, perfect
empirical
relying on or derived from observation or experiment, relying on experience
inexorable
not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless, relentless
proximity
the state, quality, sense, or fact of being near or next
to; closeness, nearness
incipient
beginning to exist or appear, beginning
vindictive
disposed to seek revenge; revengeful, seeking revenge
fecund
capable of producing offspring or vegetation; fruitful, fertile
acumen
quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or
insight, mental sharpness
languish
to be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor, become weak
vacillate
to swing indecisively from one course of action or
opinion to another, be indecisive
eminent
outstanding, as in character or performance;
distinguished, well known
mentor
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher, teacher
ascetic
a person who renounces material comforts and leads a
life of austere self-discipline; especially as an act of
religious devotion, hermit-like
credence
acceptance as true or valid belief, believability
trepidation
a state of alarm or dread; apprehension, fear
respite
a usually short interval of rest or relief, period of rest
resolute
firm or determined; unwavering, determined
fervor
great warmth and intensity of emotion; passion, zeal
tenacious
holding or tending to hold persistently to something
such as a point of view, persistent
elaborate
planned or executed with painstaking attention
to numerous parts or details, detailed; thorough
malignant
showing great malevolence; highly injurious;
pernicious; threatening to life, deadly
bequeath
to leave or give (property) by will, leave in will
abeyance
the condition of being temporarily set aside,
suspension, temporary pause
resignation
unresisting acceptance of something as
inescapable; submission, reluctance acceptance of
situation
convivial
fond of feasting, drinking, and good company,
sociable; merry; festive, festive
cognizant
exhibiting keen instinct and good judgment;
perceptive, perceptive
wistful
full of wishful yearning, yearning
minuscule
very small; tiny, very tiny
munificent
showing great generosity, very generous
egotist
confined in attitude or interest to his own needs
or affairs, self-obsessed person
stricture
a restraint, limit or restriction, restriction
fetter
something that serves to restrict; a restraint, restrain
forbear
to refrain from; resist, refrain from
genteel
refined in manner; well-bred and polite, refined
permeate
to spread through or penetrate something, penetrate
idiosyncrasy
a physiological or temperamental peculiarity, peculiarity
pejorative
a disparaging or belittling word or expression, negative term
requisite
required; essential, necessary
reclusive
seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation, hermit-like
mediate
to resolve or settle (differences) by working with
all the conflicting parties, help settle differences
delineate
to depict in words or gestures; describe, describe accurately
ignominy
great personal dishonor or humiliation, deep disgrace
mendicant
depending on alms for a living; practicing
begging, beggar
neophyte
a beginner or novice, beginner
infamous
having an exceedingly bad reputation;
notoriously wicked, reputation for being bad
usurp
to seize another’s place, authority, or possession
wrongfully, seize wrongfully
inaugurate
to cause to begin, especially officially or formally, begin officially
gravity
grave consequence, seriousness, or importance, seriousness
venerate
to regard with respect, reverence or heartfelt
deference, revere
cognitive
the process of how we come to know, dealing with knowledge
contingent
dependent on conditions or occurrences not yet
established; conditional, dependent
distinguish
to perceive as being different or distinct, tell apart
tautological
needless repetition of the same sense in different
words; redundancy, redundant
ethereal
of the celestial spheres; heavenly, heavenly
benevolent
characterized by or suggestive of doing good, generous
furtive
characterized by stealth; surreptitious, secretive
pompous
characterized by excessive self esteem of
exaggerated dignity; pretentious, self-important
contempt
disparaging or haughty disdain as for something
base or unworthy; scorn, reproachful disdain
esoteric
intended for or understood by only a particular
group, peculiar
vilify
to make vicious and defamatory statement about, defame
segregate
to separate or isolate from others or from a main
body or group, keep apart
deplete
to decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out, reduce by use
clandestine
kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal
an illicit or improper purpose, secret
covert
not openly practiced; avowed, engaged in,
accumulated or shown, secret
insurgent
rising in revolt against civil authority or a
government in power; rebellious, rebel
hegemony
the predominately influential group, leadership
salutary
favorable to health; wholesome, healthful
specious
having the ring of truth or plausibility but
actually fallacious ,deceptively plausible
mandatory
required or commanded by authority; obligatory, necessary
egalitarian
affirming; promoting or characterized by belief
in equal political, economic, social, and civil
rights for all people, believing in social equality
aberration
a deviation from the proper or expected course, deviation
animosity
bitter hostility or open enmity; active hatred, resentment
remorse
moral anguish arising from repentance for past
misdeeds; bitter regret, regret
amorous
being in love; enamored, feeling love
catharsis
a release of emotional tensions after an
overwhelming experience that restores or
refreshes the spirit, relieving purification
sensuous
appealing to or gratifying the senses, delighting the senses
abnegate
sacrifice of one’s own desires or interests, renounce
torpor
a state of mental or physical inactivity or
insensibility; lethargy, apathy, lethargy
disparage
to speak of in a slighting way; belittle, belittle
hierarchy
categorization of a group of people according to power
or status, pecking order
anomaly
deviation or departure from the normal or common
order, form, or rule, deviation
agrarian
relating to or concerning the land and its ownership;
cultivation and tenure, relating to land
arbitrate
settle the issue between parties engaged in a dispute, weigh opposing views
pernicious
tending to cause death or serious injury, deadly
reticent
inclined to keep one’s thoughts, feelings, and personal
affairs to oneself; restrained or reserved in style, restrained
apocryphal
of questionable authorship or authenticity, of dubious authenticity
aristocratic
member of hereditary ruling class; nobility, of noble birth
awry
away from correct course; amiss, off course
blatant
unpleasantly loud and noisy, offensively noisy
spurious
lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not
genuine, false, false
domestic
of or relating to the family or household, of the household
amnesty
a general pardon granted by a government, especially
for political offenses, official pardon
congenial
suited to one’s needs or nature; agreeable, agreeable; suited
anguish
agonizing physical or mental pain; torment, agonizing pain
abridge
to cut short; curtail, shorten
curtail
to cut short; abbreviate, shorten
flagrant
conspicuously bad, offensive or reprehensible, shocking; outstandingly
bad
abstract
not applied or practical; theoretical, theoretical
alacrity
cheerful willingness; eagerness, cheerful eagerness
acrid
unpleasantly sharp, pungent, or bitter to the taste or
smell, sharp
amorphous
lacking definite form; shapeless, shapeless
antecedent
a preceding occurrence, cause or event, what went before
pensive
suggestive or expressive of melancholy thoughtfulness, thoughtful and sad
incantation
ritual recitation of verbal charms or spells to produce a
magic effect, chant
acute
keenly perceptive or discerning; penetrating, shrewd
cadence
the measure or beat of movement as in dancing or
marching, rhythm
proficient
having or marked by an advanced degree of
competence as in an art vocation, profession, or branch
of learning, thoroughly competent
dissipate
to attenuate to or almost to the point of disappearing, thin out
tenet
an opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by
a person or especially by an organization, shared principle
garrulous
given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk;
tiresomely talkative, chatty
husbandry
careful management or conservation of resources;
economy, thrifty management of
resources
ostentatious
characterized by or given to boastful showiness;
pretentious, showing off
apotheosis
an exalted or glorified example, the perfect example
astute
having or showing shrewdness and discernment,
especially with respect to one’s own concerns, shrewd
flaunt
to exhibit ostentatiously or shamelessly, show off
bucolic
of or characteristic of the countryside or its people;
rustic, charmingly rural
sanguine
cheerfully confident; optimistic, cheerful
exhaustive
treating all parts or aspects without omission, thorough
replenish
to fill or make complete again; add a new stock or
supply to, fill again
adulation
to praise or admire excessively; fawn on, admiration
succumb
to submit to an overpowering force or yield to an
overwhelming desire; give up or give in, yield
covet
feel immoderate desire for that which is another’s, wish for enviously
epithet
an abusive or contemptuous word or phrase, disparaging term