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65 Cards in this Set
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TORTUOUS (ADJ.)
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FULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS; NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD; POSSIBLY DECEITFUL
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TRACTABLE (ADJ.)
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EASILY MANAGED
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TRUCULENT (ADJ.)
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FIERCE, SAVAGE, CRUEL
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UBIQUITOUS (ADJ.)
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OMNIPRESENT; PRESENT EVERYWHERE
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VACUOUS (ADJ.)
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DULL, STUPID; EMPTY-HEADED
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VISCOUS (ADJ.)
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THICK AND STICKY (SAID OF FLUIDS)
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WELTER (ADJ.)
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A CONFUSED MASS; TURMOIL
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PERFUNCTORY (ADJ.)
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DONE IN A ROUTINE, MECHANICAL WAY, WITHOUT INTEREST
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PETULANT (ADJ.)
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PEEVISH; CRANKY; RUDE
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PLACATE (V.)
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TO APPEASE OR PACIFY
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PLETHORA (N.)
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A SUPERABUNDANCE
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PREVARICATE (V.)
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TO SPEAK EQUIVOCALLY OR EVASIVELY, i.e., TO LIE
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PRISTINE (ADJ.)
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PRIMITIVE, PURE, UNCORRUPTED
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PROPENSITY (N.)
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AN INCLINATION; A NATURAL TENDENCY TOWARD; A LIKING FOR
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PUTREFACTION (N.)
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A SMELLY MASS THAT IS THE DECOMPOSITION OF ORGANIC MATTER
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PUTREFY (V.)
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TO DECOMPOSE; TO ROT
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QUIESCENCE (N.)
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STATE OF BEING AT REST OR WITHOUT MOTION
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RANCOR (N.)
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STRONG ILL WILL; ENMITY
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RECALCITRANT (ADJ.)
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STUBBORNLY REBELLIOUS
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RECONDITE (ADJ.)
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HARD TO UNDERSTAND; CONCEALED; CHARACTEREIZED BY PROFOUND SCHOLARSHIP
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REDUNDANT (ADJ.)
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SUPERFLUOUS; EXCEEDING WHAT IS NEEDED
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SAGACIOUS (ADJ.)
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WISE
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SALUBRIOUS (ADJ.)
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PROMOTING GOOD HEALTH
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SINUOUS (ADJ.)
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FULL OF CURVES; TWISTING AND TURNING
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SPECIOUS (ADJ.)
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PLAUSIBLE, BUT DECEPTIVE; APPARENTLY, BUT NOT ACTUALLY, TRUE
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SPURIOUS (ADJ.)
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NOT GENUINE, FALSE; BOGUS
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SQUALID (ADJ.)
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FILTHY; WRETCHED (FROM SQUALOR)
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SUBJUGATE (V.)
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TO DOMINATE OR ENSLAVE
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SYCOPHANT (N.)
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A FLATTERER OF IMPORTANT PEOPLE
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TACITURN (ADJ.)
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INCLINED TO SILENCE; SPEAKING LITTLE; DOUR, STERN
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TENUOUS (ADJ.)
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THIN, SLIM, DELICATE; WEAK
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IRASCIBLE (ADJ.)
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PRONE TO ANGER
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LACONIC (ADJ.)
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SPARING OF WORDS; TERSE, PITHY
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LOQUACIOUS (ADJ.)
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VERY TALKATIVE; GARRULOUS
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LUMINOUS (ADJ.)
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EMITTING LIGHT; SHINING; ALSO ENLIGHTENED OR INTELLIGENT
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MACERATE (V.)
mas·er·ate |
TO SOFTEN BY STEEPING IN LIQUID (INCLUDING STOMACH JUICES)
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MACULATE (ADJ.)
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SPOTTED, BLOTCHED; HENCE DEFILED, IMPURE (OPPOSITE:IMMACULATE)
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MACULATE (V.)
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TO STAIN, SPOT, DEFILE
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MAGNANIMITY (N.)
mag·na·nim·i·ty |
A QUALITY OF NOBLENESS OF MIND, DISDAINING MEANNESS OR REVENGE
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MALEVOLENT (ADJ.)
ma·lev·o·lent |
WISHING EVIL (OPPOSITE: BENEVOLENT)
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MALIGN (V.)
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TO SPEAK EVIL OF
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MALIGN (ADJ.)
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HAVING AN EVIL DISPOSITION TOWARD OTHERS (OPPOSITE: BENIGN)
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MALLEABLE (ADJ.)
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EASY TO SHAPE OR BEND
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MISANTHROPE (N.)
mis·an·thrope |
A HATER OF MANKIND
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OBDURATE (ADJ.)
ob·du·rate |
STUBBORN
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OBSEQUIOUS (ADJ.)
ob·se·qui·ous |
SERVILELY ATTENTIVE; FAWNING
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OBVIATE (V.)
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TO MAKE UNNECESSARY
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OSSIFY (V.)
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TO TURN TO BONE; TO HARDEN
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PALPABLE (ADJ.)
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TOUCHABLE; CLEAR, OBVIOUS; PERCEPTIBLE, SENSIBLE,TANGIBLE, APPRECIABLE, PONDERABLE
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PANEGYRIC (N.)
pan·e·gy·ric |
HIGH PRAISE; synonyms ENCOMIUM, EULOGY, PANEGYRIC, TRIBUTE, CITATION, EPITAPH mean a formal expression of praise. ENCOMIUM implies enthusiasm and warmth in praising a person or a thing. EULOGY applies to a prepared speech or writing extolling the virtues and services of a person. PANEGYRIC suggests an elaborate often poetic compliment. TRIBUTE implies deeply felt praise conveyed either through words or through a significant act. CITATION applies to the formal praise accompanying the mention of a person in a military dispatch or in awarding an honorary degree. EPITAPH means a brief statement commemorating or epitomizing a deceased person or something past
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PARADIGM (N.)
para-dim |
MODEL, PROTOTYPE; PATTERN
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PARADOX (N.)
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A TENET SEEMINGLY CONTRADICTORY OR FALSE, BUT ACTUALLY TRUE
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PARSIMONIOUS (ADJ.)
par·si·mo·ni·ous |
VERY FRUGAL; UNWILLING TO SPEND; STINGY
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PEDANTIC (ADJ.)
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EMPHASIZING MINUTIAE OR FORM IN SCHOLARSHIP OR TEACHING
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PENURIOUS (ADJ.)
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STINGY, MISERLY;
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EXTEMPORIZE (V.)
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TO IMPROVISE; TO MAKE IT UP AS YOU GO ALONG
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EXTRAPOLATE (V.)
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TO ESTIMATE THE VALUE OF SOMETHING BEYOND THE SCALE; TO INFER WHAT IS UNKNOWN FROM SOMETHING KNOWN
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FACETIOUS (ADJ.)
fa·ce·tious |
JOKING IN AN AWKWARD OR IMPROPER MANNER
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FEIGN (V.)
f-Ane |
PRETEND; DISSEMBLE
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GAINSAY (V.)
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TO SPEAK AGAINST; TO CONTRADICT; TO DENY
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GARRULOUS (ADJ.)
ga·ra·lous |
EXTREMELY TALKATIVE OR WORDY
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ICONOCLAST (N.)
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ONE WHO SMASHES REVERED IMAGES; AN ATTACKER OF CHERISHED BELIEFS
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IMPASSIVE (ADJ.)
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SHOWING NO EMOTION
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IMPERTURBABLE (ADJ.)
im·per·turb·able |
CALM; NOT EASILY EXCITED; SERENE; COOL
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IMPERVIOUS (ADJ.)
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IMPENETRABLE; NOT ALLOWING ANYTHING TO PASS THROUGH; UNAFFECTED
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