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101 Cards in this Set
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abjure
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v. repudiate; take back; refrain from
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adumbrate
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v. foreshadow vaguely; suggest or outline sketchily; obscure or overshadow
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anodyne
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adj./n. soothing; something that assuages or comforts; something that allays pain
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apogee
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n. the most distant point in the orbit of the moon or of an artificial satellite
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apotheosis
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n. an exalted or glorified example; elevation to divine standard
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artful
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adj. crafty; wily; sly
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artless
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adj. completely without guile; natural, without artificiality
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assay
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v. examine by trial or experiment; evaluate or assess
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asseverate
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v. aver; allege; assert
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augur
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v. serve as an omen or sign; predict or foretell
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baleful
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adj. sinister; pernicious; ominous
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beatify
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v. bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; regard as saintly
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bilious
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adj. ill-tempered; cranky
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calumny
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n. slander; a maliciously false statement
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captious
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adj. disposed to point out faults; calculated to confuse or entrap in argument
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celerity
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n. swiftness of action or motion; speed
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coeval
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adj. of the same period; coexisting
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contretemps
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n. an embarrassing occurrence; a mishap
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contumacious
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adj. stubbornly rebellious or disobedient
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corrigible
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adj. capable of being set right; correctable; reparable
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denouement
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n. an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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descry
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v. discriminate or discern
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desuetude
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n. disuse
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desultory
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adj. moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected; occurring haphazardly
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diaphanous
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adj. of such fine texture as to be transparent or translucent; delicate; insubstantial
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carapace
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n. a protective shell
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diffident
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adj. reserved; shy; unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
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diurnal
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adj. occurring every day; occurring during the daytime
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dulcet
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adj. melodious; harmonious; mellifluous
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egress
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n. exit
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encomium
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n. a formal expression of praise; a tribute
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essay
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v. test or try; attempt; experiment
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estimable
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adj. worthy; formiddable
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excoriate
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v. censure scathingly; upbraid
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execrate
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v. denounce; loathe
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exegesis
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n. critical examination; explication
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expiate
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v. make amends for; atone
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fecund
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adj. fertile; productive
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fell
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v. cause to fall by striking; cruel; lethal; dire; sinister
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fractious
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adj. quarrelsome; rebellious; unruly; irritable
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hirsute
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adj. hairy; shaggy
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hoary
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adj. gray or white with age; ancient; stale
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husband
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v. use sparingly or economically; conserve
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imbroglio
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n. difficult or embarrassing situation
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importune
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v. urge with annoying persistence; trouble
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indefatigable
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adj. not easily exhaustible; tireless; dogged
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insouciant
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adj. nonchalant; lighthearted; carefree
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invidious
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adj. causing envy or resentment; offensively harmful
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jejune
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adj. vapid; uninteresting; childish, immature, puerile
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lachrymose
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adj. causing tears; tearful
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lassitude
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n. exhaustion; weakness
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ligneous
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adj. woodlike
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limn
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v. draw; outline in detail; delineate; describe
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list
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v. tilt or lean to one side
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loquacious
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adj. very talkative; garrulous
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lubricious
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adj. lewd; wanton; greasy; slippery
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lugubrious
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adj. exaggeratedly mournful
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meet
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adj. fitting, proper
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mellifluous
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adj. sweetly flowing
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meretricious
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adj. plausible but false or insincere; gaudy; showy; tawdry; flashy
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minatory
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adj. menacing; threatening
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nadir
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n. low point
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nice
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adj. exacting; fastidious; extremely precise
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nonplus
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v. baffle; bewilder; perplex
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nugatory
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adj. of little or no importance; trifling; inconsequential
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obstreperous
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adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant; aggressively boisterous
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ossify
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v. convert into bone; become rigid
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otiose
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adj. lazy; of no use; futile
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panegyric
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n. formal or elaborate praise
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parry
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v. deflect or ward off; evade or avoid
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pellucid
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adj. transparent; easy to understand; limpid
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peripatetic
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adj. wandering; traveling continually; itinerant
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perorate
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v. speak formally
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plangent
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adj. pounding; thundering; resounding
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pluck
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n. courage; spunk; fortitude
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prize
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v. pry; press or force with a lever
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prolix
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adj. long-winded; verbose
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propinquity
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n. nearness; proximity
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propitiate
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v. appease; conciliate
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propitious
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adj. marked by favorable signs conditions
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puerile
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adj. childish; immature
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puissant
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adj. powerful
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pulchritude
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n. physical beauty
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pusillanimous
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adj. cowardly; craven
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salacious
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adj. lustful; lascivious; bawdy
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saturine
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adj. melancholy or sullen; of a gloomy disposition
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sententious
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adj. given to pompous moralizing; preachy; self-righteous
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sidereal
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adj. relating to stars or constellations
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sinecure
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n. a position requiring little or no work and usually providing an income
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stentorian
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adj. extremely loud and powerful
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stygian
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adj. gloomy; dark
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succor
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n. assistance; relief in time of distress, v. give assistance in time of need
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sundry
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adj. various; miscellaneous; separate
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supine
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adj. lying face upward; offering no resistance
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tendentious
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adj. argumentative; biased
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turbid
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adj. murky; opaque; unclear
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tyro
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n. novice; rank amateur
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unctuous
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adj. oily, both literally and figuratively; characterized by earnest insincerity
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vagary
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n. whim; unpredictable action; wild notion
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voluble
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adj. fluent; verbal; having easy use of spoken language
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wag
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n. a wit; a joker
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