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50 Cards in this Set

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debunk

quash; disprove

decorous

tasteful; respectable

deleterious

harmful

despotic

tyrannical

dictatorial

undemocratic

didactic

instructive; inclined to lecture others too much

dilatory

slow; late in doing things

dilettante

a dabbler in the fine arts; one who is not an expert

diligent

hard-working; industrious

disdain

to scorn

disingenuous

untruthful; insincere

disparage

to belittle; to put down

disparate

unequal

dogged

single-minded; persistent

dogmatic

expressing opinions as if they are correct and cannot be doubted

dubious

doubtful; questionable

ebullience

enthusiasm

eclectic

selecting; choosing from various sources

effusive

unrestrained; enthusiastic

egregious

remarkly bad; outrageous

embellish

to decorate

emollient

something that soothes or softens

emphatic

vehement; forceful

emulate

to imitate

enervate

to weaken

enmity

hostility; hatred

ephemeral

temporary; short-lived

epiphany

revelation; appearance of a deity (God)

equanimity

calmness; evenness of temperament

exculpate

free from blame; to vindicate

exemplary

worthy of imitation

fabricated

to construct; to lie

facetious

joking; sarcastic

facile

easy; effortless

farce

foolish show; mockery; a ridiculous sham

fastidious

hard to please

feasible

capable of being accomplished; suitable

feral

untamed; wild

florid

flowery; ornate

fractious

irritable; quarrelsome; stubbornf

frank

forthright

frenetic

frantic; wild

furtive

stealthy; secretive

furtile

useless

garrulous

talkative

genre

an art form or class

glower

to frown; to stare angrily at

gratuitous

free of cost; unneccessary

gregarious

sociable; friendly

hackneyed

trite; commonplace; overused