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21 Cards in this Set
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Prerogative (n.) |
A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence. |
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Elicit (v.) |
To draw forth, bring out from some source. |
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Coalition (n.) |
A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose. |
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Expostulate (v.) |
To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning. |
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Provincial (n.) |
A person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony. |
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Assauge (v.) |
To make easier or milder; relieve; to quiet; to put an end to; appease, satisfy, or quench. |
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Petulant (adj.) |
Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritaed and upset. |
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Lurid (adj.) |
Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or swallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint. |
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Intercede (v.) |
To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third-party or go-between in disagreement. |
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Decadence (n.) |
Decline, decay; or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence. |
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Innuendo (n.) |
A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference. |
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Meritorious (adj.) |
Worthy, deserving recogntion or praise. |
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Hiatus (n.) |
A gap, opening break. |
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Simulate (v.) |
To make pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of. |
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Umbrage (n.) |
Shade cast by tree; foliage; giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense; resentment; a vague suspicion. |
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Approbation (n.) |
The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval |
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Transcend (v.) |
To rise above or beyond, exceed |
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Provinicial (adj.) |
Pretaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook; countrified in the sense of being limited and backward |
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Jaded (adj.) |
Wearied, worn-out, dulled |
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Hackneyed (adj.) |
Used so often as to lack freshness or originality |
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Unctuous (adj.) |
Excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable |