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60 Cards in this Set
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Ancillary (adj.) |
Subordinate or supplementary |
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Bowdlerize (v.) |
To remove material considered offensive |
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Condescend (v.) |
To stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner |
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Enclave (n.) |
An enclosed district by a particular group of people or special character |
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Cozen (v.) |
To trick; to cheat |
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Forte (n.) |
A person's strong point; what a person does best |
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Gratis (adj.) |
Free; without charge |
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Icon (n.) |
A representation or image of a scared personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion |
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Interstice (n.) |
A small, narrow space between something |
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Macrocosm (n.) |
The universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something |
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Mountebank (n.) |
A trickster |
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Paen (n.) |
A song of praise, joy, or triumph |
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Persiflage (n.) |
Lighthearted joking, talk, or writing |
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Plethora (n.) |
Overfullness |
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Pragmatic (adj.) |
Concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory |
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Quizzical (adj.) |
Puzzle; mocking; odd |
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Rapacity (n.) |
Inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one's desire by force, extortion, or plunder |
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Schism (n.) |
A formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions |
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Therapeutic (adj.) |
Having the power to heal or cure; beneficial |
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Virtuoso (n.)/(adj.) |
A brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique; (adj.) Masterly or brilliant |
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Aegis (n.) |
Protection; sponsorship |
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Apprise (v.) |
To inform of; to make aware of by giving oral or written notice |
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Bibulous (adj.) |
Fond of or inclined to drink; alcoholic; absorbent |
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Claque (n.) |
A group of people hired to applaus a performer or performance; enthusiastic or fawning admirers; An opera hat |
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Deracinate (v.) |
To pull up by the roots; To root out, uproot, or dislocate; to eliminate all traces of |
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Eleemosynary (adj.) |
Charitable; dependent upon it supported by charity; derived from or provided by charity |
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Indigenous (adj.) |
Originating in the country or region where found, native; inborn; inherent |
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Lachrymose (adj.) |
Given to tears or weeping; causing to shed tears; mournful |
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Lexicon (n.) |
A dictionary of a language, the special vocabulary of a person, group, or subject |
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Melee (n.) |
A confused struggle; a violent free for all; a tumultuous mingling |
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Microcosm (n.) |
A miniature world or universe; a group or system viewed as the model of a larger group or system |
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Minuscule (adj.)/(n.) |
Very small, tiny; (n.) A lowercase letter |
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Obfuscate (v.) |
To darken or obscure; to confuse or bewilder |
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Paternalism (n.) |
The policy or practice of treating or governing people in the manner of a father dealing with his children |
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Polarize (v.) |
To cause to concenitrate around two conflicting or contrasting positions; to cause light to vibrate in a pattern |
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Purview (n.) |
The range, extent of something; in law, the scope or limit of what is provided in a statue |
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Sanguine (adj.) |
Having a ruddy complexion; of a naturally cheerful, confident, or optimistic outlook |
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Solecism (n.) |
A substandard or ungrammatical usage; a breach of etiquette; any impropriety or mistake |
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Vassal (n.)/(adj.) |
A person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he or she owns allegiance; a subordinate or dependent; a servant; (adj.) Subservient |
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Verisimilitude (n.) |
The quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable |
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Adjunct (n.)/(adj.) |
Something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential; an assistant or helper; a valuable quality ir characteristic; (adj.) Added or connected in a subordinate capacity; attached to a faculty or staff in an auxiliary capacity |
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Bellwether (n.) |
A leader, as in desperate or violent undertaking; an indicator of trends |
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Caterwaul (v.)/(n.) |
To howl or screech like a cat; to quarrel;(n.) A harsh or noisy cry; a racket |
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Chimerical (adj.) |
Absurd; wildly fantastic; impossible |
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Effete (adj.) |
Lacking in wholesome vigor or energy; worn out or exhausted; sterile or unable to produce; out of date |
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Fait accompli (n.) |
An accomplished and presumably irreversible deed, fact, or action |
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Hidebound (adj.) |
Narrowminded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative |
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Hierarchy (n.) |
Any system of things or people arranged above another in order of rank, wealth, class, etc. |
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Liturgy (n.) |
A religious service or rite; the form of a ritual or other act of public worship |
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Mirage (n.) |
Something illusory, without substances, or with out a basis in reality; an illusion |
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Morass (n.) |
A patch of low, soft, wet ground; a swamp; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped, as in quicksand |
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Noisome (adj.) |
Offensive or disgusting; foul smelling; harmful |
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Oblivious (adj.) |
Forgetful; unaware |
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Poltroon (n.) |
A base coward |
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Proselyte (n.) |
A convert; a disciple |
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Quasi (adj.) |
Resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely |
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Raillery (n.) |
Good humored ridicule, teasing |
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Ribald (adj.) |
Irreverently mocking; coarse, vulgar, or incident in language |
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Supine (adj.) |
Lying flat on one's back, listless or lethargic, apathetic or passive |
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Vignette (n.) |
A shout description or sketch; a picture or illustration with edges that gradually shade off; a decorative design int he title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter |
