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140 Cards in this Set

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Affable
Courteous, pleasant
Aggrandize
Increase power/wealth. Make greater
Amorphous
Shapeless
Aura
an atmosphere
Contraband
smuggled goods
Erudite
Learned, bookish
Gossamer
Thin, light, delicate
Infer
To arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought
Inscrutable
Not able to be understood
Insular
Narrow or isolated outlook
Irrevocable
Not able to be changed; irreversible
Propensity
natural inclination
Querulous
peevish
remonstrate
to protest against
Repudiate
disown or reject
Resilient
able to return to orginal shape or form
Reverberate
echo; to be reflected repeatedly
Scurrilous
abusive;vulgar
Sedulous
persistent; determined
Sleazy
thin or flimsy in texture;cheap
Amnesty
General pardon for a crime against the government
Autonomy
Self-government
Axiomatic
Self-evident
Blazon
adorn, embellish
Caveat
a warning or caution
Equitable
fair
Extricate
to free from difficulties
Filch
to steal
Flout
mock
Fractious
troublesome, unruly
Precept
a rule
Salutary
helpful
Scathing
harsh
Scourge
to whipl source of a severe punishment
Sepulchral
extremlely gloomy or dismal
Soporific
Something that causes sleep
Straitlaced
extremely strict
Transient
fleeting, lasting only a short time.
Unwieldy
not easily carried or handled
Vapid
dull, uninteresting
Anomalous
abnormal
Aspersion
damaging or derogetory statement.
Bizarre
Very strange
Brusque
abrupt, blunt
Cajole
coax, pursuade using flattery
Castigate
to punish severely
Contrive
plan with ingenuity
Demagogue
a leader who makes false claims to gain popularity
Disabuse
to free from error
Ennui
dissatisfaction because of lack of interest.
Fetter
To chain or shackle
Heinous
very wicked
Immutable
constant; not subject to change
Insurgent
a rebel; to rise in revolt
Megalomania
thinking youre better than you really are
Sinecure
postion requiring little or no work
Surreptitious
stealthy, secret
Transgress
go beyond limit; to sin or violate the law
Transmute
to change from one thing to form another
Vicarious
performed, or experienced by someone through another person.
Austere
severe or stern
Beneficent
doing good
Cadaverous
pale, gaunt
Concoct
prepare by combining ingredients
Crass
coarse, unfeeling, stupid
Debase
to lower in character; to degrade
Desecrate
To pollute or defile
Disconcert
to confuse
Gradiose
grand in an impressive or stately way
Inconsequential
unimportant
Infraction
a breaking of the law
Mitigate
to make softer
pillage
to rob or plunder using force
Prate
to talk a lot with no point
Punctillious
very careful and exact
Redoubtable
inspiring fear or awe
Reprove
to find fault with. scold
Restitution
to return something to its proper owner or state
Stalwart
strong and sturdy; strong and sturdy person
Vulnerable
open to attack
Acrimonious
stinging or bitter in tone
Bovine
resemblind a cow or ox
Consternation
dismay, confusion
Corpulent
fat
Disavow
to deny responsibility
Dispassionate
calm, free of emotion
Dissension
disagreement
Dissipate
to cause to disappear
Expurgate
to remove questionable passages from a text; censor; purify
Gauntlet
an armored protected glove, a challenge
Hypothetical
based on an assumtioin or guess
ignoble
mean, low
Impugn
to call into question
Intemperate
lacking self control
odium
hatred, contempt
perfidy
faithlessness
relegate
to place in a lower postion; banish
squeamish
inclined to nausea
subservient
subordinate in role
susceptible
open to; easily influenced
Abate
to make less in amount or degree
Adulation
excessive praise of flattery
Anathema
object of intense dislike
Astute
shrewd
Avarice
a greedy desire
Culpable
deserving blame
Dilatory
tending to delay or procrastinate
Egregious
conspicuous, standing out from the mass
Equivocate
to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation
Evanescent
fleeting; light and airy
Irresolute
unable to make up ones mind
Nebulous
cloudlike
Novice
A beginner
Penury
extreme poverty
Pretentious
done for show or to make an impression
Recapitulate
recap
Resuscitate
to revive
Slovenly
untidy
Suppostion
something that is assumed
Torpid
inactive
Accure
To grow or accumulate over time
Annotation
A note or comment
Bedlam
A state or scene of uproar or confusion
Covert
Hidden
Debonair
Pleasant or coutreous
Dun
to demad insistently
Efficacious
effective
Equanimity
calmness
Fortuitous
accidental
Gist
the main point
Gratuitous
Freely given
Imperious
Overbearing or arrogant
Invective
abusive language
Motley
great variety
Munificent
lavish
Procrastinate
put off
Provocative
tending to produce strong feeling or respong
Recondite
exceeding ordinary knowlege
Reprobate
a vicious person; wicked; to condemn
Sedentary
calling for continued sitting