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60 Cards in this Set
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atrophy |
(n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure (v.) to waste away |
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bastion |
(n.) a fortified place, stronghold |
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concord |
(n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant |
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consummate |
(adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection |
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disarray |
(n.) disorder, confusion (v.) to throw into disorder |
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exigency |
(n. often plural) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency |
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flotsam |
(n.) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people |
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frenetic |
(adj.) frenzied, highly agitated |
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glean |
(v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers |
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grouse |
(n.) a type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble |
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incarcerate |
(v.) to imprison, confine, jail |
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incumbent |
(adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of |
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jocular |
(adj.) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking |
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ludicrous |
(adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd |
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mordant |
(adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner or style; sharply or bitterly harsh |
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nettle |
(n.) a prickly or stinging plant; (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely |
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pecuniary |
(adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money |
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pusillanimous |
(adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited |
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recumbent |
(adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting |
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stratagem |
(n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent to gain an end |
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acuity |
(n.) sharpness, particularly in the mind or senses |
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delineate |
(v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail, to portray pictorially |
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depraved |
(adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles |
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enervate |
(v.) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring |
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esoteric |
(adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret |
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fecund |
(adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive |
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fiat |
(n.) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness |
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figment |
(n.) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion |
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garner |
(v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away as for future use |
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hallow |
(v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere |
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idiosyncrasy |
(n) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify |
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ignominy |
(n.) shame and disgrace |
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mundane |
(adj.) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary |
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nuance |
(n.) a subtle or slight variation, delicate gradation or shade of difference |
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overweening |
(adj. conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate |
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penchant |
(n.) strong attraction or inclination |
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reputed |
(adj.) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged |
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sophistry |
(n.) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound, a fallacy |
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sumptuous |
(adj.) costly, rich, magnificent |
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ubiquitous |
(adj.) present or existing everywhere |
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abject |
(adj.) degraded; base, contemptible, cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved |
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agnostic |
(n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic (adj.) without faith, skeptical |
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complicity |
(n.) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice |
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derelict |
(n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj.) left abandoned; neglectful of duty |
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diatribe |
(n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack |
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effigy |
(n.) a crude image of a despised person |
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equity |
(n.) the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim |
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inane |
(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value |
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indictment |
(n.) the act of accusing; a formal accusation |
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indubitable |
(adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied |
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intermitten |
(adj.) stopping and beginning again; sporadic |
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moot |
(adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved; (v.) to bring up for discussion; (n.) a hypothetical law case argued by students |
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motif |
(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design |
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neophyte |
(n.) a new convert, beginner, novice |
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perspicacity |
(n.) keenness in observing and understanding |
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plenary |
(adj.) complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
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surveillance |
(n.) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation |
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sylvan |
(adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody |
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testy |
(adj.) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation |
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travesty |
(n.) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise especially the clothing of the opposite sex; (v.) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion |