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70 Cards in this Set

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abscond
to sneak away, escape, hide
alias
fake name, pseudonym
amenable
agreeable, willing
amity
friendliness
apprentice
1. (n) a trainee 2. (v) to train
auditory
related to hearing
aural
related to hearing
auspicious
favorable, promising
ban
prohibit, outlaw
belie
to give a false impression of, contradict
branded
labeled
bucolic
rural, rustic
camaraderie
a feeling of friendship
catharsis
purging of emotions, purification
combustible
explosive, flammable
corrugated
grooved, bumpy (corrugated cardboard)
daft
silly, dumb; insane
deft
skilled; able
derogatory
negative, insulting
devour
to eat up; consume completely
dissipate
to spread out and become thin, dissolve
drench
to wet completely, to soak
egregious
particularly bad, flagrant
elation
extreme joy
essence
the core, the fundamental nature of something
excommunication
kicking someone out of a church / religion
exhilarating
very exciting, energizing
flushed
rosy in the face
forgo
to give up
forthright
straight-forward, direct
gaggle
a group of geese
gallant
chivalrous, gentlemanly; brave, courageous
hoard
to store up, hide away goods
incur
to arouse; to gain/acquire;
insolent
insubordinate, rude, impudent
intricate
highly detailed, complicated
invoke
call upon
ire
intense anger
jaunty
sprightly, lively
lampoon
to make fun of, satirize
meek
submissive, modest
misanthrope
one who hates people
muddled
confused, mixed up
olfactory
having to do with the sense of smell
oral
of or pertaining to the mouth
persnickety
fussy about little details, picky
pessimist
one who always focuses on the negative
philistine
materialist, one seeking material rather than intellectual or artistic gain
portly
stout, large-bodied
postulate
theorize, assume to be true
precocious
overly mature/intelligent at an early age
propitiate
appease, pacify
pugilist
a boxer
rancor
resentment, bitter ill-will
reprehensible
guilty, culpable
revile
to insult, subject to verbal abuse
rogue
scoundrel, mischievous person
sanguine
confident, bold
shun
reject, turn away from
solicit
to ask for, seek
stalwart
strong, sturdy
stevedore
one who loads and unloads cargo/luggage on a ship
tactile
having to do with the sense of touch
tangential
peripheral, slightly related
trait
feature, attribute
tranquility
calmness
trepidation
fear, nervousness
tribute
praise, compliment
unwieldy
bulky, cumbersome, difficult to manage
warp
distort, deform