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79 Cards in this Set

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Germane
Relevant,appropriate,fitting
Insatiable
unquenchable,ravenous,voracious
Intransigent
Effusing to compromise, irreconcilable
Largesse
lavish or bountiful contributions
substantiate
to establish by evidence prove
Accost
to confront in a challenging or aggressive manner
Avid
intensely eager
Brackish
Briny Saline
Celerity
promptness alacrity speed
Gambit
any opening move that involves risk in order to gain a later advantage
incendiary
One who causes strife setting or causing fires
Eulogy
a formal statement of commendation
articulate
able to imply language clearly and forcefully
dissemble
to disguise or conceal deliberately gives false impression
decry
to display clearly to make evident to provoke
nefarious
wicked depraved devoid of moral standards
Utopian
founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world
atrophy
wasting away of body organ to waste away
Disarray
disorder confusion
glean
to gather bit by bit
incarcerate
to imprison confine jail
incumbent
required obligatory
ludicrous
ridiculous laughable absurd
enervate
to weaken or lessen the mental moral or physical vigor of
fecund
fruitful in offspring or vegetation
fiat
an arbitrary order or decree
nuance
subtle variation delicate gradation of shade difference
ignominy
shame and disgrace
penchant
strong attraction or inclination
agbistuc
one who believes that nothing can be known about god without faith, a skeptic
derelict
someone or something abandoned or neglected
diabtribe
bitter verbal attack
complicity
involvement in wrongdoing state of being an accomplice
moot
upend to debate unresolved
motif
a principal idea feature theme or element a repeated or dominant figure in a design
ephemeral
lasting only a short time short lived
Furtive
done slyly or secretly, shifty
garish
Glaring tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar way
Illusory
misleading deceptive not based on reality
misanthrope
a person who hates or despise people
indigent
needy impoverished
Inordinate
far too great excessive
allege
assert without proof or confirmation
conciliate
to over the distrust of appease pacify
lackadaisical
lacking spirit half hearted
irrefutable
impossible to disprove
slough
to cast off discard
rze
to tear down destroy completely
paucity
an inadequate quantity scarcity dearth
bucolic
characteristic of the countryside rural
collusion
secret agreement of cooperation
dilettante
one who engages in activity in an amateurish way
increment
increase addition
impertubable
not easily excited emotionally steady
benign
gentle kind forgiving halving a favorable or beneficial effect
charlatan
one who feigns knowledge or ability a pretender imposer or quack
decimate
to kill or destroy a large part of
foible
a weak point failing minor flaw
obsequious
excessively submissive often for purely self interested reasons
obtuse
blunt not coming to a point
rebuff
to snub to repel to drive away
rebuff
to snub to repel to drive away
shambles
a state of complete disorder
sporadic
occurring at irregular intervals
burnish
to make something glossy of smooth by rubbing
deprecate
to express mild disapproval to belittle
eclectic
drawn from different sources
inexorable
inflexible beyond influence unyielding
rudiments
the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first the earliest stage of something
sequester
to set apart to separate for special purpos
aesthetic
pertaining to beauty sensitive or responsive to beauty
espouse
to take up and support to become attached to adopt
fetish
an object believed to have magical powers
gregarious
living together with in a heard or group sociable
laconic
concise using few words
perfunctory
done in a half hearted manner without interest
contrite regretful from misdeed or sin
efficacy the power to produce the desired result
ethereal
light airy suggesting what is heavenly
facade
the front of face of a building surface appearance