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159 Cards in this Set

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belie
give a false impressure of
coercive
compel by force or authority
craven
lacking courage
discomfit
to defeat, put down
dissemble
to disguise or conceal
garrulous
pointlessly talkative
buttress
support or prop for a wall
centrifuge
machine taht spins very swiftly about a central axis, and, using centrifugal force, separates disparate substances
desiccate
to dry out, to make dull or dry
divest
remove or strip, especially clothing
intransigent
refusing to compromise
propagate
to cause spread or multiply
rarefy
to become less dense
aberrant
veering form the norm
anachronistic
belonging to another time; removed from natural chronological order
commensurate
matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree, size, or amount
distention
the state or act of extending or being swollen
emulate
imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing
corroborate
to confirm
glib
marked by carelessness
goad
to urge on,
laconic
using few words, terse
soliloquy
speech made to one's self, monologue
taciturn
not talkative
tacit
implied, not exactly stated
wheedle
to coax, persuade
illusory
deceptive
preempt
to replace, supercede
prodigal
profusely wasteful, extravagant
burnish
to polish
consternation
dismay
probity
adherence to teh highest principle
brook
to tolerate
pied
multicolored
abscission
tthe act of cutting off or removing
acarpous
effete, no longer fertile
accretion
growth
antipathy
aversion, dislike
apocryphal
of dubious authenticity
apprise
give notice to, inform
arabesque
ornate design
arcane
mysterious
arrant
impudent
assay
an analysis, to put to the test
asseverate
to allege, aver
assiduous
hard-working
auspice
protection or support
baleful
sinister
bedizen
adorn
beatify
bless, make happy
bilge
bulge
blandish
to fawn
blithe
carefree, merry
byzantine
complex
caparison
to adorn
captious
calculated with intention of confusing or entrap in argument
cavil
to find fault without good reason
churlish
boorish, vulgar
coda
end of music piece
coeval
of the same period, coexisting
cozen
to deceive
craven
lacking courage
defalcate
to embezzle
descant
to comment at length
diaphanous
transparent, gauzy
doggerel
trivial, poorly constructed verse
dross
slag, waste, impurity
dulcet
melodious, harmonious, mellifluous
dynamo
a generator
edacious
voracious
effluvia
outflow in a stream of particles
egress
exit
equipoise
equal distribution of weight
evince
to indicate, show clearly
expiate
atone, make amends for
expostulate
to discuss at length
extant
existing
fallow
dormant, inactive
feckless
irresponsible
fetid
smelly, stinking
filigree
an ornamented work
foment
to rouse
fracas
noisy quarrel
fractious
noisily quarrelsome
froward
intractable, not willing to yield
gossamer
delicate, insubstantial, insincere
hallow
to make holy, consecrate
hirsute
hairy, shaggy
ignominous
shameful
importune
to beg, ask incessantly
insular
narrow-minded
interdict
prohibit
itinerate
to travel from place to place, peregrinate
jibe
to agree, be in accord
jocose, joculate
humorous, gay, blithe
labile
opento change, unstable
lambaste
to berate
lassitude
languor, weariness
limn
to draw, to outline in detail
limpid
transparent
luculent
clear, easy to understand
macerate
to waste away, soften or wear away by excessive fasting
malinger
feign illness to avoid work
maunder
to digress
mettle
courage
natty
smart, trimly neat
noisome
offensive, especially to one's sense of smell
nostrum
cure-all
nugatory
trifling, inconsequential
overweening
presumptuously arrogant
peccadillo
a slight offense, a minor sin
peregrination
traveling about, wandering
personable
pleasing in appearance
petrous
like a rock, hard
phlegmatic
lethargic
picaresque
involving clever rogues
pillory
to punish, hold up to public scorn
proscribe
to banish
provident
frugal, looking to the future
raffish
flashy, low, vulgar
rebus
a riddle, representation of words by pictures or symbols
recidivism
relapse into antisocial tendencies
recondise
confusing, mysterious
refractory
stubborn
regale
to delight or entertain, to fease
remonstrate
to protest object
runic
magical, mysterious
sanguine
cheerful, confident
seine
large net used to catch fish
sidereal
pertaining to stars
simper
to smirk, a silly smile
sinecure
position requiring little or no work usually providing an income
sinuous
winding
slake
to satisfy, quench
sophomoric
self assured, but immature
stanch
to stop the flow of a fluid
splenetic
bad tempered
stint
to restrain, to be sparing
striated
striped, grooved
succor
relief in time of distress
sundry
various
supine
morally slack,
tampt
to plug, to drive in or down by a series of blows
tautology
a redundancy
toady
a flatterer
tractable
obedient
travesty
mockery
tumid
swollen
umbrage
offense, resentment
upbraid
to scold
usury
the practice of charging an exorbitant rate of interest
vaunt
to brag or boast
venal
capable of being bought or bribed
venerate
to worship
verisimilitude
appearance of truth
virago
a loud, domineering woman
volubility
fluency
welter
to toss about
wend
to proceed