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60 Cards in this Set
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Approbation
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(n.) the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval (commendation, sanction; censure)
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Assuage
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(v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench (mitigate, alleviate, allay' exacerbate)
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Coalition
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(n.) a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose (alliance; splinter group)
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decadence
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(n.) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence (degereration, corruption; maturation)
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Elicit
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(v.) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) (evoke, educe; quash, squelch)
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Expostulate
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(v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning (protest, remonstrate)
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Hackneyed
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(adj.) used so often as to lack freshness or originality (banal, trite; novel)
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Hiatus
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(n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) (pause; continuity)
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Innuendo
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(n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense); a rumor (insinuation, intimation; direct statement)
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Intercede
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(v.) to plead on behalf of someone else; to server as a third party or go-between in a disagreement (intervene, mediate)
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Jaded
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(adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the send of being satisfied by excessive indulgence (sated, surfeited, cloyed, decadent; unspoiled, uncloyed)
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Lurid
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(adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint (baleful, grisly; wholesome, pleasant)
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Meritorious
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(adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and praise (laudable, commendable; reprehensible)
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Petulant
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(adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset (testy, waspish; amiable, placid)
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Prerogative
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(n.) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence (perquisite, perk)
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Provincial
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(adj.) pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook (n.) a soldier from a province or colony; a person with narrow outlook (naive, insular, parochial; catholic)
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Simulate
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(v.) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of (feign, pretend, affect)
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Transcend
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(v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed(surpass, outstrip)
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Umbrage
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(n.) shade cast by trees; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion (irritation, pique; delight)
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Unctuous
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(adj.) excessivly smooth or smugl trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable (mealymouthed, servile, fawning; blunt, gruff)
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Ameliorate
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(v.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming (assuage, amend; exacerbate, agravate)
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Aplomb
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(n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity(composure, levelheadedness; confusion, abashment)
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Bombastic
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(adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal lack of ideas (inflated, highfalutin, pretentious;; unadorned, austere)
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Callow
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(adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poist; without feathers (green, raw, unfledged; polished, mature)
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Drivel
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(n.) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; (v.) to let saliva flow from the mouth; to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly (balderdash, hogwash, tommyroy, slaver)
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Epitome
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(n.) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality (abstract, digest, model, archetype)
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Exhort
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(v.) to urge strongly, advice earnestly (entreat, implore, adjure; deprecate)
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Ex Officio
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(adj. adv.) by virtue of holding a certain office
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Infringe
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(v.) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds (encroach, poach, intrude; stay in bounds)
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Ingratiate
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(v.0 to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense) (curry favor with; alienate, humiliate oneself)
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Interloper
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(n.) one who movies inwhere he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder (trespasser, meddler)
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Intrinsic
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(adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part (immanent, organic; extrinsic, external)
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Inveigh
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(v.) to make a violent attack in words, express strong diapproval (remostrate, fulminate, harangue, rail; acclaim, extol)
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Lassitude
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(n.) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy (fatigue, lethargy, torpor, langour; energy, vitality, liveliness)
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Millennium
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(n.) a period of one thousand years; aperiod of greay joy (chiliad, golden age, prosperity; doomsday)
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Occult
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(adj.) mysterious, magical; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary mens; (v.) to hide, conceal; exlipse (n.) matters involving the supernatural (esoteric, abtruse, arcane; mundane, common)
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Permeate
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(v.) to spread through, penetrate, soak through
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Precipitate
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(v.) to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to (adj.) characterized by excessive haste (provoke, produce, reckless, imperuous; wary, circumspect)
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Stringent
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(adj.) strict severe; rigorously or urgently beinding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste (stern, imperative; lenient, mild, lax)
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Surmise
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(v.) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n.) likely idea that lacks definite proof(infer, gather, interence, presumption)
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Abominate
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(v.) to have an intense dislike or hatred for (loathe, abhor, despise, detest; relish, savor, cherish)
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Acculturation
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(n.) the modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blends (adaptation)
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Adventitious
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(adj.) resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not esssential; (medicine) acquired, not congenial (fortuitous, incidental; inherent, congenial)
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Ascribe
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(v.) to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute (impute, credit, attribute)
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Circuitous
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(adj.) roundabout, not direct (winding, meandering; straight, direct)
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Commiserate
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(v.) to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feelin of distress (empathize; apathetic)
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Enjoin
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(v.) to direct or order; to prescrobe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit (bid, charge, adjure; permit)
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Expedite
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(v.) to make easy, cause to progress faster (facilitate; hinder, impede)
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Expiate
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(v.) to make amends, make up for; to advert (redeem, atone)
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Ferment
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(n.) a state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; (v.) to be in or work into such a state; to produce alcohol by cheical action (commotion, turmoil; tranquility, placidity)
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inadvertent
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(adj.) resulting from or marked by lack or attention; unintentional, accidental (unconsidered; premeditated, deliberate)
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Nominal
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(adj.) existing in name only, not real; too small to be considered or taken seriously (titular, token, trifling; exorbitant, real)
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Noncommittal
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(adj.) not decisive or definate; unwilling to take a clear position or to say yes or no (cagey, uninformative; commited)
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Peculate
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(v.) to steal something that has been given into one's trust; to take inproperly for one's own use (embezzle, defraud, misappropriate)
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Proclivity
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(n.) a natural or habitual inclination or tendenct (especially of human character or behavior)(penchant, propensity; incapacity)
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Sangfroid
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(n.) composure or collness, expecially in trying circumstances (equanimity, poise; flappability, hysteria)
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Seditious
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(adj.) resistant to lawful authority; having the purpose of overthrowing an extablished government(mutinous, subversive; allegiant)
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Tenuous
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(adj.) thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported (flimsy, nominal, vague; valid, strong)
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Vitriolic
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(adj.) bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid) (withering, acerbic, mordant; honeyed, saccharine, bland)
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Wheedle
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(v.) to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end (cajole, inveigle; browbeat, coerce, intimidate)
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