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138 Cards in this Set
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Compendium |
Abbreviated communication |
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Apace |
Act quickly |
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Ancillary |
Assist |
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Bilious |
Peevish; irritable; cranky |
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Dudgeon |
A feeling of offense or resentment; anger |
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Irascible |
Easily provoked or angered; very irritable |
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Querulous |
Full of complaints; complaining |
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Umbrage |
Offense; annoyance; displeasure |
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Waspish |
Irascibly or petulantly spiteful; snappish |
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Dilettante |
Dabbler; a live of an art or science, especially of a fine art |
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Proselyte |
Convert; a person who has changed from one opinion to another |
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Tyro |
A beginner in learning anything; novice |
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Callow |
Immature or inexperienced |
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Engender |
To produce, cause, or give rise to |
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Inchoate |
Just begun; incipient |
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Nascent |
Beginning to exist or develop |
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Acerbic |
Sour or astringent in taste |
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Acrimonious |
Caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior |
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Asperity |
Hardship; difficulty; rigor |
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Mordacious |
Biting or given to biting |
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Mordant |
Burning; corrosive; biting |
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Trenchant |
Vigorous; effective; energetic; cutting |
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Fatuous |
Unreal; silly; illusory |
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Prosaic |
Commonplace or dull; unimaginable |
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Quotidian |
Daily; everyday; commonplace |
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Bacchanalian |
A drunken feast; orgy |
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Iniquity |
Gross injustice or wickedness |
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Libertine |
Person who is morally or sexually unrestrained |
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Libidinous |
Full of sexual lust; lustful; lewd |
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Licentious |
Sexually unrestrained; lascivious |
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Reprobate |
A depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person |
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Ribald |
Coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent |
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Turpitude |
A vile or depraved act |
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Capricious |
Subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden odd notion or unpredictable change |
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Facsimile |
An exact copy |
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Factitious |
Made; manufactured |
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Paradigm |
An example serving as a model; pattern |
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Aspersion |
A damaging or derogatory remark or criticism |
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Calumny |
Slander; defamation |
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Castigate |
To criticize or reprimand severely |
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Decry |
To condemn or depreciate by proclamation |
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Diatribe |
A butter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism |
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Excoriate |
To denounce or berate severely |
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Harangue |
A scolding or a long or intense verbal attack |
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Impugn |
To challenge as false |
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Inveigh |
To protest strongly or attack vehemently with words |
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Lambaste |
To beat or whip; to reprimand severely |
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Opprobrium |
Infamy; a cause or object of such disgrace or reproach |
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Objurgate |
Berate sharply |
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Obloquy |
Discredit, disgrace, or bad repute resulting from public denunciation |
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Pillory |
To expose to public derision, ridicule, or abuse |
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Remonstrate |
To say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval |
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Tirade |
A prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation |
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Vituperate |
To use or address with harsh or abusive language |
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Bereave |
To deprive ruthlessly or by force |
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Dolorous |
Full of expressing, or causing pain or sorrow |
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Elegy |
A mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem |
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Knell |
A sign or sound announcing death |
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Obsequies |
A funeral rite |
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Sequlchral |
Of or relating to burial |
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Abnegate |
To relinquish; give up |
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Ascetic |
Rigorously abstinent; austere |
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Despotic |
Of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot; tyrannical; autocratic |
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Hegemony |
Leadership; predominance |
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Imperious |
Urgent; imperative |
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Peremptory |
Imperious or dictational |
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Recondite |
Little known; obscure |
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Turbid |
Confused; muddled; disturbed |
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Invidious |
Hateful; calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense |
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Noisome |
Offensive or disgusting, as an odor |
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Odious |
Highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting |
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Rebarbarive |
Causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent |
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Cogent |
To the point; relevant; pertinent |
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Limpid |
Free from obscurity; lucid; clear |
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Pellucid |
Clear or limpid |
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Aberrant |
Deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type |
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Anachronism |
Something that is assigned a date other than a correct one |
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Eclectic |
Selecting or choosing from various objects |
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Iconoclast |
A person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions as being based on error or superstition |
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Chagrin |
A feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation |
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Compunction |
An uneasiness or hesitation about the rightfulness of an action |
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Contrition |
Sincere penitence or remorse |
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Diffidence |
The quality or state of being different |
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Perfidy |
Deliberate breach or faith or trust; treachery |
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Prevaricate |
To speak falsely or misleadingly; lie |
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Specious |
Pleasing to the eye but deceptive |
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Spurious |
Of illegitimate birth; bastard |
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Consanguine |
Having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood |
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Distaff |
Women’s work |
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Endogamy |
Marriage within a specific tribe or similar social unit |
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Filial |
Of, relating to, or benefitting a son or daughter |
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Scion |
A descendent |
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Ardent |
Intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic |
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Foible |
A minor weakness or failing of character |
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Fervid |
Burning; glowing; intensely hot |
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Tendentious |
Having it showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose |
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Expiate |
To atone for; make amends or reparation for |
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Palliate |
To relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate |
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Redress |
The setting right of what is wrong; relief from wrong or inqury |
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Droll |
Amusing in an odd way; whimsically; humorous |
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Facetious |
Not meant to be taken seriously or literally |
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Jocular |
Given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking |
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Levity |
Fickleness; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness |
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Raillery |
Good-humored ridicule; banter |
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Gaucherie |
Lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness |
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Riposte |
A quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke |
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Interregnum |
Any pause or interruption in continuity |
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Clement |
Compassionate; pleasant; mild or merciful in disposition or character |
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Largess |
Generous bestowal of gifts; generosity |
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Munificent |
Extremely liberal in giving; very generous |
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Unstinting |
To be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance |
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Avaricious |
Greedy; covetous |
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Miserly |
Of, like, or befitting a miser; stingy |
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Penurious |
Extremely poor; destitute; indigent |
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Rapacious |
Inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate |
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Apocryphal |
False; spurious |
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Venal |
Able to be purchased as a bribe; mercenary |
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Asperity |
Harshness or sharpness in manner; hardship; unevenness |
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Truculent |
Fierce; aggressively hostile; scathing |
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Vitriolic |
Very caustic; scathing |
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Vituperation |
Verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation |
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Inimical |
Unfriendly; hostile; unfavorable |
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Injurious |
Insulting; harmful, hurtful, or detrimental, as in effect |
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Insidious |
Intended to entrap or beguile |
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Minatory |
Menacing; threatening |
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Perfudious |
Deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful |
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Canard |
A false or baseless, usually derogatory story, rumor, or report |
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Pernicious |
Deadly; fatal; ruiness |
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Dissonant |
Disagreeing or harsh in sound; discordant |
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Anathema |
A person or thing detested or loathed; execration |
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Enmity |
Back (Definition) Hatred; animosity; antagonism |
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Odium |
Intense hatred or dislike |
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Salubrious |
Favorable or promoting health; healthful |
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Chicanery |
A quibble or subterfuge used to trick, deceive, or evade |
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Dissemble |
To give a false or misleading appearance to |
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Ersatz |
Serving as a substitute; synthetic; artificial |
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Fallacious |
Disappointing; delusive; misleading |
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Mendacious |
False or untrue; dishonest |
