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100 Cards in this Set
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Abjure |
Abdicate / give up
Abs - giving up too hard to get. Fat mofo |
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Acme |
Summit / highest point
Acne as a teenager. Pimple mountain |
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Admonish |
Mildly scorn, caution, advise
Edmund Dantes - received warning about Napoleon arriving
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Adverse |
Opposing, harmful
taxes have an adverse effect on the population |
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Aggrandize |
Make larger, greater
Grand! Make grander! |
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Alacrity |
Cheerful or speedy willingness
Electric personality to help |
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Antipathy |
Strong dislike / aversion |
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Apocryphal |
Questioning the authenticity
Fake crystal... blood diamonds from Africa? |
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Arcane |
Known only by a few, obscure
Arcanine, legendary pokemon... only a few |
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Arduous |
Very difficult, strenuous, severe
Going without shoes through Africa is an arduous task |
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Ascertain |
Make sure of, find out with certainty |
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Ascetic |
Simple lifestyle.
Skeleton because you aren't eating |
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Assuage |
To sooth... pacify.
Assuage the guilt. Massage it |
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Augment |
Make larger |
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Austere |
Severe in manner or appearance; self-disciplined, no luxury
German austerity... hold back. conservative |
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Aver |
Declare or affirm with confidence
A ver, mira! |
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Bolster |
Strengthen or support |
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Boor |
rude, ill-mannered or insensitive person
Moor |
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Buffer |
Something that shields, protects, acts as a cushion
Safety buffer |
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Burgeon |
Flourish or grow rapidly
Burgeoning middle class |
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Buttress |
Support or encourage
IMAGE: Mattress that supports while you sleep |
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Cacophony |
Harsh, discordant, or meaningless sounds
Ka-ka.... while you're sleeping |
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Canonical |
Authorized, recognized, body of accepted rules
Pope head of Church - gives the rules! |
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Cartography |
Study of map making
Cartier watch guides me around the world |
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Castigate |
Criticize severely, punish in order to correct
Castrate nuts as punishment |
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Caustic |
Capable of corroding metal or very critical/sarcastic
Acoustic version of Bad Religion |
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Censure |
Strong disapproval or reprimand
Ken - really mad reprimanding for no always on
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Clamor |
Make loud demands
Clamor for black friday sale!! |
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Commensurate |
The same in size, extent... comparable
His job is commensurate to his qualifications |
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Complacent |
Self-satisfied, smug, overly content |
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Confer |
Consult, comparative views, bestow/grant |
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Craven |
Cowardly, lacking courage
Raven running away from a hungry eagle |
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Credulous |
Gullible, trusting too easily
Not credibile! |
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Crescendo |
Steady increase in force, intensity
crescenddoOOOOOOOOO |
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Daunt |
Discourage, dishearten
I felt somewhat daunted by the prospect of the long drive home |
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Deface |
Vandalize, mar the appearance
Deface the wall.. piss on it |
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Deletarious |
Harmful, unheathful
Nefarious! |
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Delineate |
Mark in detail, outline, describe
Sketching in detail, drawing the lines |
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Denigrate |
Belittle, attack the reputation of
Laughing at people who eat at Denny's |
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Denote |
Be a name or symbol for something
Samsung Galaxy Note, symbol of luxury |
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Deride |
Mock, laugh at contemptuously
Showing up to prom with a beaten up buggy. Kids laugh! |
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Desiccate |
Thoroughly dried up, dehydrated
Kate T dried up.... |
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Diatrabe |
Rant, abusive attack or criticism
Launch into a diatrabe |
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Din |
Loud, confusing noise
Dinning in my ears... |
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Disabuse |
Convince that you're wrong!
He disabused me of my belief that the Earth is flat
"Global warming isn't real!" *BEAT THAT GUY |
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Fatuous |
complacently foolish
Infantuous - foolishly in love. child like love |
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Superfulous |
Unnecessary, to the point of being more than enough
Superfulous classrooms |
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Frangible |
Fragile |
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Salubrious |
Healthful
Salloooo - french |
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Juvanescence |
Youthfulness |
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Perquisite |
Exclusive right or benefit
Perkaset is only given to those with a prescription |
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Conflagration |
A large fire
Burning a gas soaked flag |
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Misanthropic |
Hatred towards human kind
Mis- bad, anthropic - humans |
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Nefarious |
Wicked or villainous
Brett B and band
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Feckless |
Incompetent or lazy
Fat Pippy Longstocking |
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A nugatory |
Trifling or ineffective
HUNGRY... nugat shizzy meal replacement |
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Exacting |
Demanding |
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Squalid |
Sullied
Squid was devirginized
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Specious |
Falsely appearing to be true, insincere
Alien in a human suit. Mars attacks |
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Mephitic |
Foul or offensive smelling
Kili kili of Mephisto |
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Vernacular |
Plain, native speech of people |
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Argot |
Specialized set of vocabulary used by a group
Argo - Ben Affleck using special keywords |
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Equanimity |
Feeling of tranquility or inner peace
Equilibirum.... equal animosity |
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Extempore |
Speaking without preparation
extemporaneous speaking |
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Obfuscating |
Make unclear
obtuse-ify |
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Elucidating |
Make clear, lucid
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Inveighing |
Writing/speaking with hostility
Angry indian writing - don't like the vay you canceled our wolleyball! |
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Eridation |
Scholarship or learning
Urinating in a school / pedophilia |
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Ecumenical |
Friendliness between different religions
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Winsome |
Sweet, innocently charming
Winston - sweet, innocent little boy |
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Exiguous |
Small, scanty, inadequate
Little cricket exodus from Egypt |
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Truculent |
Aggressive
Truck drivers fighting in a bar |
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Begrudging |
Resentful, envious, to give reluctantly
Begrudgingly accepted the Phoebe Award |
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Bellicose |
Increasingly hostile
Bellicose veins aggressively spreading! |
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Bonhomie |
Good natured, friendly |
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Fealty |
Loyal, faithful
Filial piety - loyalty to your family |
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Reticent |
Quiet, reserved, not revealing one's thoughts |
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Flagicious |
Wicked, evil
Twist flag around and choke someone |
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Pleonastic |
Using more words than necessary, loquacious
Pleo Nash - Eddie Murphy rambling |
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Redound |
Lead to, have an affect on, contribute greatly to
Dennis Rodman leading rebounder. Led to Hall of Fame and contributed to championships |
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Redact |
Censure/Obscure for legal or security purposes
obscene pterodactyl flashing the world... can't show his picture |
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Blandishment |
Flattery to convince someone to do something
Bland girl needs to get a makeover |
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Cinder |
Any matter, coal or wood, burned out or partly burned
Tindr hot or not. |
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Hobble |
Awkward way of walking due to pain or injury
Dax |
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Adumbrate |
Describe roughly, summarize main points
A dumbed down version for a dumb blond |
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Aerie |
Lofty nest of an eagle or hawk
Bird scooping down, eating ear and bringing it back to nest |
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Amortize |
Gradually pay off debt
Amortize the mortgage payment |
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Antedate |
Be earlier in time, precede |
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Apostate |
Defection, revolt, abandon
Leaving the Aposento life behind |
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Approbation |
Formal praise or approval
approve-ation |
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Asperity |
Harshness; rough
Aspergers - yelling random mean things out |
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Assiduous |
Persevering, diligent, consistent efforts
Smart and persevering Sid |
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Augury |
Foreboading, presage
Aubrey sign of a ditz
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August |
Holy, revered
Augustus Gloop, king of fatties |
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Axiom |
Self-evident truth
Obviously the best consulting firm |
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Baying |
Howling like a wolf
Bengay on balls... oooooooo |
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Besiege |
Attack, surround
Seige the town!! |
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Bevy |
Large group of people or birds
A million Beverlys |
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Blight |
Destory, ruin
Dr. Blight, sexy villainous |
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Burlesque |
Travesty, parody
Christina Aguilera... movie was a travesty and also a parody |
