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100 Cards in this Set

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Acrimonious
bitter
Adroit
skilled
Banal
commonplace; boring
Cherubic
angelic
Convalesce
to recover; to improve
Derogatory
demeaning; scornful
Ennui
state of boredom
Ephemeral
fleeting; short-lived
Gregarious
sociable; outgoing
Ineffable
unable to be expressed
Martinet
strict disciplinarian
Mollify
to soothe, to pacify
Nefarious
wicked
Obsequious
eager to please
Perfidious
treacherous
Perspicacious
highly insightful
Precocious
maturing early
Rue
to regret
Sychophant
flatterer
Uncouth
rude
Alacrity
quick action
Balderdash
nonsense
Blithe
cheerful
Cajole
to convince with flattery
Canard
hoax, trick
Garrulous
talkative
Lugubrious
overly mornful
Munificence
generosity
Nadir
bottom-most point
Onerous
burdensome
Obfuscate
to confuse; to make unclear
Panacea
cure all
Picayune
petty, trivial
Pine
to yearn
Propitious
favorable
Pugnacious
eager to fight
Quixotic
idealistic
Roil
to stir up; to incite
Ubiquitous
everywhere
Umbrage
resentment
Auspicious
favorable; boding well
Castigate
to scold severely
Charlatan
quack; trickster
Dilettante
dabbler in the arts
Eschew
to avoid
Gibbous
more than half (moon)
Haughty
arrogant
Immolation
sacrifice
Intrepid
fearless
Laconic
succinct; using few words
Malleable
adaptable; able to be reshaped
Maudlin
exceedingly sentimental; cheesy
Mercurial
volatile; fickle
Obstreperous
boisterous
Ostensible
seeming; apparent
Plethora
overabundance; large amount
Sibilant
having or making a hissing sound
Stentorian
extremely loud
Taciturn
reserved; quiet; shy
Wanton
unrestrained
Buffoon
fool
Citadel
fortress
Conflagration
vast fire
Copious
overabundant; plentiful
Dearth
lack of something; scarcity
Deluge
flood
Duldrums
state of boredom; stagnation
Fulsome
excessive
Guttural
from the throat
Harbinger
omen; warning
Iniquity
sin
Jeer
to ridicule; mock; make fun of; taunt
Mettle
quality of character; courage
Myriad
countless; vast number; innumerable
Nettlesome
annoying; vexacious; bothersome
Odious
arousing hatred; offensive; hateful
Paragon
perfect model
Raze
to destroy; demolish
Unmitigated
not lessened; unchecked
Vehement
passionate; intense
Agog
in a state of excitement; amazement (amazed)
Akimbo
with hands on hips bent outward
Blanch
to turn pale
Boon
a blessing
Cabal
secret plot; group of conspirators
Chutzpah
shameless audacity; boldness
Dissemble
to conceal or obscure the truth; to feign
Dogged
determined; persistent
Erudite
scholarly
Exacerbate
to worsen; to aggravate; to intensify
Exorbitant
extravagent
Fetter
to bind with chains
Flotsam
floating debris [jetsam]
Gauche
rude
Imp
little devil/demon; mischeivous child
Lewd
lascivious; sexually suggestive
Prognosticate
to predict
Rank
offensive smelling; putrid
Rebuke
to scold
Vicarious
sharing the experience of another (substitute)