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74 Cards in this Set
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Abscond |
To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide |
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Aberrant |
deviating from the norm |
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Alacrity |
eager and enthusiastic willingness |
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Anomaly |
deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality |
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Approbation |
an expression of approval or praise |
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Arduous |
sternous, taxing, requiring significant effort |
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Assuage |
to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify |
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Audacious |
faring and fearless; recklessly bold |
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Austere |
without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic |
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Axiomatic |
taken as a given; possessing self evident truth |
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Canonical |
following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards |
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Capricious |
inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable |
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Censure |
to criticize severely; to officially rebuke |
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Chicanery |
trickery or subterfuge |
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Connoisseur |
an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert |
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Convoluted |
complex or complicated |
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Disabuse |
to undeceive; to set right |
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Discordant |
conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound |
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Disparate |
fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
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Effrontery |
extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
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Eloquent |
well-spoken, expressive, articulate |
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Enervate |
to weaken, to reduce in vitality |
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Ennui |
dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
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Equivocate |
to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent |
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Erudite |
very learned; scholarly |
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Exculpate |
exonerate; to clear of blame |
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Exigent |
Urgen, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention |
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Extemporaneous |
improvised; done without preparation |
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Filibuster |
intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action |
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Ingenuous |
Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication |
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Inured |
accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
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Irascible |
easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts |
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Laud |
to praise highly |
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Lucid |
clear, easily understood |
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Magnanimity |
the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving |
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Martial |
associated with the war and armed forces |
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Mundane |
of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
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Nascent |
coming into being; in early developmental stages |
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Nebulous |
vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form |
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Neologism |
a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses |
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Obtuse |
lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought and expression |
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Obviate |
to anticipate and make unnecessary |
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Onerous |
troubling; burdensome |
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Paean |
a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |
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Parody |
a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art |
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Perennial |
recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly |
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Perfidy |
intentional breach of faith; treachery |
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Perfunctory |
cursory; done without care or interest |
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Perspicacious |
acutely perceptive; having keen discernment |
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Prattle |
to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner |
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Precipitate |
acting with excessive haste or impulse |
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Predilection |
a disposition in favor of something; preference |
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Prescience |
foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring |
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Prevaricate |
to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead |
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Qualms |
misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy |
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Recant |
to retract, esp. a previously held belief |
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Refute |
to disprove; to successfully argue against |
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Relegate |
to forcible assign, esp. to a lower place or position |
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Reticent |
quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
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Solicitous |
concerned and attentive; eager |
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Sordid |
characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul |
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Sporadic |
occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances |
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Squander |
to waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
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Static |
not moving, active, or in motion; at rest |
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Stupefy |
to stun, baffle or amaze |
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Stymie |
to block, to thwart |
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Synthesis |
the combination of parts to make a whole |
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Torque |
a force that causes motion |
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Tortuous |
winding, twisting; excessively complicated |
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Truculent |
Fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
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Veracity |
truthfulness, honesty |
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Virulent |
extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
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Voracious |
having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous |
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Waver |
to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion |
