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71 Cards in this Set
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quotidian |
ordinary; commonplace; everday |
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borrish |
crude; insensitive |
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indifferent |
disinterested; not caring |
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fortitude |
mental and emotional strength when facing difficulty |
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surmise |
to guess or conjecture |
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emolument |
compensation for services |
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appurtenances |
a secondary or less significant thing or part |
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preponderant |
greater in influence, force, numbers, etc. |
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circumlocution |
the use of more words than necessary to express an idea |
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tacit |
understood without being directly expressed; implied |
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vocation |
occupation |
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abstain |
to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded improper or unhealthy |
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destitute |
lacking food, clothing, and shelter |
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jocose |
humorous; playful |
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evoke |
to call up; to draw forth |
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fatuity |
foolishness |
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detest |
to dislike intensely |
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subordinate |
of less importance; secondary |
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ignoble |
of low character, quality, etc.; inferior |
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multitudinous |
very numerous |
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slipshod |
careless or untidy |
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assent |
to agree or concur |
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pertinent |
relating to the matter at hand; significant |
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unambiguous |
clear, distinct |
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belligerent |
aggressively hostile |
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disparate |
distinctly different |
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divan |
a sofa, usually without arms |
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confounded |
bewildered, confused |
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haberdasher |
a retail dealer in men's clothing |
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portmanteau |
a leather trunk or suitcase |
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droll |
amusing in an odd way |
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elucidate |
to make clear; to explain |
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sordid |
morally base; vile |
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aver |
to state positively |
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inexplicable |
incapable of being explained |
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insipid |
uninteresting; bland |
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invidious |
tending to cause ill-will or resentment; hateful |
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simper |
to smile in a silly, self-conscious way |
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proficient |
skilled |
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impudence |
disrespectfulness |
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desultory |
lacking in consistency; random |
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ministrant |
serving as a minister |
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exuberance |
the state of being very enthusiastic or joyful |
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execrable |
utterly detestable; very bad |
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compendium |
a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work |
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vagabond |
wandering from place to place without any real home |
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disconcerted |
bewildered or confused; perturbed |
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exhilarated |
invidgorated; enlivened |
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afflatus |
an impulse of creative power or inspiration |
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oeuvre |
the works of a write, artist, etc., taken as a whole |
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prolific |
highly productive; producing great quantities |
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propinquity |
nearness |
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pogrom |
an organized massacre, especially of Jews |
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defunct |
no longer in effect or use; no longer operating |
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junta |
a small group running a country, especially after a coup |
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divergent |
differing |
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enmity |
a feeling of hostility; hatred |
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supposition |
assumption |
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nepotism |
a favoritism shown on the basis of family relationships, especially in business or politics |
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dubious |
skeptical; doubtful |
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exodus |
a departure or emigration, usually a large number of people |
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contingent |
dependent on something not yet certain; conditional |
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behest |
a command or a strongly worded request |
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dissolution |
the undoing or breaking of a tie, union, partnership, etc. |
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de facto |
in reality; actually existing |
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internecine |
relating to conflict or struggle within a group |
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incite |
to stir, encourage, or urge on |
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vanguard |
the leading position in any movement, or the people who occupy such a position |
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contend |
to struggle in opposition; to compete |
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futile |
useless; not successful |
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extricate |
to disentangle |
