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73 Cards in this Set

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indignant
mad at perceived injustice (a)
invective
swear word (n)
sonorous
relates to a song-like sound (a)
impudent
disrespectful, disobeying (a)
peril
danger (n)
articulate
to specify meaning (v)
stifle
(v) to suppress
aspiration
(n) goal, hope
impetus
(n) forward energy
contempt
hate, disgust
dissemble
(v) to lie
nuance
(n) slight difference
placate
(v) to make calm, serene
debase
(v) to lower, mock, humiliate
semblance
(n) a faint likeness
pliable
(a) able to be changed, bent
foray (into)
(n) attempt, "dive"
aggrandizement
(n) the act of promotion
inference
(n) reading between the lines
untenanted
(a) no one lives there
scoff
(v) mocking laugh
congenial
(a) nice, pleasant
base
(a) low, bad
lurid
(a) ghastly appearance
atrocious
(a) extremely wicked
visceral
(a) "gut" reaction, elemental
rescind
(v) to take back, as an offer
pertinent
(a) applies; relevant; to the point
patronize
(v) to talk down to to make someone feel false hope
jocular
(a) in a joking manner
viable
(a) capable of working
placid
(a) calm
elude
(v) to avoid
allude
(v) to make a reference
chasten
(v) to scold/yell at
verdant
(a) refers to green/grassy/alive (landscape)
disdain
(n) dislike, contempt (to have)
languor
(n) laziness, propensity for sitting around doing nothing
suffuse
(v) to spread out throughout "soak in"
copious
(a) full of thought, abundant
acute
(a) sharp, severe; as in pain
abide
(v) to wait for; follow the rules/go along
proprietor
(n) person with legal right to something ; business owner
avert
9v) avoid
obstinate
(a) stubbornly refusing
surreptitious
(a) doing something secretly
regal
(a) as royalty
plaintive
(a) expressing sorrow
gape
(v) to stare open-mouthed
injunction
(n) legal order to stop
contrite
(a) feeling sorry for what one's done
ardent
(a) strong, avid
gaunt
(a) skinny/unhealthy
exact
(v) to get; obtain by force
exaction
(n) the act of getting
docile
(a) not creating difficulty
imperative
(a) must be done
allay
(v) to reassure, to ease
discern
(v) to figure or "pick" out
nonchalant
(a) without concern
palatial
(a) palacelike
solace
(n) peace; tranquility
effect
(v) create
affect(v)
(v) to change
effect(n)
(n)the result
affect(n)
(n) your face
feign
(v) to pretend
supercilious
(a) thinking you're better; haughty
reciprocal
(a)shared(n)something in relationship with another
wan
(a)poor health
complacent
(a) living happily unaware of danger
intimation
(n) the act of to making known
incredulous
(a) shocked; in disbelief