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73 Cards in this Set
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Prevaricate (v)
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to lie or deviate from the truth
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Chicanery
Dissemble Equivocate |
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Proliferate
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to increase in number quickly
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Propitiate
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to concilate/appease
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Prudence
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wisdom, caution, restraint
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Pungent
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sharp and irritating to the senses
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Quiescent
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motionless
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Rarefy
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to make thinner or sparser
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Repudiate
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to reject the validity of
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Reticent
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silent and reserved
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Rhetoric
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effective writing or speaking
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Satiate
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to satisfy fully or over indulge
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Soporific
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causing sleep or lethargy
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Specious
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deceptively attractive/seemingly plausible but fallacious
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Stolid
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unemotional/lacking sensitivity
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Sublime
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lofty or grand
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Tacit
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done without using words
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Taciturn
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silent, not talkative
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Tirade (n)
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long harsh speech or verbal attack
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Castigate
Deride Diatribe Dirge Disapraging Elegy Lambaste |
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Torpor
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extreme mental and physical slugishness
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Venerate (v)
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to respect deeply
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Veracity
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filled with truth and accuracy
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Verbose
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wordy
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Vex
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annoy
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Whimsical
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acting in fanciful or capricious manner
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Capricious-
Healdlong Abrupt Imetpuous Percipitate Apace |
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Abet (v)
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To support
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Slake (v)
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To releive
To satisfy |
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Ancillary (n)
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1supporting/supplementary
2subordinate |
SUPPORT
Abet Bolster Corroborate Mainstay |
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Disparaging (adj)
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Tending to belittle
Tending to bring reproach |
Diatribe
Castigate Deride Reproach |
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Reproach (v)
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To blame/discredit/censure
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Diatribe
Castigate Deride Disparaging |
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Quixotic (adj)
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Impulsive/rashly unpredictable
Impractically and extravagently chivalrous/romantic |
ACT QUICKLY
Capricious Headlong Abrupt Impetuous Precipitate Apace Whimsical |
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recondite
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little known
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detritus
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waste or debris
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refuge
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condition of being safe or sheltered from danger or trouble
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refuse
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matter thrown away or rejected as worthless
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bedlam
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scene of uproar and confusion
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mellifluous
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sweet or musical; pleasant to hear
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euphonic
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agreeable sound; harmonious combination of words
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strident
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loud and harsh; grating
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extirpate
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root out and destroy completely
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sardonic
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grimly mocking or cynical; sarcastic
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fatuous
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silly and pointless; foolish
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ribald
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referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude or irreverent way
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ignominious
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deserving or causing public disgrace or shame
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trenchant
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vigorous or incisive in expression or style
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histrionic
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overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style; exaggerated dramatic behavior designed to attract attention
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augmenting
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make something greater by adding to it
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abstruse
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difficult to understand; obscure
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scanty
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small or insufficient in quality or amount
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prosaic
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having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty; unromantic
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reticent
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not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily
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brusque
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abrupt or offhand in speech or manner
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gregarious
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fond of company; sociable; companionable
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scurrilous
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making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation; humorously insulting
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ecclectic
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deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources
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punctilious
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showing great attention to detail or correct behavior
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mien
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a person's look or manner, indicating their character or mood
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salubrious
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health-giving; healthy
(of a place) not run down, pleasant |
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odorous
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having or giving off a smell
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truculent
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eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant
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panegyrical
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formally expressing praise, public compliment
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phlegmatic
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having an emotional and stolidly calm disposition
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timorous
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showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or lack of confidence
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catholic
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including a wide variety of things; all-embracing
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arcane
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understood by few; mysterious or secret
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acclamation
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loud and enthusiastic approval, typically to welcome or honor someone
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shrewdness
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intelligence manifested by being astute
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abjure
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solemnly renounce a belief, cause or claim
-renounce, abnegate, repudiate, recant |
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chagrin
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distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated
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altruism
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the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well being of others; behavior that benefits another at one's own expense
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malfeasance
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wrongdoing especially by a public official
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nepotism
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the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends especially by giving them jobs
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supercilious
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behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others; arrogant
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ambrosial
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extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant
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