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100 Cards in this Set
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Euphemism |
Use of agreeable or inoffensive language in place of unpleasant language |
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Exacerbate |
To aggravate, make worse |
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Exculpate |
To clear of blame, vindicate |
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Execrable |
Detestable, abhorrent |
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Exigency |
Crisis, urgent requirements |
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Existential |
Having to do with existence, based on experience, having to do with philosophy of existentialism |
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Extant |
In existence, not lost |
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Extirpate |
To root up, destroy |
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Extraneous |
Not essential |
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Extrapolation |
Act of estimation by projecting known info |
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Facetous |
Humorous |
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Fallacious |
Based on a false idea or fact, misleading |
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Fatuous |
Foolishly self satisfied |
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Fawning |
Seeking favor by flattery |
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Felicitous |
Suitably expressed appropriate, well chosen |
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Fledgling |
Beginner novice |
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Foment |
To incite, arouse |
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Forestall |
To prevent delay |
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Fractious |
Quarrelsome, unruly, rebellious |
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Frugality |
Thrift |
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Fulminate |
To attack loudly, denounce |
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Gainsay |
To deny, dispute, oppose |
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Garrulous |
Very talkative, wordy |
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Grandiloquent |
Pompous, bombastic |
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Gregarious |
Sociable |
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Guilleless |
Free from cunning or deceit, artless |
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Guile |
Deception or trickery |
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Gullible |
Easily decieved |
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Harangue |
Long pompous speech, tirade |
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Heterdox |
Unorthodox, not widely accepted |
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Histrionic |
Relating to exaggerated emotional behavior calculated for effect, theatrical arts or performances |
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Homily |
Sermon, tedious moralizing lecture, plattitude |
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Homogeneous |
Composed of identical parts, uniform in composition |
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Hyperbole |
Purposeful exaggeration for effect |
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Iconoclastic |
Attacking cherished traditions |
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Ideological |
Ideology, the set of ideas that form the basis for a political system |
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Idolatry |
Idol worship, blind or excessive devotion |
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Igneous |
Produced by fire, volcanic |
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Immutable |
Unchangeable |
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Impassive |
Showing no emotion |
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Impermeable |
Impossible to penetrate |
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Imperturbable |
Not easily disturbed |
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Impervious |
Impossible to penetrate |
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Implacable |
Inflexible, incapable of being pleased |
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Implicit |
Implied, understood but not stated |
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Inadvertantly |
Careless, unintentionally |
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Inchoate |
Imperfectly formed or formulated |
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Incongruity |
State of not fitting |
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Indeterminate |
Uncertain, indefinate |
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Indigence |
Poverty |
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Indolent |
Habitually lazy, idol |
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Ineluctable |
Not to be avoided or escaped |
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Inert |
Unable to move, sluggish |
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Ingenuous |
Naive and trusting, lacking sophistication |
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Inherant |
Firmly established by nature or habit |
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Innocuous |
Harmless |
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Insensible |
Unconcious, unresponsive |
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Insinuate |
To suggest, say indirectly, imply |
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Insipid |
Lacking in flavors, dull |
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Insularity |
Narrow mindedness, isolation |
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Intractable |
Not easily managed |
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Intransigence |
Stubbornness, refusal to compromise |
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Inundate |
To cover with water, overwhelm |
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Inured |
Hardened, accustomed, used to |
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Invective |
Verbal abuse |
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Irascible |
Easily angered |
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Irresolute |
Unsure of how to act, weak |
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Juxtapose |
Place side by side |
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Laconic |
Using few words |
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Lassitude |
Lethargy, sluggishness |
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Laud |
To praise |
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Lethargic |
Inactive |
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Levity |
Light manner or attitude |
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Limpid |
Clear, transparent |
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Loquacious |
Talkative |
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Lucid |
Bright, clear, intelligible |
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Magnanimity |
Generosity, nobility |
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Malinger |
Feign illness to escape duty |
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Malleable |
Impressionable |
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Maverick |
Dissenter |
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Mendacious |
Dishonest |
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Meritricious |
Gaudy, plausible but false, specious |
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Metamorphisis |
Change, transformation |
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Meticulous |
Very careful, fastidious |
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Misanthrope |
One who hates humanity |
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Misogynist |
One who hates women |
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Mitigate |
To cause to become less harsh, alleviate |
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Mollify |
To soothe |
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Morose |
I'll humored, sullen |
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Mundane |
Worldly as opposed to spiritual, concerned with the ordinary |
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Neophyte |
Novice, beginner |
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Obdurate |
Stubborn |
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Obsequious |
Overly submissive |
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Obviate |
To make unnecessary, to anticipate or prevent |
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Occlude |
To shut, block |
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Officious |
Too helpful, meddlesome |
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Onerous |
Burdensome |
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Opprobrium |
Disgust, contempt |
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Oscillate |
To move back and forth |
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Ostentatious |
Showy, trying to attract attention, pretentious |