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50 Cards in this Set
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Defray |
Provide money for, cover cost |
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Taciturn |
Silent, not talkative. |
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Terse |
Brief to the point, pointed, polished. DoD issued a terse statement |
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Boon |
Blessing, timely and welcome benefit |
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Proletariat |
Working class |
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Heterogeneous |
Varied, composed of parts of different kinds. American society is heterogeneous |
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Pittance |
Small amount, especially money. 20 mil, a pittance compared to overall budget |
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Glib |
Talkative in a nonchalant way. Ease and informality. Too smooth to be convincing. Superficial. Glib politician, edits more dramatic than the glib story's outcome |
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Penchant |
A liking. People have a penchant for chocolate. Mellowed gore's penchant for the apocalyptic |
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Solicitous |
Concerned especially in a worried or anxious way. Republicans were far more solicitous of the sitting attorney general |
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Ameliorate |
To make better. Treatment will ameliorate the seizures |
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Expunge |
Eradicate completely |
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Laconic |
Terse (efficient) , pithy (profound) , using few words, but also abrupt, very slightly negative. Reserved, laconic homebody who ducks cameras... |
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Erudite |
Learned, scholarly, knowledge from books. Literatures most poetic, erudite speakers to a babbling fool |
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Extemporize |
Improvise with speech |
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Mercenary |
Greedy, done for money only. Founder of the mercenary firm, blackwater |
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Dearth |
Lack of something Dearth of hope |
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Circumscribe |
To fix boundaries, confine Circumscribed his enthusiasm so as not to make the losing side feel worse |
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Ingratiating |
Flattering, attempting to gain favor. Unctuous. Negative, insincere charm Flash a fake, ingratiating smile |
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Rescind |
Take back, cancel |
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Discernable |
Recognizable, detective, especially by senses and mind |
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Cataclysm |
Disaster, great mishap. Violent upheaval causes great destruction and change. Ww2 was the greatest cataclysm in the 20th century |
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Narcissism |
Self love, excessive admiration of self |
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Incriminate |
Charge with a crime, accuse of wrongdoing |
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Stigma |
Mark of shame or disgrace |
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Brevity |
Briefness, shortness |
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Perquisite |
Benefit, expexted advantage in addition to normal wages. Perk Perquisites of a job |
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Indigent |
Poor, in need of assistance Indigent defendants have a right to mental health experts |
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Clairvoyant |
Having exceptional perception. See clearly what others cannot |
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Circumspect |
Careful, wary. A worried care. Concerned about unforseen circumstances. Circumspect in all business dealings |
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Quiescent |
Still, quiet. Especially after temporary cessation of activity. Also, causing no trouble.
Sea was quiescent after the storm |
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Foible |
Minor character flaw
Penchant for rich desserts is her only foible Friends hesitant to divulge our foibles |
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Fervent |
Passionate, firey hot Fervent effort to contain the defacement Fervent speech, fervent air of a tropical afternoon |
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Protract |
Draw out, lengthen to point of irritation Project was protracted by years of litigation |
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Ostentatious |
Showy, flamboyant, vainly flashy Important of melodic ideas, expressivness, and musicality over ostentatious displays of technique |
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Quandary |
State of perplexity, renders one unable to act Unexpected results of test have created a quandary for researchers |
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Censure |
Blame, condemn in an official manner Senate sensed one of its members for unethical conduct |
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Cavil |
Criticize or complain unnecessarily. Nitpick. Author caviled about the design of the book cover |
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Assimilate |
Absorb, take into the mind and thoroughly understand. Or adapt to a system or culture Children must assimilate new ideas Some of the citizens are more assimilated than others |
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Adroit |
Skillful, clever Adroit at handling problems |
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Platitude |
Dull, ordinary remark. Hackneyed saying uttered as if original Kept repeating the same old platitudes |
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Fastidious |
Particular, dainty, fussy finicky Too fastidious to do anything that might get her dirty |
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Vendetta |
Bitter, protracted feud or rivalry Run by backstabbing executives engaged in vicious departmental vendettas |
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Lucid |
Clear, easy to understand. Also sane. Lucid explanation of complicated issues |
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Salient |
Conspicuous, noticeable, sticking out Salient beauty/ugliness There are some salient differences |
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Categorical |
Absolute, explicit, without conditions Could be considered narrow minded State owes categorical payments |
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Inscrutable |
Incomprehensible, unfathomable Jaguars inscrutable placement of the volume knob |
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Construe |
Interpret, explain meaning Slip up, pep talk was construed as wildly sexist |
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Allude |
Refer to something inditectly Alluded to some health problems |
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Austere |
Severe, somber, stern, dour. Austere surroundings have a dearth of creature comforts |
