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57 Cards in this Set
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Abdicate (v.) |
Formally give up the throne. |
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Abhor (v.) |
Detest, regard with disgust, to dislike someone very much. |
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Abjure (v.) |
Give up, renounce; repudiate, recant or shun. |
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Affectation (n.) |
Fake behavior. |
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Aggrandize (v.) |
Make greater , exaggerate |
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Archaic (adj.) |
Pristine |
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Complacent (adj.) |
Self satisfied, smug; overly content therefore lazy or neglectful |
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Concur (v.) |
Approve, agree |
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Countenance (n, v) |
Facial expression or face; approve or tolerate |
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Cynical (adj.) |
Bitterly pessimistic |
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Deleterious (adj.) |
Harmful, unhealthful |
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Disposition (n.) |
A person's general or natural mood; tendency |
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Dissent (v, n) |
Disagree or take an opposing view |
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Dogma (n.) |
Established belief |
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Eccentric (adj.) |
Peculiar, odd, deviating from norm |
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Eschew (v.) |
Shun, avoid, abstain from |
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Fathom (v.) |
Understand |
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Fidelity (n.) |
Loyalty, Faithfulness. |
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Foreshadow (v.) |
Indicate or suggest beforehand |
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Forfeit (v.) |
Surrender or lose as a result of an error, crime. |
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Gauche (adj.) |
Tactless, lacking social grace, awkward, crude |
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Glib (adj.) |
Fluent and easy in a way that suggests superficiality or insincerity |
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Haven (n.) |
Harbor or port; safe place |
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Imminent (adj.) |
Ready to occur , impending , (immediate) |
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Inform (v.) |
Inspire, animate |
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Intelligible (adj.) |
Able to be understood, clear |
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Intrepid (adj.) |
Fearless, brave, enduring in face of adversity SYN. Hardy |
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Lampoon (n, v) |
a piece of writing, a cartoon, etc., that mocks or makes fun of a well-known person or thing |
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Languid (adj.) |
Drooping from exhaustion , sluggish, slow ; lacking in spirit SYN. Lassitude |
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Mendacious (adj.) |
Lying, habitually dishonest |
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Mores (n.) |
Customs, manners or morals of a particular group |
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Objective (adj.) |
Related to reality, factual; not influenced by emotions, unbiased |
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Paradigm (n.) |
Model or pattern ; worldview , set of shared assumptions |
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Paradox (n.) |
Seeming contradiction that is actually true |
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Patent (adj, n) |
Obvious, apparent , plain to see |
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Pith (n.) |
Core, essence ; significance or weight |
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Precarious (adj.) |
Unstable, insecure, dangerous |
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Prodigious (adj.) |
Extraordinarily large, impressive |
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Repudiate (v.) |
Reject, cast off, disown, disavow |
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Requite (v.) |
Reciprocate, repay or revenge |
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Rhetoric (n.) |
Bombast, language that is pretentious but actually empty, meaning little |
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Sagacious (adj.) |
Wise; showing good judgment and foresight |
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Solicitous (adj.) |
Concerned, very careful |
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Stoic or stoical (adj., n) |
Indifferent to pleasure or pain; person indifferent to pleasure or pain |
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Surfeit (n.) |
Excess, excessive amount, Overindulgence |
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Surmise (v.) |
Guess, infer or make an opinion with incomplete information |
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Timorous (adj.) |
Fearful, timid |
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Torrid (adj.) |
Very hot, parching, burning; passionate , SYN. Fervid, Ardent |
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Unseemly (adj.) |
Indecent, inappropriate |
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Canonical (adj.) |
Authorized, recognized |
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Cartography (n.) |
Mapmaking |
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Coalesce (v.) |
Come together |
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Complacent (adj.) |
Self-satisfied, smug; overly content and therefore lazy, neglectful |
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Construe (v.) |
Interpret or translate |
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Countenance (n, v) |
Facial expression or face (n.); approve or tolerate (v.) |
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Credulous (adj.) |
Gullible; prone to believing or trusting too easily without enough evidence. |
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Debunk (v.) |
Refute, expose, ridicule or disprove. |
