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63 Cards in this Set
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Anxiety (n) / Anxious (adj)
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A state of being nervous about uncertain future events./
The quality of being nervous about uncertain future events. |
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Fortuitous ( adj)
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Happening by change or accident.
Lucky or fortunate. |
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Cantankerous (adj)
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Bad tempered and grumpy.
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Spurious (adj)
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Lacking authenticity, false, not genuine, a false representation.
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Loquacious (adj)
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Very talkative.
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Paragon (n)
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A person or thing that has a quality so superior that it has no equal.
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Enervate (v)
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To weaken.
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Extricate (v)
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To unravel, to get out of a dangerous or complicated situation, to separate.
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Inception (n)
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The beginning, when it came to be.
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Reprobate (n)
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A bad, dishonest person.
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Discern (v) / Discerning (adj)
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To detect subtle differences, having the ability to detect subtle differences
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Terse (adj)
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Having few words.
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Archaic (adj)
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Related to an old, previous or more primitive time.
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Abstruse (adj)
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Hard to understand, confusing, hidden..
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Verisimilitude (n)
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The quality of being likely or probable.
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Consternation (n)
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A sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay.
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Pervasive (adj)
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Widespread.
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Expedient (n)
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Based on self interest & promotion.
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Prudent (adj)
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Cautious & well thought out
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Pyrrhic (victory) (n)
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A battle won at great cost
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Precocious(adj)
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Early in development or skill.
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Assiduous(adj)
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Unwaveringly focused on a task or job.
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Taciturn (adj)
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Saying very little.
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Conflagration (n)
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A large, disastrous fire.
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Charlatan (n)
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A person who fakes knowledge or skills.
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Complement (n)
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Something that goes with something else.
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Substantiate (v)
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to verify, add merit to, prove real.
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Penitent (adj)
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remorseful, feeling forgiveness.
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Meritorious (adj)
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deserving of what one gets.
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Despondent (adj)
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feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression
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Reticent (adj)
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inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech
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Surreptitious (adj)
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done, made, or acquired by stealth
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Stymie (v)
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to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of , to halt progress.
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Reverence (n)
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honor or respect felt or shown
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Florid (adj)
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overly showy or colorful.
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Imperious (adj)
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marked by arrogant assurance
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Censure (n)
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a judgment involving condemnation, the act of blaming or condemning sternly
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Amorphous (adj)
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having no definite shape or form
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Debase (v)
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to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character
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Repudiate (v)
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to refuse to accept.
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Dogmatic (adj)
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stubbornly insisting on one's own principle or beliefs
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Interminable (adj)
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seeming to go on forever, never ending.
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Convolute (v)
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to twist something and make things harder to understand.
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Placate (v)
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to appease; to smooth over and lessen someone's anger.
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Furtive (adj)
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secretive and shy
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Antithesis (n)
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the direct opposite of a thing or idea.
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Digression (n)
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A movement away from the main topic.
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Zeal (n)
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enthusiasm or passion
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Idiosyncratic (adj)
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specific to a thing or persons way of being.
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Diminutive (adj)
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small or tiny.
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Dilatory (adj)
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tending to delay or postpone.
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Brusque (adj)
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Rough in manner, rude , or blunt.
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Effervescent (adj)
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having a bubbly or fizzy quality
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Intrepid (adj)
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fearless & daring.
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Vacuous (adj)
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empty or lacking intelligent ideas.
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Bigot (n)
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someone who is intolerant of beliefs, values, lifestyles, and races different than one's own.
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Moratorium (n)
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An authorized period of waiting or delay, a suspension of activity.
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Eclectic (adj)
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broad rather than exclusive, drawing from many ideas.
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add, not subtract or divide
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Opaque (adj)
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impossible to understand, unclear, hidden
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Hedonistic (adj)
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concerned only with striving for pleasure.
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self interest
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Scrupulous (adj)
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Showing a strict regard for what one perceives as wrong
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Gratuitous (adj)
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excessive, not warrented
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Austere (adj)
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harsh and severe in mood, appearance, or personality.
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