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50 Cards in this Set

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Harsh or bitter in disposition, speech, or manner

Acrimonious

Irrelevant to the present topic; a nonessential part

Extraneous

Involving untrue information that harms someone's reputation

Libelous

Physically or morally harmful

Noxious

Lacking in courage; characterized by weakness of spirit

Pusillanimous

Petulant

Syn Querulous

Clandestine

Syn Surreptitious

Under

sub-

Heart

CORD

Sound, voice

PHON

Place where, that which

2-ory, -orium

Courageous

Ant Pusillanimous

Open

Ant Surreptitious

Turn away in mind or feeling; opposed to

Averse

Showing caution; watchful on all sides; attentive to everything that may affect action or decision

Circumspect

The elements or parts of; composed

Constituent

Censurable

Syn Culpable

Conceal

Ant Manifest

Discernible

Syn Overt

Sociable

Ant Recluse

Corresponding

Syn Respectively

A looking back on the past; a review of something past

Retrospect

Recollection

Syn Retrospect

To hold

TEN, TIN, TAIN

State, quality, act of

-ety

Extravagant actions

Antics

Frolics

Syn Antics

Causing death, destruction, or ruin; very harmful

Baneful

Toxic

Syn Baneful

A request or favor; a blessing

Boon

Fortune

Syn Boon

Government through bureaus run by nonelective officials; government officials collectively

Bureaucracy

A person who delights in an art or science in an amateurish or superficial way; a superficial amateur

Dilettante

Master

Ant Dilettante

Exhibiting unstable behavior

Flighty

Dependable

Ant Flighty

Too bright or glaring; showy

Garish

A long, noisy, or scolding speech

Harangue

Tirade

Syn Harangue

Tearfully or effusive sentimental

Maudlin

Composed of various colors or elements

Motley

Dappled

Syn Motley

One who makes ostentatious display of knowledge; one who gives undue attention to trivial details of learning but has little interest in practical affairs

Pendant

A long-lasting feud or conflict

Vendetta

Good, well

Eu-

Beside, alongside

Para-

Backward, behind

Retro-

Time

CHRON

To please, to appease

PLAC

To carry

PORT