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60 Cards in this Set
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Accrue |
Grow by addition |
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Annotation |
The act of adding notes |
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Bedlam |
A state of extreme confusion and disorder |
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Covert |
Secret or hidden |
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Debonair |
Having a sophisticated charm |
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Dun |
A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color |
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Efficacious |
Giving the power to produce an intended result |
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Equanimity |
Steadiness of mind under stress |
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Fortuitous |
Occurring by happy chance |
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Gist |
The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work |
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Gratuitous |
Unnecessary and unwarranted |
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Imperious |
Having or showing arrogant superiority to |
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Invective |
Abusive language used to express blame or censure |
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Motley |
Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds |
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Munificent |
Very generous |
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Procrastinate |
Postpone doing what one should be doing |
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Provocative |
Serving or tending to excite or stimulate |
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Recondite |
Difficult to penetrate |
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Reprobate |
A person without moral scruples |
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Sedentary |
Requiring sitting or little activity |
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Abstemious |
Marked by temperance in indulgence |
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Censurable |
Deserving blame it censure as being wrong or evil or injurious |
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Contingent |
Possible but not certain to occur |
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Corroborate |
Give evidence for |
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Denizen |
A person who inhabits a particular place |
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Discursive |
Tending to cover a wide range of subjects |
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Disseminate |
Cause to become widely known |
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Dowdy |
Lacking in smartness or taste |
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Florid |
Elaborately or excessively ornamented |
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Foist |
To force onto another |
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Gauche |
Lacking social polish |
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Heresy |
A belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion |
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Inculcate |
Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
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Palpable |
Capable of being perceived |
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Perceptive |
Having the ability to understand |
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Pernicious |
Exceedingly harmful |
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Salient |
Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention |
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Satiate |
Fill to satisfaction |
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Sear |
Become superficially burned |
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Specious |
Plausible but false |
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Absolve |
Grant remission of a sin to |
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Caricature |
A representation of a person exaggerated for comic effect |
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Clangor |
A loud resonate repeating noise |
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Contiguous |
Having a common boundary or edge |
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Cupidity |
Extreme greed for material wealth |
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Deleterious |
Harmful to living things |
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Enhance |
Increase |
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Enthrall |
Hold spellbound |
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Extenuate |
Lessen or try to lessen the seriousness or extent of |
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Implicit |
Suggested though not directly expressed |
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Incisive |
Demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions |
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Ostentatious |
Intended to attract notice and impress others |
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Paragon |
A perfect embodiment of a concept |
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Paraphrase |
Express the same message in different words |
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Politic |
Marked by artful prudence, experience, and shrewdness |
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Prosaic |
Lacking wit or imagination |
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Redundant |
More that is needed, desired, or required |
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Sanctimonious |
Excessively or hypocritically pious |
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Scintillating |
Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light |
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Winsome |
Charming in a childlike or naive way |