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33 Cards in this Set
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Abrogate |
Revoke Formally |
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Auspicious |
Auguring favorable circumstances and good luck |
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Churlish |
Having a bad disposition; surly |
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Circumnavigate |
Travel around, either by plane or ship |
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Feckless |
Generally incompetent and ineffectual |
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Jejune |
Lacking interest or significance or impact |
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Facetious |
Cleverly amusing in tone |
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Lexicon |
A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words |
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Nihilism |
Complete denial of established authority and institutions |
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Oxidize |
Enter into a combination with oxygen |
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Precipitous |
Extremely steep |
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Reparation |
Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong |
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Totalitarian |
Of a government with an authority exerting absolute control |
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Logophile |
Lover of words |
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scintilla |
A small fraction; a minute particle or trace |
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palaver |
Empty talk, babble, chatter |
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Desultory |
Aimless, haphazard, digressing at random, no purpose or plan. |
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Resplendent |
Gleaming, splendid, shining |
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acumen |
keen insight |
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clemency |
Mercy |
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cogent |
Intellectually convincing |
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contrite |
Penitent, eager to be forgiven |
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credulity |
Readiness to believe |
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discursive |
Rambling, lacking order |
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evanescent |
Fleeting, momentary |
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fatuous |
Silly, foolish |
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nadir |
The lowest point of something |
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neophyte |
Someone who is young or inexperience |
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zephyr |
A gentle breeze |
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Hubris |
Overbearing pride or presumption |
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Infamy |
A state of extreme dishonor |
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Enochlophobia |
The fear of crowds |
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Mysophobia |
The fear of germs |
