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40 Cards in this Set
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Protean
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frequently/easily changing
versatile |
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Sartorial
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To do with clothing or fashion
ex. sartorial elegance |
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saturnine
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gloomy, moody, glum
ex. a saturnine face |
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jaundice/jaundiced
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envious
ex. she was jaundiced towards her much more successful friend. |
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jejune
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dull
childish, immature ex. a jejune speech. a jejune tantrum |
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sanguinary
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bloodbath, carnage
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virago
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an ill-tempered sometimes violent woman
ex. until she gets her morning coffee, Sarah is a complete virago. |
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latitude
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scope for freedom of action or thought
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syncretic
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mixing schools of thought
ex. a syncretic approach to psychology or to religion |
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apostasy
apostate |
the act of turning against your faith/political party
someone who turns against his faith/political party ex. he is an apostate of the Republic party because its views became too extreme for his tastes. |
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sybarite
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someone who indulges in luxury
ex. marcus can afford to be a sybarite because his family is loaded. |
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defray
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to help pay the cost of
ex. my family helped defray my college tuition |
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pittance
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a negligible amount of money
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mulct
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to dupe or swindle
to fine |
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apotheosis
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the highest point
the apogee |
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untoward
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inconvenient or not favorable
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underwrite
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support financially
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overweening
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showing excessive confidence/pride
ex. overweening ambition |
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jingoist
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hawkish
patriotic and encouraging war |
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cow
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to intimidate
ex. I was so cowed by the number of stares, that I temporarily lost the ability to speak. |
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palimpsest
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something that has changed many times but on which you can still see the past versions
ex. the set up of the city was a palimpsest of the different architectural trends throughout history. |
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serendipity
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happy chance
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screed
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a hackneyed rant
ex. she was given to breaking out over and over again into tired screed about the same old subjects. |
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hodgepodge
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a confusing jumble
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aboveboard
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honest and open
ex. the current president follows aboveboard tactics when faced with controversial accusations--he tells the truth, no matter the consequences. |
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Thoroughgoing
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absolute
ex. She is a thoroughgoing connoisseur of music. |
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phantasmagorical
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a series of images that seem like they're in your head (could be real or in your dream)
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mettlesome
mettle |
brave, resilient
courage |
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amiable
affable |
friendly (person)
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amicable
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friendly (relationship)
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amenable
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easily persuaded
ex. when I've made a plan, I am not amenable. |
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abase
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put down
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piecemeal
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done in partial measures, taken over time
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amorphous
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shapeless
lacking organization or structure |
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descry
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discern or discover
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assimilate
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take in, absorb
fully understand adapt |
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salient
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clear, obvious
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occcult
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hidden
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sententious
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self-righteous
given to excessive moralizing rhetoric ex. a sententious speech |
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fleetly
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swiftly
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