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32 Cards in this Set
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Ardor |
Intense and passionate feeling (Syn: fervency, ferv..., Fire, zeal, passion) |
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Investiture |
Ceremony conferring authority (Syn: inaugural, induction) |
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Neologism |
New word or expression (Syn: slang) |
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Anodyne |
Something that calms or soothes pain (Syn: narcotic, nepenthe, opiate) |
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Arrogate |
To claim without justification (Syn: appropriate, presume, take) |
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Invidious |
Obnoxious or offensive, likely to promote ill-will (Syn: insulting, jaundiced, resentful) |
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Jingoism |
Belligerent support of ones country (Syn: chauvinism, nationalism) |
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Innocuous |
Harmless (Syn: benign, insipid) |
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Inure |
To harden, become used to (Syn: condition, habituate, familiarize) |
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Exponent |
One who advocates (Syn: representative) |
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Inchoate |
Not fully formed, disorganized (Syn: amorphous, incoherent, incomplete) |
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Pugilism |
Boxing (Syn: sparring, fighting) |
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Puerile |
Childish or immature (Syn: infantile, jejune, juvenile) |
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Invective |
Abusive language (Syn: denunciation, revilement, vituperation) |
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Lachrymose |
Tearful (Syn: weeping) |
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Lissome |
Easily flexed, limber (Syn: graceful, lithe, supple) |
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Laconic |
Using few words (Syn: concise, curt, pithy, taciturn, terse) |
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Panache |
Flamboyance in style, verve (Syn: flair) |
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Voluble |
Talkative, glib (Syn: garrullous, loquacious, verbose) |
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Fatuous |
Stupid, foolishly self-satisfied (Syn: absurd, preposterous, silly) |
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Stratagem |
Trick designed to trick an enemy (Syn: artifice, feint, ruse, wile) |
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Pervade |
To be present throughout, to permeate (Syn: imbue, permeate, suffuse) |
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Scintilla |
Trace amount (Syn: atom, iota, mote, spark) |
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Sedition |
Behavior that promotes rebellion (Syn: conspiracy, insurrection) |
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Tactiturn |
Silent, not talkative (Syn: laconic, reticent) |
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Sentient |
Aware, conscious (Syn: intelligent, thinking) |
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Seraphic |
Angelic, sweet (Syn: cherubic, heavenly) |
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Abdicate |
To give up a position or power (Syn: cede, resign, relinquish, yield) |
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Abjure |
To reject or abandon formally (Syn: forswear, recant, retract) |
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Abyss |
Deep hole (Syn: chasm, void) |
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Advocate |
To speak in favor of (Syn: champion, support) |
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Adulterate |
To make impure (Syn: debase, load, doctor) |
