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42 Cards in this Set
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Potentate |
A monarch or ruler with great power (Syn: dominator, leader) |
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Convoluted |
Complicated and intricate (Syn: byzantine, elaborate, knotty, perplexing) |
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Connoisseur |
A person with expert knowledge (Syn: authority, epicure, gastronome) |
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Condone |
To overlook, pardon, or disregard (Syn: exculpate, excuse, pardon, remit) |
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Alacrity |
Speed or quickness (Syn: celerity, dispatch, haste) |
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Prattle |
Meaningless, foolish talk (Syn: babble, chatter, drivel, blather) |
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Cloying |
Sickly sweet, excessive (Syn: excessive, fulsome) |
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Curmudgeon |
Cranky person, usually old (Syn: crab, coot, grouch) |
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Polyglot |
A speaker of many languages |
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Flag |
To decline in strength, vigor, or interest (Syn: dwindle, ebb, subside) |
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Erudite |
Learned, scholarly (Syn: scholastic, wise) |
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Syncopation |
Temporary irregularity in musical rhythm |
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Plebeian |
Crude or coarse, commoners (Syn: conventional, unrefined) |
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Tacit |
Done without using words (Syn: implicit, undeclared, unuttered) |
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Plucky |
Courageous, spunky (Syn: bold, gutsy) |
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Venerate |
To respect deeply (Syn: adore, idolize, revere) |
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Repast |
Meal or meatime (Syn: feast) |
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Venerable |
Resepcted because of age (Syn: distinguished, elderly) |
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Furtive |
Secret, stealthy (Syn: clandestine, covert, surreptitious) |
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Eschew |
To shun, to avoid (Syn: avoid, bilk, elude, escape, evade) |
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Salubrious |
Healthful (Syn: bracing, curative, medicinal, tonic) |
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Repudiate |
To reject the validity of (Syn: deny, disavow, disclaim, renounce) |
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Inimical |
Hostile, unfriendly (Syn: adverse, dissident, recalcitrant) |
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Salient |
Prominent, notable significance (Syn: marked, outstanding) |
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Penury |
An oppressive lack of money, severe poverty (Syn: destitution, impoverishment) |
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Zenith |
The point of culmination, peak (Syn: acme, pinnacle) |
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Zealot |
Someone passionately devoted to a cause (Syn: enthusiast, fanatic, militant) |
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Xenophobia |
A fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers (Syn: bigotry, chauvinism, prejudice) |
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Wily |
Clever, deceptive (Syn: crafty, tricky) |
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Waver |
To fluctuate between choices (Syn: dither, falter, fluctuate, oscillate) |
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Wan |
Sickly pale (Syn: ashen, sickly) |
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Verbose |
Talkative, wordy (Syn: loquacious, prolix, superfluous) |
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Unequivocal |
Absolute, certain (Syn: categorical, explicit, unambiguous) |
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Unconscionable |
Shockingly unfair or unjust, unscrupulous (Syn: dishonorable, indefensible) |
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Tirade |
Long harsh speech or verbal attack (Syn: diatribe, fulmination, harangue, obloquy, revilement) |
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Tawdry |
Gaudy, cheap, showy (Syn: flashy, loud, meretricious) |
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Tangential |
Digressing or diverting (Syn: extraneous, irrelevant, peripheral, inconsequential) |
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Talon |
Claw |
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Sycopant |
Self serving flatterer, kiss ass (Syn: bootlicker, fawner, toady) |
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Surly |
Rude or bad tempered (Syn: gruff, grumpy, testy) |
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Sublime |
Lofty or grand (Syn: august, majestic, resplendent, exalted) |
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Stigma |
A mark of shame or discredit (Syn: blemish, blot, opprobrium, taint) |
