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120 Cards in this Set
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Invective |
Insulting or abusive language. |
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Banausic |
Relating to or concerned with earning a living. |
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Guerdon |
A reward; to recompense. |
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Recompense |
To give something (such as money) to (someone) as an award or payment for suffering. |
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Deliquesce |
To dissolve or melt away; to become soft or liquid with age or maturity (used of some fungal structures). |
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Empyreal |
Of or relating to the heavens or firmament; sublime. |
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Sublime |
To cause to pass directly from the solid to vapor state; to elevate or exalt in dignity or honor; to render finer; to convert something into something of higher worth. |
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Woebegone |
To be strongly afflicted with woe; being in a sorry state; exhibiting great woe, sorrow, or misery. |
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Cabal |
A group of people secretly united in a plot. |
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Plaintive |
Expressing suffering or sadness; having a sad sound. |
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Capricious |
Changing often and quickly (as in mood or behavior); indicative of sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change. |
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Laconic |
Expressing much in few words; brief and to the point. |
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Insipid |
Without distinctive, interested or stimulating qualities; lacking taste or flavor. |
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Pragmatic |
Concerned with practical matters. |
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Iconoclast |
A person who attacks cherished beliefs or traditional institutions; someone who attacks established or traditional concepts, principles, laws, etc. |
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Arduous |
Difficult to accomplish; hard to endure; requiring great exertion; hard to climb or steep. |
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Profligate |
Recklessly extravagant and wasteful in the use of resources. |
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Prosaic |
Not challenging; dull or lacking excitement; of or having the character or form or prose (the ordinary form of spoken or written language) rather than poetry. |
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Ameliorate |
To make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; to improve. |
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Obsequious |
Obedient or attentive to an excessive degree; characterized by or showing deference (submission and respect). |
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Fortuitous |
Happening by accident or chance; lucky or fortunate |
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Orthodox |
Conforming with established or accepted standards, as in religion, behavior, or attitudes. |
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Alacrity |
Cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness. |
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Pellucid |
Translucently clear; clear in expression, meaning or style. |
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Corroborate |
To confirm or give support to. |
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Magnanimous |
Very generous or forgiving; free from petty resentfulness. |
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Scrupulous |
Diligent, thorough, and extremely careful; having a strict regard for what one considers right. |
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Prolific |
Producing offspring, young, or fruit; producing in large quantities or great frequency; characterized by abundant production. |
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Dogmatic |
Relating to or of the nature of dogma or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc.; asserting opinions in an arrogant manner; opinionated. |
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Placate |
To make someone less angry or hostile; to appease or pacify. |
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Mercurial |
Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes in mood; erratic; quick-witted. |
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Exacerbate |
To infuriate or make worse; to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence. |
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Redundant |
Characterized by unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas; being in excess. |
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Hackneyed |
Unoriginal; commonplace or stale. |
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Prudent |
Acting with or showing care or thought; wise and judicious in practical affairs. |
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Belie |
To disguise or contradict; to misrepresent. |
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Esoteric |
Only taught to or understood by members of a special group; mysterious or obscure. |
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Cacophony |
A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds; harshness in the sound of words or phrases. |
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Impetuous |
Acting or done quickly without thought or care. |
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Idiosyncrasy |
A way of thought peculiar to an individual; an unusual part or feature of something. |
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Extant |
In existence; surviving; not destroyed or lost. |
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Obscure |
Hard to perceive; vague and ambiguous. |
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Didactic |
Intended for instruction; educational. |
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Pithy |
Brief and to the point; forceful and meaningful in expression. |
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Copious |
Abundant in supply or quantity. |
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Ostentation |
Pretentious and vulgar display intended to show off. |
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Adulterate |
To use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of something; to alter or debase. |
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Vociferous |
Loud and clamorous; crying out noisily. |
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Taciturn |
Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; silent in expression or manner. |
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Obdurate |
Stubborn or unyielding; refusal to change one's opinion. |
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Garrulous |
Excessively talkative. |
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Misanthrope |
A person who hates others; a hater of humankind. |
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Lionize |
To treat someone as a celebrity; to grant someone higher status. |
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Imminent |
Likely to occur at only moment; impending. |
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Frivolous |
Trivial or silly; lacking any serious purpose; of little or no weight or importance. |
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Benign |
Having a kind disposition; not malignant. |
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Dissonance |
Lack of harmony; disagreement; discord or cacophony. |
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Inculpate |
To accuse or blame; to charge with fault; to incriminate. |
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Docile |
Compliant or submissive; easily managed or handled. |
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Sporadic |
Occurring at irregular intervals; scattered or isolated. |
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Prevaricate |
To deceive or stretch the truth; to deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression. |
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Chicanery |
Deception or trickery. |
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Gainsay |
To deny, dispute, or contradict; to speak or act against. |
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Eulogy |
Praise or exclamation; a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing (especially in honor of a deceased person) |
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Belligerent |
Hostile and aggressive. |
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Dispassionate |
Unfeeling or impartial; devoid of personal feeling or bias. |
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Providential |
Lucky, occurring at a favorable time, opportune. |
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Diffidence |
Hesitancy or lack of confidence; restrained or reserved in manner or conduct. |
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Fractious |
Irritable and quarrelsome; unruly. |
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Malign |
Hurtful or injurious, malicious; to slander or defame. |
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Disparate |
Not allowing any comparison; essentially different in kind. |
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Plausible |
Having an appearance of being reasonable or probable; worthy of confidence or trust |
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Sanguine |
Optimistic or positive; reddish or ruddy. |
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Venerate |
To regard with great respect; to treat or regard with reverence |
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Trite |
Silly or commonplace; hackneyed. |
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Succinct |
Brief and to the point; expressed in few words. |
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Ingenious |
Clever, original, and inventive. |
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Meticulous |
Very careful and precise; showing extreme consideration for minute details. |
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Erudite |
Well-educated or cultured; characterized by great knowledge. |
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Bolster |
Support or strengthen. |
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Anachronism |
An error in time placement; an error in chronology in which a person, object, event, etc. is assigned to a date or period other than the correct one. |
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Trivial |
Of little or no value or importance; insignificant. |
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Advocate |
A person supporting an idea or cause publicly; to speak or write in favor of something. |
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Conspicuous |
Obvious or easily seen; attracting special attention (as by outstanding qualities or eccentricities). |
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Innocuous |
Harmless and inoffensive; not likely to irritate or offend. |
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Audacious |
Reckless or daring; extremely original and without restriction to prior ideas; lively, unrestrained and uninhibited. |
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Tumultuous |
Confused or disorderly; marked by disturbance and uproar. |
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Reticent |
Secretive or quiet; not speaking freely; reserved. |
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Fervid |
Intensely enthusiastic or passionate; heated or vehement in spirit; burning, glowing or intensely hot |
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Enervate |
To weaken or wear out; to deprive or force or strength. |
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Prodigal |
Wastefully extravagant; lavish; abundant; a person who spends their money with wasteful extravagance. |
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Auspicious |
Conducive to success; favored by fortune; prosperous or fortunate. |
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Soporific |
Causing or tending to cause sleep. |
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Engender |
To cause or give rise to; to cause to come into existence |
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Loquacious |
Talking or tending to talk much or freely; characterized by excessive talk. |
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Equivocate |
To avoid giving a clear or direct answer to a question; to use ambiguous or unclear expressions. |
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Inimical |
Tending to obstruct or harm; unfriendly or hostile. |
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Superfluous |
Extra or unnecessary; being more than is sufficient or required. |
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Fastidious |
Very careful and attentive; excessively particular, critical, or demanding; characterized by excessive care or delicacy. |
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Recalcitrant |
Resisting authority or control; hard to deal with; disobedient or uncontrollable. |
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Ephemeral |
Momentary or passing; lasting a very short time; short-lived. |
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Pusillanimous |
Lacking courage or fearful; cowardly or timid. |
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Vacillate |
To go back and forth or be indecisive; to waver in mind or opinion; to fluctuate. |
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Ambivalent |
To have mixed feelings or be conflicted; being unable to choose between two courses of action. |
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Enigma |
Difficult to interpret or understand; a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation; a person of puzzling or contradictory behavior. |
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Euphoric |
Intensely happy or confident. |
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Pedant |
A person who overemphasizes rules or minor details; someone who adheres to scholastic knowledge without regard to common sense. |
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Profound |
Having deep insight or understanding; of deep meaning; far beneath the surface; low. |
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Inchoate |
Not completed or fully developed; not organized or lacking order. |
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Lethargic |
Lazy or sluggish. |
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Deride |
To scoff or jeer at; to mock; to make fun of or insult. |
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Eximious |
Distinguished; eminent, or excellent. |
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Frowzy |
Dirty and untidy; ill-smelling. |
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Syncretism |
The attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties. |
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Suffrage |
The right to vote in political elections; a series of intercessory (on the behalf of others) prayers or petitions. |
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Parochial |
Narrowly restricted in scope or outlook. |
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Upbraid |
To scold. |
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Censure |
To express strong disapproval. |
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Amalgam |
A mixture of multiple things. |
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Egregious |
Standing out in a negative way; shockingly bad. |