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(150 cards)
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malign
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evil
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munificent
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generous
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mendacious
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lying
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nugatory
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of little consequence
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ersatz
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artificial substitute
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clandestine
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marked by secrecy
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solipsism
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theory that one can only know one’s self (only one exists)
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sophomoric
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- Conceited and overconfident but poorly informed
2. Lacking taste or maturity
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quixotic
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- Foolishly impractical (esp. in the pursuit of ideals)
2. Unpredictable
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undue
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- Not due
2. Excessive
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gamut
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an entire range
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disclaim
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deny, disavow
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ponderous
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of great weight, clumsy, dull
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cogent
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convincing, logical
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purport
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to claim or intend
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predilection
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an established preference for something
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cabal
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group secretly united in a plot
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literati
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the educated class
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hoi polloi
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the general masses
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incendiary
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- Designed to start fires
2. Intending to excite or inflame
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parochial
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- Relating to church
2. Restricted or confined
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dulcet
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sweet, pleasing
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facile
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- Easily accomplished
2. Shallow
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urbane
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polite, polished
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erudite
showing great knowledge
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bane
harm, ruin
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noxious
1. Harmful
| 2. Disagreeable, obnoxious
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amenable
1. Answerable, liable to be brought to account
| 2. Readily yielding/cooperating
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pragmatic
practical
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stolid
unemotional, calm
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equivocal
undecided, uncertain
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officious
1. Meddlesome
| 2. Unofficial
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supersede
to take the place of (figuratively)
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outstrip
to go faster/farther than
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paean
a work that praises its subject
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plaudit
1. Round of applause
| 2. Approval
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faculty
1. Ability
2. Members of a profession
3. Power/authority
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foible
minor flaw
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mores
customs/attitudes of a group
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peccadillo
slight offense
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effect
to cause, to bring about
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heretofore
up to this time
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castigate
criticize, punish
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deify
1. To make a god of
| 2. To glorify
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antedate
1. To precede in time
| 2. To assign a date that is earlier than the actual date
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expatriate
1. Exile, banish
| 2. Person living in a foreign land
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lascivious
lewd
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epoch
a period of time
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posit
1. To assume or set
| 2. To propose as an explanation
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prescient
foreknowledge of events
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preternatural
existing outside of nature
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pith
1. The core / essential part
| 2. To kill an animal by severing the spinal cord
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venerate
to honor
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indemnify
1. To secure against hurt, loss, or damage
| 2. To compensate for hurt, loss, or damage
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quotidian
ordinary, occurring every day
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acerbic
sharp, biting
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doyen/doyenne
experienced and knowledgeable senior in a group
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caustic
1. Corrosive
| 2. Sarcastic
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vicissitude
1. Mutability, the quality of being changeable
| 2. An unfortunate turn in fortune
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akimbo
1. Standing hands on hips
| 2. Set at a bent angle
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obtuse
stupid, difficult to understand
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askance
1. With disproval or distrust
| 2. With a side-glance
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demarcate
distinguish
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improvident
lacking foresight
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taciturn
not one to talk
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dissolute
lacking restraint (esp. in indulgence)
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inimical
hostile, unfriendly
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pallid
dull, wan
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impecunious
penniless
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enigmatic
mysterious
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emblematic
representative, symbolic
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grandiloquent
pompous, lofty
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cajole
to persuade with flattery or false promise
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guise
external appearance, pretext
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laud
praise
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pan
to criticize severely
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insouciance
nonchalance
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profundity
profound
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insensible
1. Lacking life or spirit
2. Unaware
3. Meaningless
4. Imperceptible
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catharsis
release through expression
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coda
conclusion
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homily
1. Short sermon
| 2. Inspirational catchphrase
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shrewd
1. Clever
| 2. Severe, sharp
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simpatico
agreeable, likeable, likeminded
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inure
1. To become accustomed to
| 2. To become of an advantage
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effusive
excessive emotion or enthusiasm
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maudlin
1. Drunk enough to be emotionally silly
| 2. Effusively sentimental
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syncopate
to shorten
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amortize
to pay off gradually
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convolute
twist, coil
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inveigle
win over by wiles
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hector
to bully
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defer
1. To delay
2. To delegate
3. To submit to another's wishes
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presage
to foreshadow, predict
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deft
skill
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consanguineous
descended from the same ancestor
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beguile
hoodwink
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chary
cautious of
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sycophant
servile self-seeking flatterer
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fecund
1. Fertile, fruitful
| 2. Intellectually productive
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efficacious
effective
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imperious
1. Domineering
| 2. Urgent
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forebear
ancestor
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progeny
1. Descendants
| 2. Outcome, product
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harbinger
1. Something that foreshadows
| 2. One who initiates a change or beginning
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herald
1. Messenger
| 2. Announce, foreshadow
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equitable
dealing fairly
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concomitant
accompanying
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obsequious
fawning
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vestigial
remaining as the last small part of something that existed before
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sanguine
1. Optimistic
| 2. Relating to blood
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high-handed
showing no regard for others
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banal
lacking originality
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sagacious
discerning, keen
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verdant
1. Green
| 2. Inexperienced
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precocious
exceptionally early in development/maturity
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garrulous
wordy, annoyingly talkative
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solicitude
state of concern or anxiety
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facetious
flippant, jesting (often inappropriately)
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ingenuous
innocence, childlike simplicity
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refute
1. To prove wrong
| 2. To deny the accuracy of
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circumscribe
to constrict
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ameliorate
to make better
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polemical
controversial
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excoriate
1. To wear off the skin
| 2. To censure scathingly
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censure
condemn, reprimand
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calumny
slander
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obloquy
1. Abusive language
| 2. Bad repute
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artifice
clever (trick)
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dogmatic
expressing opinions very strongly as though fact
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pedant
one who makes a show of knowledge
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parsimony
stingy
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pulchritude
beauty
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supersede
to displace, to cause to be set aside
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minutiae
minute detail
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approbation
praise
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tortuous
1. Marked by twists and turns
| 2. Devious, indirect
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circuitous
1. Circular or winding course
| 2. Not being forthright or direct
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indolence
laziness
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probity
upright
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dissipation
1. Dispersion, diffusion
| 2. Act of self-indulgence
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profligate
wildly extravagant, immoral
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antediluvian
primitive, outdated
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inundate
overwhelm, flood
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capricious (caprice)
impulsive
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guileless
innocent
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desultory
1. Lack of a plan or purpose
2. Not connected to the main topic
3. Disappointing
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berserk
crazed
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pacific
conciliatory, soothing
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metastasize
to spread
