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Section 1
(50 cards)
Sidereal
Astral; relating to stars or constellations; stellar. The girl loved to learn about constellations, galaxies, novas, and all things _______.
Demur
To question or oppose; object. Concerned about the budget deficit, I had to ____ at the candidate's position on lowering taxes.
Querulous
Prone to complaining or grumbling; quarrelsome; cantankerous; complaining. I've had numerous arguments with that _______ man.
Alacrity
Eager and enthusiastic willingness; eagerness; enthusiasm; readiness. The ______ with which students headed for the door when the bell rang was a sure indication that the class was boring.
Urbane
Sophisticated; refined; elegant; cultivated. The author maintained an ______ tone even in her personal letters.
Felicitous
Apt; suitably expressed; well chosen; appropriate. The ______ arrival of the pizza put my grumbling stomach at ease.
Pervade
To permeate; infuse. Spring ______ the entire city; flowers were blooming and everyone was energetic and happy.
Homily
A sermon or morally instructive lecture; admonition. The priest's ______ encouraged people to be generous toward their enemies.
Tyro
Novice; greenhorn; rank amateur; beginner. The _______ was unable to stand on top of the surfboard and balance, even on calm waters.
Stygian
Gloomy; dark; infernal. The moonless night and the suffocating humidity created a _____ backdrop for the murder.
Apotheosis
Deification; supreme example; quintessence. With the face that launched a thousand ships, Helen of Troy was said to be the _____ of female beauty.
Probity
Adherence to highest principles; uprightness; integrity. The judge's reputation of ______ is well deserved; she recused herself from a case because she had gone to school with the defendant.
Reconnoiter
To engage in reconnaissance; investigate. The captain sent soldiers to ______ the region for signs of enemy activity.
Irascible
Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts; touchy; testy; irritable. The hot-headed coach frequently shouted _____ comments at the referees.
Exegesis
Critical examination; explication; interpretation. The ______ of the ancient Rosetta Stone has contributed much to our understanding of hieroglyphic writing.
Phlegmatic
Calm; sluggish; unemotional; dispassionate. Even though Phil seems ______, I think he actually cares about doing a good job.
Incipient
Beginning to come into being or to become apparent; developing. Fortunately, the doctor detected the patient's ______ tumor during a routine check-up.
Immutable
Not capable of change; permanent. Gravity is an _______ law of nature.
Sanguine
Cheerful; confident; optimistic; upbeat. Ana's _____ disposition is infectious; everyone cheers up whenever she enters the room.
Gambol
To skip about playfully; frolic. After months in the winter den, the polar bear cubs finally emerged and _______ in the snow.
Salutary
Wholesome; favorable to health; salubrious. ________ exercises such as stretching can keep tendinitis from getting worse.
Vituperate
To use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse severely; berate; rebuke. I want to ______ the company for violating pollution laws, especially since it markets itself as being ecologically conscious.
Lubricious
Lewd; wanton; slippery; salacious. The ______ stare from that strange man in the park left me disgusted.
Beatify
To bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; exalt. Inductions into the Hall of Fame are ways to _____ the greatest players of the game.
Venal
Capable of being bought or bribed; corruptible. He avoided spending a night in jail because he was able to pay off the _____ police officer.
Minatory
Menacing; threatening; intimidating. The territorial dog gave a _____ look at the mail carrier.
Fetter
To shackle; to put in chains; restrain. My understanding of the argument was _______ by my lack of fluency in the language.
Intransigent
Refusing to compromise; inflexible. Otto's _______ stance made an out-of-court settlement unlikely.
Cosset
To coddle; pamper. He was a selfish child and was never _______ by his parents, so he never learned to share or to compromise.
Dissemble
To disguise or conceal; to mislead; camouflage. The celebrity wore a wig and glasses to ______ her appearance and avoid prying photographers.
Chary
Wary; cautious; sparing; careful. Chuck was ______ about lending money to his brother, who has always mismanaged his bank accounts.
Dross
Slag; worthless matter; impurity; waste. Meditation is a good technique for purging the ______ of your everyday thoughts.
Hegemony
The consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others; predominance; leadership. At its height, the Roman Empire exercised _______ over the entire Mediterranean area.
Sodden
Soaked or drenched; saturated. My shirt was _______ with rain and mud after we played soccer during the downpour.
Variegated
Multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color; diversified. As she flew across the country for the first time, the child marveled at the ______ landscape below.
Impugn
To challenge; to call into question; discredit. The candidate ______ his opponent's flawless record in office.
Exculpate
To exonerate; to clear of blame; absolve; pardon; acquit. It took centuries for the church to officially ______ Galileo for stating that the Earth revolved around the Sun.
Evince
To show clearly; manifest. I told the bully I was not afraid, but my knocking knees _____ otherwise.
Equanimity
Composure; self-possession; calmness. My mother took the news of the stolen car with surprising ________.
Sedulous
Diligent; persistent; hard-working; assiduous. With ______ concentration, the chess player managed to defeat the reigning champion.
Epithet
Disparaging or descriptive word or phrase; slur. An old man yelled ________ at the kids who were vandalizing a wall.
Discomfit
To embarass or perplex; disconcert. The students _____ me with sharp questions, a sign that I wasn't prepared enough for class.
Natty
Trimly neat and tidy; dapper. The ______ young man always wore a well-pressed suit to the office.
Salubrious
Promoting health or well-being; healthful. I hope the _______ climate of the Bahamas will soothe my stress.
Untrammeled
Not hampered or impeded; unrestrained. Sometimes I miss the _______ life of my college years, before I had a mortgage, a job, and a family to support.
Fractious
Quarrelsome; unruly; irritable. What appeared to outsiders as a ______ department was actually an open and democratic team in which all opinions were heard and debated.
Quotidian
Occuring or recurring daily; commonplace; ordinary; everyday. The nonprofit organization strives to supply the ______ needs of people in remote parts of developing countries.
Desuetude
The state of not being used; disuse. VCRs fell into ______ as more people started buying DVD players.
Halcyon
Calm and peaceful; serene. I'm looking forward to a _______ vacation on a secluded beach.
Cozen
To deceive, beguile, or hoodwink; mislead. A common internet scam attempts to ______ people into revealing their bank account details.
Section 2
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Infelicitous
Unfortunate; inappropriate; malapropos; ill-chosen. An uncomfortable silence fell over the dinner table after one of the guests made an ________ comment to the hostess.
Indefatigable
Dogged; tireless; unflagging. The shark's ________ pursuit of the seal was eventually rewarded.
Astringent
Biting; severe; harsh. After hearing the director's _______ criticism of his performance, the actor stormed out of the theater.
Insouciant
Unconcerned; carefree; heedless; nonchalant. The _______ cyclist sang along with his headphones as he wove in and out of the busy downtown traffic.
Obdurate
Unyielding; hardhearted; intractable. The obdurate ruler would not change his policies, even to ease the suffering of his people.
Enormity
Excessive wickedness; evil; outrage. Genocide is such an _______ that one wonders if its perpetrators are as human as you or I.
Encomium
Glowing and enthusiastic praise; tribute. The young actress received _______s from theater critics for her stunning debut.
Feckless
Ineffectual; irresponsible; incompetent. The ______ chief inspector always solved the crime despite his ignorance and uselessness.
Tout
To publicly praise or promote; laud; herald; acclaim. Javier's parents always ________ his achievements to their coworkers and friends.
Craven
Contemptibly fainthearted; lacking any courage; cowardly. Despite all his military training, he feared he was _____ by nature and would turn and run in battle.
Dogmatic
Stubbornly opinionated; adamant. Nancy is ______ about food and insists that lemon makes everything taste better.
Recalcitrant
Obstinately resistant to authority; difficult to manage; defiant; rebellious. Boot camps are sometimes used as a last resort to deal with _______ teenagers.
Pusillanimous
Cowardly; craven; timid. The _________ manager preferred to let the employee show up hours late every day rather than confront him.
Verisimilitude
Appearance of truth or reality; authenticity. Some video games have achieved such ______ that they are now being used to train pilots and soldiers.
Insipid
Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland. Without any seasoning or sauce, chicken can often be _______ and dry.
Obloquy
Sharp criticism; abusively detractive language; calumny. After the judge was arrested for accepting bribes, she became the target of public _______.
Expurgate
To remove obscenity, especially from a book; censor. The ______d edition of the story is more suitable for children.
Celerity
Speed; haste. The _______ with which she accepted the terms indicated that we had perhaps offered too much.
Personable
Pleasing in appearance or personality; winning. I think ______ bartenders make more money than the grumpy or homely ones.
Waft
To cause to move as if by a light breeze; drift. The smell of freshly baked apple pie _______ into my bedroom and my mouth began to water.
Pithy
Precise and brief; succinct. The car had a banal but _____ bumper sticker: "Mean people suck."
Attenuate
To weaken or make thinner; rarefy. Economic hardships have ______d the value of the dollar, making it much more expensive for Americans to travel in Europe.
Ingenuous
Artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication; naive; guileless; innocent; trusting. Her fears about childbirth seemed _______ to the women at the baby shower.
Libertine
Someone unrestrained by morality or convention; swinger. ______s challenge society's understanding of morality and sexuality.
Filibuster
Intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speech-making to delay legislative action; delay; impediment; hindrance. The senators decided that a ________ was their only remaining option to block the other party's legislation.
Ennui
Dissatisfaction or restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy; boredom; languor; tedium. At least a dozen students became victims of ________ during the torturous economics lecture.
Gauche
Crude; awkward; tactless. Asking how much the property cost at the housewarming party was _______.
Slake
To satisfy or quench; abate. How could any vampire resist _____ing his thirst at the sight of such a long, porcelain neck?
Baleful
Sinister; ominous; threatening. The set director created a _______ scene of a dark, dirty alley on a rainy night.
Peripatetic
Itinerant; traveling on foot; roving. It's difficult to maintain lasting relationships and long-term employment with such a ______ lifestyle.
Equivocate
To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent; prevaricate; vacillate; quibble. When asked by employees about cuts to benefits, the CEO ________ and steered the discussion to a different topic.
Bolster
To provide support; reinforce. Bob convinced me he was right only after he _______ed his argument with facts and data.
Evanescent
Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing; ephemeral. Despite the _______ nature of fashion, the classic look of blue jeans and a T-shirt will never go out of style.
Unctuous
Excessively flattering; obsequious. He seemed anxious to please, but not in an _______ way.
Detraction
Slandering, verbal attack; aspersion; disparagement. The company's representatives responded quickly to the whistle-blower's _____ and hoped to deflect any bad press about the faulty product.
Engender
To cause; to give rise to; propagate. The president's policies have _________ arguments within the party.
Apposite
Appropriate; pertinent; relevant; suitable. The lawyer argued that the witness's testimony was ______ to the case.
Repudiate
To refuse to have anything to do with; to disown; abandon; deny. Galileo was forced to _______ his heliocentric findings before the church tribunal.
Mercurial
Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood; inconstant. You can never tell what mood the director will be in because of his _______ personality.
Fatuous
Silly; foolish; inane. Critics claim that ______ reality shows have eroded standards of taste and quality in the public realm.
Redress
To set something right; to make amends for; rectify. The waitress _______ed her mistake by offering the diners a free dessert.
Acumen
Quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight; shrewdness; perspicacity. Her business _______ led her to invest in new companies just before they launched successful products.
Indolent
Lazy; listless; lethargic. The fat, ______ cat didn't even stir when the mouse skittered across the kitchen.
Corrigible
Capable of being set right; correctable; reformable. The earlier the intervention, the more ______ the condition; if left too long, it can't be fixed.
Approbation
An expression of approval or praise; admiration; esteem. The civil rights leader's most recent speech to her supporters was received with great _______.
Apprise
To give notice to; to inform; notify. Be sure to ______ the security officers that you will be visiting the site so they don't think you are a trespasser.
Credulous
Tending to believe too readily; gullible. The con artist easily deceived his _____ victims.
Prescience
Knowing of events prior to their occurring; presage; foreknowledge; insight. The fortune-teller's _______ of death prevented her from leaving the house.
Iconoclast
One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions; radical; rebel. Socrates was put on trial and accused of being an _______ on matters of politics and religion.
Inveigle
To obtain by deception or flattery; manipulate. The salesperson _______ the woman to buy the outlandish and expensive hat.
Section 3
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