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Cards (112)
Section 1
(50 cards)
genteel
delicately beautiful
brevity
briefness/shortness
candor
truthfulness
malinger
to deliberately avoid work
deft
very skilled/talented
emulate
to imitate/act like
castigate
to criticize/reprimand
benign
good, not intending harm
botch
to mess up
perspicacity
insight/wisdom
gamut
a broad or entire scope or range
inefficacious
not producing what is intended
absolve
to free/pardon from sin
efface
to destroy completely
cache
a hidden stash/supply of
verbose
wordy, talkative
quell
to squash, to put down, to suppress
allusion
a reference to something/someone
homogeneous
similar
hubris
excessive pride
foray
a raid/incursion
fatuous
silly, juvenile
tenuous
weak, flimsy, questionable
fallacy
a lie
irreverent
disrespectful
digress
to stray from topic
grovel
to beg as a achild, often while kneeling
liason
a contact person/ connection
fledgling
newly founded, young
elucidate
to make clear/explain
kowtow
to bow down to, cave in
feign
to fake/pretend
defenestrate
to throw out a window
immaterial
not important, minor, insignificant
insipid
lacking life, taste or energgy
destitute
poor, in need
abysmal
wretched, very bad, very deep
extol
to praise, to lift up
callous
hardened, more tough
hiatus
a break
harbinger
a leader/one who brings about change
aggrandize
make bigger, exaggerate
augment
make bigger, to add to
esoteric
difficult to understand, understood by few
fodder
food (in relation to animals)
delineate
to line out/explain in detail
meander
to wander/roam w/out purpose
lugubrious
sad, mournful, depressing
abridge
to shorten by condensing
copious
abundant, plentiful, large in #
Section 2
(50 cards)
spurious
false, forged/counterfeit
pedantic
overly attentive to details
farcical
pertaining to farce, comical
affinity
a liking/fondness
repress
to hold back/down, to prevent
feckless
feeble, helpless; lacking in intiative
puissance
power/force
culpability
guilt/cause for blame
zenith
the peak/top
diaphanous
transparent; thin and delicate
capricious
whimsicle
ubiquitous
everywhere, all-present
coalesce
to come together
ostentatious
showy/braggartly
raucous
harsh
nebulous
unclear
fastidious
meticulous
unladen
not burdened w/, carrying nothing
acerrbic
sharp
bucolic
pertaining to country
magnanimous
generous
aversoin
dislike, hatred
poignant
moving, stirring or affecting the senses
urbane
sophisticated or smooth, suave
inherent
existing, inborn
laconic
brief/terse in speech
impugn
to attack the character of
ostracize
to shun/isolate
derive
come from/originate
lucid
very clear, coherent, logical
stoic
flat, showing little/no emotion
exploit
take advantage of
histrionic
overly dramatic
aberration
deviating from normalcy
morose
sad, gloomy
averting
turning ones eyes away from
verisimilitude
having characteristics that are very similar to
insatiable
ravenous, not to be quenched/satisfied
mandate
an order/command
vapid
dull, boring, lifeless
exacerbate
to make worse/more severe
deleterious
injurious/harmful
raconteur
a talented storyteller
ebullient
bubbling w/ excitement
recumbent
reclining; lying down
negligent
irresponsible
levity
lightness, lacking seriousness
placate
to calm down/pacify
paucity
scarcity/lack of
nuance
subtle/small difference
Section 3
(12 cards)