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Section 1
(50 cards)
Arcane
Mysterious, Abstruse, esoteric, knowable only to initiate
Abrogate
To abolish or annul by authority
Aberrant
Deviating from the norm
Acerbic
Having a sour or bitter taste or character
Alacrity
eager and enthusiastic willingness
Amalgamate
To combine several elements into a whole
Antagonize
To irritate or cause hostility
Auspice
Protection, support, patronage
Aspersion
An act of defamation or maligning
Austere
Without adornment, bare, severely simple, ascetic
Assuage
To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
Apocryphal
dubious authenticity or origin
Ambivalence
The quality of having opposing ideas
Appropriate
To confiscate
Antithetical
Diametrically opposed, as in antithesis
Ascetic
One who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion
Alloy
to commingle, to debase by mixing with something inferior
Axiom
A universally recognized principle; a generally accepted or common saying
Approbation
An expression of approval or praise
Adroit
Adept, clever, demonstrating neat skills
August
Majestic, venerable
Admonish
To reprove; to express warning or disapproval
Arabesque
Complex, ornate design
Astringent
Having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe
Apprise
To give notice to, to inform
Arresting
holding one's attention
Abscission
act of cutting off or removing
Apposite
Appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apropos
Artless
completely without guile; natural; without artificiality
Adumbrate
Suggest, intimate, outline sketchily
Apostate
one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions, a betrayer of a cause
Maladroit
Clumsy or bungling
Anodyne
Soothing
Anachronism
Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
Perigee
the lowest or closest point, or the nadir
Aesthetic
dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
Alchemy
As a magical or wonderful transformation
Accolade
An expression of praise; an award
Abjure
To renounce or reject solemy
Anathema
excommunicating a person, a solemn or ecclesiastical curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
Apotheosis
deification, glorification to godliness, the perfect example
Baleful
Sinister, pernicious, ominous
Abate
To lessen in intensity or degree
Apathy
Lack of interest or feeling
Accretion
Growth, increase by successive addition
Amenable
Agreeable, responsive to suggestion
Abscond
To depart clandestinely, to steal off and hide
Acumen
quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight
Arrant
Impudent, utter, in every way, bare-faced, being completely such
Aver
To state as a fact; to confirm or support
Section 2
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Chauvinist
One blindly devoted to a group of which one is member
Coda
Concluding section to a musical or literacy piece, something that concludes or completes
Boisterous
loud, noisy, rough, lacking restraint
Commensurate
Matching, corresponding, or proportionate in degree, size, amount, or other property
Bane
Cause of injury, source of harm, source of persistent frustration
Chicanery
trickery or subterfuge
Cynicism
an attitude or quality of belief hat all people are motivated by selfishness
Dearth
smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; lack
Byzantine
Labyrinthine, complex
Contentious
argumentative, quarrelsome, causing controversy or disagreement
Daunt
To intimidate or dismay
Boor
A rude or insensitive person
Burgeon
grow rapidly or flourish
Blandish
to coax with flattery, toady
Blithe
Carefree, merry
Demur
to question or oppose
Broach
Bring up, announce, begin to talk about
Countenance
to approve of or tolerate
Deleterious
injurious; harmful
Bellicose
quarrelsome, pugnacious, warlike
Craven
Coward, lacking any courage
Choleric
tending toward anger
Burnish
to polish, to rub, to shine
Canon
an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature
Chasten
To chastise or correct, subdue
Cozen
to deceive, beguile, hoodwink
Belie
To give a false impression of, to misrepresent
Color
Influence, distort, or gloss over
Chimera
an illusion
Derision
scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment
Capricious
inclined to change one's mind impulsively, erratic, unpredictable
Contiguous
sharing a border, touching, adjacent
Caret
an insertion mark used by editors and proofreaders
Cogent
Convincing, appealing forcibly to the mind or reason
Calumniate
To slander, make a false accusation
Denouement
an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
Brook
tolerate, endure, countenance
Bedizen
To adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner, festoon, caparison
Contemn
to scorn or despise
Bolster
To provide support or reinforcement
Churlish
Boorish, vulgar, loutish, difficult and intractable
Contrite
Regretful, penitent, seeking forgiveness
Cardinal
Basic importance, primary
Cadge
to sponge, beg, or mooch
Debacle
fiasco, rout, complete failure
Consequential
pompous, self-important
Cajole
sweet-talk
Confound
to cause to be confused; to frustrate
Damp
to diminish the intensity or check something, such as a sound or feeling
Chary
wary, cautious, sparing
Section 3
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Dupe
One who is deceived
Diffident
Reserved, shy, unassuming, lacking in self-confidence
Esoteric
intended for or understood by a small, specific group
Dogmatic
Authoritatively and or arrogantly assertive
Ennui
dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
Egress
Exit
Ephemeral
brief, short-lived
Enormity
Excessive wickedness, evilness
Estimable
Worthy, formidable
Facetious
playful; humonours; not serious
Doggerel
trivial, poorly constructed verse
Epitome
Embodiment; quintessence
Eschew
to shun or avoid
Expatiate
to discuss or write about at length, to range freely
Dulcet
melodious, harmonious, mellifluous
Dross
Slag, waste or foreign matter, impurity, surface scum
Extirpate
to destroy, exterminate, cut out, pull out by the roots
Epithet
disparaging word or phrase, nickname
Detraction
Slandering, verbal attack, aspersion
Dilettante
One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
Disparage
To slight or belittle
Dirge
A mournful song or poem for the dead
Eccentric
Departing from norms or conventions
Extemporaneous
improvised, done without preparation
Effusive
Excessively demonstrative; gushing
Expiate
to atone or make amends to
Dilatory
Causing delay, procrastinating
Exhort
to incite, to make urgent appeals
Feckless
ineffectucal; irresponsible
Epicure
One devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in food and drink
Encomium
glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric, tribute, eulogy
Fallow
untitled, inactive, dormant
Exact
to demand, call for, require, take
Fatuous
silly, inanely foolish
Evince
to show clearly, to indicate
Extant
Existing, not destroyed or lost
Desuetude
disuse
Emollient
Soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh
Desultory
random, thoughtless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose
Diatribe
harsh denunciation
Die
A tool used for shaping
Din
A loud sustained noise
Equanimity
composure, self-possession
Engender
to cause, produce, give rise to
Excoriate
to censure scathingly, to upbraid
Fawn
to flatter or praise excessively
Disabuse
to undeceive, to set right
Discomfit
To defeat, put down
Erratic
Without consistency
Enervate
to weaken; to reduce in vitality
Section 4
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Froward
intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubbornly disobedient
Flag
to sag or droop, to become spiritless, to decline
Flip
sarcastic, impertnent
Homily
a sermon or morally instructive lecture, a platitude
Fell
a barren or stony hill; an animal's hide; cruel; savage or lethal
Felicitous
apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
Harangue
to deliver a loud, pompous speech or tirade
Hirsute
hairy, shaggy
Garner
to gather and save, store up, acquire
Hermetic
airtight, impervious to outside influence
Ignominous
shameful, dishonerable, ignoble, undignified, disgraceful
Gainsay
to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose
Forestall
to act in a way to hinder, exclude or prevent an action, to circumvent
Grouse
to complain or grumble
Gregarious
sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
Gambol
to skip about playfully, frolic
Flout
to demonstrate contempt for
Hubris
arrogant presumption or pride
Guile
trickery, duplicity, cunning
Fractious
quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly, cranky
Impassive
revealing no emotion or sensibility
Ford
to wade across the shallow part of the river or stream
Garrulous
pointlessly talkative, talking too much
Harrow
to distress, create stress or torment
Idyll
carefree, light-hearted pastoral or romantic episode or experience
Furtive
marked by stealth, covert,
Filibuster
intentional obstruction, ususally using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
Gauche
crude, awkward, tasteless
Impecunious
lacking funds, without money
Impute
To atribute to a cause or source, ascribe, assign
Germane
appropriate in subject matter
Forswear
to renounce, disallow, repudiate
Impugn
attack or assail verbally, censure, execrate, deny
Gossamer
delicate, insubstantial or tenuous, insincere
Glib
marked by ease or informality, nonchalant, lacking in depth, superficial
Inalienable
cannot be transferred
Iconoclast
one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
Imbroglio
Difficult or embarrasing situation
Halcyon
calm and peaceful, prosperous
Hedonism
devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasure of the senses
Incipient
beggining to come into being or to become apparent
inchoate
in an initial stage, not fully formed
Fracas
noisy fight or quarrel, brawl
Forbearance
patience, willingness to wait
Hackneyed
rendered trite or commonplace by frequent use
Importune
to ask incessantly, beg, nag
Hallow
to set apart as holy
Impetuous
rashly energetic, impusive and vehement
Fetter
to shackle, put in chains, restrain
Ineluctable
certain, inevitable
Section 5
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Malinger
to feign illness so as to avoid work
Jocose
given to joking, humorous
Mendicant
a beggar, a suplicant
Mettlesome
courageous, high-spirited
Maunder
to talk or move aimlessly, mutter
Malevolent
having or showing often vicious ill will, spite or hatred
Laconic
using few words, terse
Lachrymose
causing tears, tearful, showing sorrow
Labile
readily open to change, unstable
Mendacity
the condition of being untruthful, dishonesty
Insipid
without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit, dull
Lassitude
weariness, languor
Jibe
to agree, to be in accord
Misanthrope
one who hates humankind
Loquacious
extremely talkative
Minatory
menacing, threatening
Martinet
a rigid disciplinarian
Mercurial
characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
List
to tilt or lean to one side
Irascible
easily angered; prone to temperamental
Inscrutable
incapable of being discovered
Jejune
vapid, uninteresting, childish, immature, lacking nutrition
Inimitable
one of a kind, peerless
Meretricious
pretentious, attractive but false
Intransigent
refusing to compromise
Lethargic
characterized by sluggishness
Milk
to squeeze every last ounce of it
Laud
to praise highly
Inimical
damaging, harmful, injurious, hostile
Intimate
to imply, suggest or insinuate
Mince
pronounce or speak affectedly or too carefully, euphemize, take tiny steps, tiptoe
Militate
to have weight or bearing on, to argue
Inured
accustomed to accepting something undesirable
Mellifluous
sweetly flowing, usually used to describe words or sounds
Invidious
tending to arouse envy or ill will in others
Maverick
an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
Iniquity
wickedness, gross injustice
Inveigle
to obtain by deception or flattery
Insouciant
unconcerned, carefree, nonchalant
Inveigh
to attack verbally, denounce, deprecate
Misogynist
one who hates women
Magnanimity
the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving
Lavish
extravagant
Limn
to draw, outline in detail
Limpid
transparent, serene, clear and simple in style
Innocuous
harmless, causing no damage
Insular
parochial, narrow minded, like an island
Lumber
more heavily and clumsily or with a rumbling
Inveterate
deep rooted, ingrained, habitual
Intrepid
courageous, steadfast
Section 6
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Overweening
doesn't understand the limits of arrogance (presumptuously arrogant), overbearing, immodarate
Partisan
one-sided, committed to a party, biased or prejudiced
Noxious
harmful, injurious
Pariah
an outcast, a rejected and despised person
Obsequious
exhibiting a fawning attentiveness; subservient
Obdurate
unyielding, hardhearted, inflexible
Penurious
penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
Peruse
to examine with great care
Opprobium
disgrace, contempt, scorn
Nice
exacting, extremely or even excessively precise; done with delicacy or skill
Noisome
offensive, especially to one sense of smell, fetid
Parry
to block, evade or ward off, as a blow
Peripatetic
itinerant, traveling, nomadic
Pernicious
extremely harmful, potentially causing death
Nostrum
cure-all, placebo, questionable remedy
Obeisance
gesture that expresses deference, such as a bow or curtsy
Palliate
to make something appear less serious, gloss over, mitigate
Panegyric
a formal expression of praise
Parsimonious
cheap, miserly
Officious
meddlesome, pushy in offering one's services where they are unwanted
Ostensible
seeming appearing as such, professed
Personable
pleasing in appearance, attaractive
Nonplussed
baffled, in a quandary, at a loss for what to say, do or think
Peremptory
admitting of no contradiction, putting an end to further debate
Penchant
strong inclination, a liking
Natty
trimly neat and tidy, dapper
Onerous
troubling, burdensome
Paucity
scarcity, lacking of
Mollify
to calm or soothe, reduce in emotional intensity
Occlude
to obstruct or block
Neophyte
a recent convert; a begginer
Paean
a song or expression of praise and thanksgiving
Paragon
Something regarded as a model of excellence or perfection in some way
Perfunctory
cursory, done without care or interest
Obviate
to anticipate and make unnecesary
Pedantic
ostentatious display of learning, excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules, unimaginative
Peccadillo
a slight offense, literally, a minor sin
Paradigm
something that serves as a model, example, or pattern, the framework of assumptions and understandings shared by a group or discipline that shapes its worldview
Mitigate
to make or become less severe or intense
Obstinate
stubborn, hardheaded, uncompromissing
Multifarious
varied, motley, greatly diversified
Pandemic
widespread
Obfuscate
to make it obscure
Nadir
low point, perigee
Obstreperous
noisy, loudly stubborn, boisterous
Obtain
established, accepted, or customary prevail
Morose
sad, sullen, melancholy
Perennial
recurrent through the year or many years, happening repeatedly
Perfidy
intentional breach of faith, treachery
Obtuse
lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear or precise in thought or expression
Section 7
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Picaresque
involving clever rogues or adventures
Platitude
superficial or trite remark
Petulant
impatient, irritable
Pious
extremely reverent or devout
Probity
adherence to the highest principles
Pervade
to permeate throughout
Poignant
distressing, pertinent, touching, stimulating
Plummet
to plunge or drop straight down
Qualify
to limit
Quail
to shrink back in fear, lose courage
Profuse
given or coming forth abundantly
Rail
to complain about bitterly
Pugnacious
contentious, quarrelsome
Quiescence
stillness, motionless, at rest
Punctilious
precise, paying attention to trivialities, especially in regard to etiquette
Proscribe
to outlaw or prohibit
Pine
to yearn intensively, to languish, to lose vigor
Piquant
agreeably pungent, spicy, stimulating
Plaintive
mournful, melancholy, sorrowful
Pluck
courage, spunk, fortitude
Plethora
surplus
Pique
resentment, feeling of irritation due to hurt pride
Plangent
pounding, thundering, resounding
Rapacious
voracious, greedy, plundering
Prize
to pry, press or force with a lever
Placate
to appease, to calm by making conceptions
Precarious
uncertain, risky, dangerous
Rebus
riddle, a representation of words by pictures or symbols that sound like word
Qualms
misgivings, reservations, causes for hesitancy
Pillory
to punish, hold up to public scorn
Phlegmatic
calm, sluggish, unemotional
Pundit
an authority on a subject, one who gives opinions
Quaff
to drink deeply
Pristine
pure, uncorrupted, clean
Prate/Prattle
chatter, babble
Pussillanimous
cowardly, craven
Proclivity
a natural predisposition or inclination
Prosaic
dull, unimaginative
Propinquity
nearness in time or place, affinity of nature, kinship
Prodigious
abundant in size, force, extent, extraordinary
Prolific
producing large volumes or amounts, productive
Pied
multi-colored, usually in blotches
Precept
a rule establishing standards of conduct
Prodigal
recklessly wasteful, extravagant, profuse
Profligate
excessively wasteful, recklessly extravagant
Plumb
to measure the depth, to examine critically
Pith
the essential or central part
Propitiate
to appease or pacify
Pungent
characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste
Philistine
a crass individual guided by material rather than intellectual or artistic values
Section 8
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Sanctimony
pretented piety
Solicitous
concerned and attentive, eager
Salutary
remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
Salacious
appealing to or causing sexual desire, bawdy
Risible
hilarious, provoking laughter
Sanguine
cheerful, confident, optmistic
Scurvy
contemptible, despicable
Refulgent
radiant, shiny, brilliant
Sedulous
diligent, persistent, hard-working
Repine
to feel or express dejection or discontent, long for
Salubrious
promoting health or well being
Specious
seeming true, but actually false, misleadingly attractive
Saturnine
gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
Soporific
causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep
Redoutable
awe-inspiring, worthy of honor
Solvent
able to meet financial obligations
Recalcitrant
obstinately defiant of authority or guidance, difficult to manage
Resolute
determined
Spendthrift
one who spends money wastefully
Rescind
to invalidate, repeal, retract
Splenetic
bad-tempered, irritable
Seminal
like a seed, constituting a source, originative
Salient
prominent, protruding, conspicious, highly relevant
Shard
a piece of broken pottery or glass, any small piece or part
Reverent
marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
Spurious
lacking authenticity or validity, false, counterfeit
Slake
to satisfy, quench, lessen the intensity of
Sophistry
fallacious reasoning; plausible but faulty logic
Rent
torn, split apart, pierced as by a sound
Sinecure
position requiring little or no work and usually providing an income
Sodden
soaked or drenched, unimaginative, dull
Solder
to weld, fuse or join, as with a soldering gun
Simper
smirk, to say something with a silly, coy smile
Recumbent
learning, resting, prone
Reticent
quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
Sap
to enervate or weaken the vitality of
Recondite
hidden, concealed, difficult to understand, obscure
Sordid
characterized by filth, grime, or squalor, foul
Sinuous
winding, curving, moving lithely, devious
Remonstrate
to protest, object
Squalid
sordid, wretched and dirty as from neglect
Recant
to retract, especially a previously held belief
Seine
a large net hung out and dragged in to catch fish
Relegate
to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position
Sere
arid
Rethoric
the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion, pretentious, incensere language
Redolent
fragant, suggestive or evocative
Sagacious
having a sound judgment, perceptive
Renege
to fail to honor a commitment, go back on a promise
Rue
regret, feel remorse
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Stolid
calm, impassive
Tenacity
the quality of adherence or persistence to something valued
Truculent
fierce, scathing, eager to fight
Sundry
various, miscellanious, separate
Tyro
novice, beginner in learning
Strut
a structural support used to brace a fragment
Steep
to saturate or completely soak
Tumid
swollen
Umbrage
offense, resentment
Stentorian
extremely loud and powerful
Subpoena
a court order requiring appereance and/or testimony
Terse
brief or concise in wording
Timorous
timid, fearful, diffident
Travesty
mockery, caricature, parody
Squander
to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
Torpid
lethargic, sluggish, dormant
Urbane
sophisticated, refined, elegant
Surfeit
to feed or supply in excess
Toady
sycophant, fatterer, yes-man
Untenable
indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable
Supercilious
disdainful, arrogant
Tirade
a long and extremely critical speech
Sycophant
someone who tries to flatter or please for personal gain, parasite
Tout
to publicly praise or promote
Stymie
to block, thwart
Stupefy
to stun, baffle, or amaze
Supplicant
beggar, one who prays or begs for something
Undulate
to move in wavelike fashion
Trenchant
sharply perceptive
Vacillate
to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another
Torrid
scorching, ardent, passionate, hurried
Stint
to restrain, be sparing or frugal
Striated
striped, grooved, or banded
Tawdry
cheap, gaudy, showy, tacky, indecent
Taciturn
not talkative, silent
Supine
inactive, lying on one's back, apathetic, mentally or morally slack
Upbraid
to scold, censure, rebuke, chastise
Stoic
indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain
Tautology
a repetition, a redundancy, a circular argument
Usury
Charging an exorbitant or illegal rate of interest
Suppliant
asking humbly, beseeching
Turpitude
depravity, baseness
Tractable
docile, obedient, easily led
Untoward
troblesome, unruly, unseemly, adverse
Tender
to offer formally
Turgid
swollen, bloated pompous, excessively ornate
Unfeigned
genuine, not false or hypocritical
Stanch
to stop the flow of a liquid
Succor
assistance, relief in time of distress
Table
to remove from consideration
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