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Cards (200)
Section 1
(50 cards)
Eschew
To shun, avoid
Egregious
Extremely bad
Blandish
To coax by using flattery
Effulgent
Radiant, splendorous
Cupidity
Greed, strong desire
Antipathy
A strong dislike, repugnance
Cogent
Intellectually convincing
Decry
To criticize openly
Ascetic
Practicing restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious
Buffet
To strike with force or an arrangement of food set out on a table
Defile
To make unclean, impure
Enervate
To weaken, exhaust
Dissemble
To conceal, fake
Approbation
Praise
Aspersion
A curse, expression of ill-will
Deleterious
Harmful
Concomitant
Accompanying in a subordinate fashion
Boon
A gift or blessing
Diaphanous
Light, airy, transparent
Desecrate
To violate the sacredness of a thing or place
Contrite
Penitent, eager to be forgiven
Acumen
Keen insight
Brusque
Short, abrupt, dismissive
Capricious
Subject to whim, fickle
Cursory
Brief to the point of being superficial
Deride
To laugh at mockingly, scorn
Discursive
Rambling, lacking order
Ebullient
Extremely lively, enthusiastic
Acrimony
Bitterness, discord
Effrontery
Impudence, nerve, insolence
Buttress
To support, hold up or something that offers support
Abrogate
To abolish, usually by authority
Ephemeral
Short-lived, fleeting
Burnish
To polish, shine
Calumny
An attempt to spoil someone else's reputation by spreading lies
Demure
Quiet, modest, reserved
Credulity
Readiness to believe
Cajole
To urge, coax
Desiccated
Dried up, dehydrated
Assiduous
Hard-working, diligent
Abjure
To reject, renounce
Diffident
Shy, quiet, modest
Deprecate
To belittle, depreciate
Cacophony
Tremendous noise, disharmonious sound
Alacrity
Eagerness, speed
Anathema
A cursed, detested person
Conundrum
Puzzle, problem
Clemency
Mercy
Conflagration
Great fire
Dither
To be indecisive
Section 2
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Imperious
Commanding, domineering
Iniquity
Wickedness or sin
Inveterate
Stubbornly established by habit
Inure
To cause someone or something to become accustomed to a situation
Garrulous
Talkative, wordy
Fallacious
Incorrect, misleading
Extant
Existing, not destroyed or lost
Limpid
Clear, transparent
Fatuous
Silly, foolish
Harangue
A ranting speech
Feral
Wild, savage
Exigent
Urgent, critical
Gregarious
Drawn to the company or others, sociable
Impertinent
Rude, insolent
Fastidious
Meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards
Ingenuous
Not devious; innocent and candid
Iconoclast
One who attacks common beliefs or institutions
Ignominious
Humiliating, disgracing
Largess
The generous giving of lavish gifts
Latent
Hidden, but capable of being exposed
Evanescent
Fleeting, momentary
Languid
Sluggish from fatigue or weakness
Insidious
Appealing but imperceptibly harmful, seductive
Hegemony
Domination over others
Execrable
Loathsome, detestable
Impassive
Stoic, not susceptible to suffering
Exculpatory
To free from guilt or blame, exonerate
Impudent
Casually rude, insolent, inpertinent
Hackneyed
Unoriginal, trite
Hapless
Unlucky
Implacable
Incapable of being appeased or mitigated
Expiate
To make amends for, atone
Florid
Flowery, ornate
Inimical
Hostile
Expunge
To obliterate, eradicate
Extol
To praise, revere
Fetid
Having a foul odor
Inexorable
Incapable of being persuaded or placated
Fecund
Fruitful, fertile
Intransigent
Refusing to compromise, often on an extreme opinion
Impetuous
Rash, hastily done
Indefatigable
Incapable of defeat, failure, decay
Impinge
To impact, affect, make an impression/ to encroach, infringe
Impervious
Impenetrable, incapable of being affected
Inchoate
Unformed or formless, in a beginning stage
Fractious
Troublesome or irritable
Licentious
Displaying a lack of moral or legal restraints
Grandiloquence
Lofty, pompous language
Laconic
Terse in speech or writing
Ineffable
Unspeakable, incapable of being expresses through words
Section 3
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Magnanimous
Noble, generous
Munificence
Generosity in giving
Obdurate
Unyielding to persuasion or moral influences
Portent
An omen
Pariah
An outcast
Platitude
An uninspired remark, cliché
Nefarious
Heinously villainous
Pallid
Lacking color
Multifarious
Having great diversity or variety
Opulent
Characterized by rich abundance verging on ostentation
Parsimony
Frugality, stinginess
Paragon
A model of excellence or perfection
Morass
A wet, swampy bog; figuratively, something that traps and confuses
Malediction
A curse
Obtuse
Lacking quickness of sensibility or intellect
Plethora
An abundance, excess
Officious
Offering one's services when they are neither wanted nor needed
Mendacious
Having a lying, false character
Pejorative
Derogatory, uncomplimentary
Myriad
Consisting of a very great number
Penurious
Miserly, stingy
Perfunctory
Showing little interest or enthusiasm
Odious
Installing hatred or intense displeasure
Ostensible
Appearing as such, seemingly
Nadir
The lowest point of something
Precocious
Advanced, developing ahead of time
Oblique
Diverging from a straight line or course, not straightforward
Panacea
A remedy for all ills or difficulties
Perspicacity
Shrewdness, perceptiveness
Neophyte
Someone who is young or inexperienced
Manifold
Diverse, varied
Paucity
Small in quantity
Polemic
An aggressive argument against a specific opinion
Pernicious
Extremely destructive or harmful
Pithy
Concisely meaningful
Nascent
In the process of being born or coming into existence
Proclivity
A strong inclination toward something
Modicum
A small amount of something
Pellucid
Easily intelligible, clear
Maudlin
Weakly sentimental
Obfuscate
To render incomprehensible
Mercurial
Characterized by rapid change or temperamentality
Perfidious
Disloyal, unfaithful
Maelstrom
A destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects
Obsequious
Excessively compliant or submissive
Probity
Virtue, integrity
Primeval
Original, ancient
Prescient
To have foreknowledge of events
Palliate
To reduce the severity of
Pertinacious
Stubbornly persistent
Section 4
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