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Cards Term ADMONITORY Definition Warning Term ADROIT Definition Skillful or clever Term ABATE Definition To ebb or subside Term ABERRANT Definition Abnormal or deviating Term ABEYANCE Definition A temporary suspension Term ABJURE (not ADJURE) Definition To renounce/ [recant] Term ABRADE Definition To scrape (abrasion) Term ABROGATE Definition To repeal or annul Term ABSCISSION Definition The act of cutting off Term ABSTEMIOUS Definition Refraining from pleasure--drink in particular Term ABSTRUSE Definition Obscure or complex Term ACCRETION Definition Buildup Term ACME Definition The high point [zenith] Term ACOLYTE Definition A devoted assistant/ follower Term ADJURE (not ABJURE) Definition To command solemnly Term ADULTERATE Definition To make impure Term ADUMBRATE Definition To explain or foreshadow hazily Term AESTHETE Definition Lover of the arts Term AFFECTATION Definition Artificial behavior/ [pretense] Term AGOG Definition Eager Term ALACRITY Definition Cheerfulness Term ALCHEMY Definition Spurious mix of magic and chemistry Term ANATHEMA Definition Abomination/ [abhorrence] Term ANNEX (V) Definition To attach Term ANTEDATED Definition Coming before Term ANTIPATHY Definition Extreme dislike [animosity] Term ANTITHETICAL Definition Adverse/ directly opposed to Term APHORISM Definition Short saying/ proverb Term APOCRYPHAL Definition Deceitful/ misleading Term APOTHEOSIS Definition The glorification of someone to the point of godliness Term APPOSITE (not OPPOSITE) Definition Appropriate/ relevant Term APPRISE Definition To give notice Term APPROBATION Definition Formal acceptance or consent Term ARABLE Definition Fit for cultivation Term ARCANE Definition Mysterious/ secret/ [esoteric] Term ARCHAIC Definition Ancient/ outdated Term ARCHETYPAL Definition The best or oldest example of something Term ARDOR Definition Intense feeling (usually romantic) Term ARRESTING Definition Fascinating Term ARTLESSNESS Definition Inexperience or gullibility Term ASCETIC Definition Denying comfort and pleasure to oneself Term ASCRIBE Definition To give credit to Term ASEPTIC Definition Free of germs OR free of vitality Term ASPERITY Definition Harshness/ severity Term ASSAIL Definition To assault Term ASSAY (V) Definition 1. To evaluate by experiment; 2. To analyze a substance chemically Term ASSIDUOUS Definition Diligent/ industrious [sedulous] Term ASSUAGE Definition To help lessen suffering [alleviate] Term AUDACIOUS Definition Fearless and daring Term AUSTERE Definition Severe/ bleak Term AVARICIOUS Definition Greedy [rapacious] Term AVER Definition To confirm the truth of something Term AVOW Definition To declare/ affirm Term BALEFUL Definition Menacing [minatory] Term BALK Definition To recoil (back away) from Term BALLAST Definition Counterbalancing weights Term BANAL Definition Boring/ predictable Term BEATIFY Definition 1. To make blessedly happy; 2. To exalt Term BEDIZEN Definition To adorn in a cheap manner Term BELIE Definition 1. To misrepresent [equivocate]; 2. To contradict Term BENEFICENT Definition Kind/ charitable OR beneficial Term BENEVOLENCE Definition Kind (literally well-wishing) [altruism] Term BEREFT Definition To have lost something/ someone Term BLANDISHMENT Definition Flattery/ enticement Term BLITHE Definition Carefree Term BOMBASTIC Definition Pompous and showy Term BOORISH Definition Rude/ uncouth Term BROOK (V) Definition To tolerate Term BURGEON Definition To flourish (grow rapidly) Term BURNISH Definition To polish Term CACOPHONY Definition Harsh sound Term CADGE Definition To beg [wheedle] Term CAJOLE Definition To persuade with flattery [inveigle] Term CALUMNIATE Definition To slander/ [vituperate] someone Term CANONICAL Definition Officially recognized or accepted Term CANT (N) Definition Hypocritical [sententious] speech Term CANT (V) Definition To speak tediously or whine Term CAPITULATE Definition To give in Term CAPTIOUS Definition Extremely critical Term CARDINAL Definition Fundamental/ major Term CASTIGATE Definition To punish or criticize harshly Term CAUCUS Definition A political party meeting usually to select candidates Term CAVIL (V) Definition To quibble or raise trivial objections Term CENSURE (V) Definition To formally criticize Term CESSATION Definition A stop in activity or use Term CHANTEY Definition A sailor’s song Term CHARY Definition Cautious Term CHASTENED Definition Corrected/ humbled Term CHICANERY Definition Deception through craft or guile Term CHIMERA Definition Mere fantasy or daydream Term CHURL Definition A rude/ boorish person Term CIRCUMLOCUTION Definition Wordy and indirect language Term CIRCUMVENT Definition To avoid by working around Term CLOISTERED Definition Isolated/ sheltered Term CLOYING Definition Sickeningly sweet flattery [fawning] Term CODA Definition A final passage in music Term COEVAL Definition Of the same time period Term COGENT Definition Convincing/ logical Term COGITATE Definition To consider/ ponder Term COMMODIOUS Definition Spacious Term COMPENDIUM Definition A summary or list of various items Term COMPLACENT (not COMPLAISANT) Definition Overly content/ easily satisfied Term COMPLAISANT (not COMPLACENT) Definition Demonstrating a cheerful willingness to please Term COMPUNCTION Definition Remorse or guilt Term CONCORD Definition Agreement Term CONFEDERATE Definition Associated/ partnered Term CONFLATE Definition To combine Term CONSCRIPT Definition A drafted soldier (required to serve) Term CONSUMMATE (ADJ) Definition Complete/ perfected Term CONTEMN Definition To scorn or despise Term CONTRAVENE Definition To disobey/ oppose Term CONTRIVED Definition Artificial/ fake Term CONTUMACIOUS Definition Rebellious [obstreperous] Term CONVERSANCE Definition A familiarity (being conversant) with something Term CONVIVIAL Definition Warm and welcoming Term CONVOKE Definition To convene (cause to assemble for a mtng.) Term COSMOPOLITANISM Definition Sophisticated/ worldly/ open-minded Term COTERIE Definition Small familiar group (clique) Term COUNTENANCE (V) Definition To favor/ give support to Term COVETOUS Definition Jealous Term COWER Definition To shrink/ cringe in fear Term CRASS Definition Tactless or crude Term CRAVEN Definition Cowardly/ base Term CREDULITY Definition Gullibility Term CREDULOUS Definition Gullible/ overly trusting Term CURSORY Definition Brief /superficial [perfunctory] Term CURT Definition Rudely abrupt Term CURTAIL Definition To shorten or reduce Term DAMP (V) Definition To lessen vibration Term DAMPEN Definition To diminish Term DAUNT Definition To frighten or intimidate Term DAWDLER Definition A straggler/ idler Term DEARTH Definition Scarcity/ lack Term DEBASE Definition To humiliate or shame Term DEBAUCHERY Definition Wickedness Term DEBILITATE Definition To disable or weaken [enervate / vitiate] Term DECADENCE Definition Moral corruption [dissipation] Term DECIMATE Definition To severely reduce by destroying Term DECOROUS Definition Well-mannered [seemly] Term DECORUM Definition Appropriate behavior [propriety] Term DECREPIT Definition Old and worn-out [dilapidated] Term DECRY (not DESCRY) Definition To condemn openly Term DELETERIOUS Definition Harmful to one’s health [noisome] Term DERIDE Definition To mock Term DESCRY (not DECRY) Definition To catch sight of Term DESICCATE Definition To dry something out completely Term DESPOTIC Definition Tyrannical Term DESUETUDE Definition The [cessation] of use OR disuse Term DESULTORY Definition Randomly moving from one thing to another Term DETUMESCENCE Definition Decrease in swelling Term DIAPHANOUS Definition Transparent/ translucent like gauze [pellucid] Term DIDACTIC Definition Instructive in a moralizing/ heavy-handed way Term DIFFIDENCE Definition Timidity/ self-doubt Term DIGRESSION Definition A deviation from the topic at hand Term DILATORY Definition Procrastinating/ causing delay Term DILETTANTE Definition Amateur/ dabbler Term DIN Definition Noise/ commotion Term DIRGE Definition Funeral hymn or mournful speech Term DISABUSE Definition To free from error Term DISAFFECT Definition To estrange or make unfriendly Term DISCOMFIT Definition Funeral hymn or mournful speech Term DISCORDANT Definition Dissonant/ jarring noise Term DISCREET (NOT –ETE) Definition Tactful or inconspicuous Term DISCREPANCY Definition Inconsistency/ disagreement Term DISCRETE (NOT –EET) Definition Separate/ detached Term DISCRIMINATING Definition Discerning/ selective Term DISENFRANCHISED Definition Having the right to vote taken away Term DISINTER Definition To dig up a body [exhume] Term DISINTERESTED Definition Fair-minded/ impartial Term DISJOINTED Definition Rambling/ incoherent Term DISPARAGE Definition To mock [belittle/ deride] Term DISPARATE Definition Dissimilar/ distinct Term DISPATCH (N) Definition Haste Term DISSEMBLE Definition To disguise one’s real intentions [belie] Term DISSEMINATE Definition To pass along/ distribute Term DISSIPATE Definition To disperse/ [squander] or weaken Term DISSIPATION Definition Falling into indulgence/ immorality [decadence] Term DISSOLUTE Definition Loose in behavior and morals [profligate/ prodigal] Term DISSONANCE Definition Disagreement/ discord Term DISTEND Definition To swell Term DISTILL Definition To condense/ refine Term DIVEST Definition To strip/ deprive of Term DIVESTITURE Definition The deprivation of rank/ rights Term DOCILE Definition Tame/ peaceful Term DOCTRINAIRE Definition Inflexible/ [dogmatic] Term DOFF Definition To take clothes off Term DOGGEREL Definition Poorly written verse Term DOGMA Definition Firmly held opinion Term DOGMATIC Definition Dictatorial in one’s own opinions Term DON Definition To put clothes on Term DORMANT Definition Latent/ inactive (sleeping) Term DROLL Definition Quaint/ amusing Term DROSS Definition Impurities or worthless material Term DUBIOUS Definition Doubtful Term DUCTILITY Definition The quality of being easily molded or led Term DULCET Definition Melodious/ harmonious Term DUPLICITY Definition Disloyalty/ deception Term DWINDLE Definition To decline or decrease Term EFFICACIOUS Definition Capable of producing the desired result Term EFFLUVIA Definition A noxious [noisome] odor or vapor Term EFFRONTERY Definition Boldness/ impudence [gall] Term EGRESS Definition An exit [way out] Term ELEGY Definition A sorrowful poem or speech Term ELLIPSIS Definition Periods marking the omission of text Term ELUCIDATE Definition To explain Term EMACIATE Definition To cause to waste away Term EMBELLISH Definition To exaggerate or decorate Term EMIGRATE (not IMMIGRATE) Definition To leave your native country Term EMINENT (not IMMINENT) Definition Well known/ respected Term EMULATE Definition To imitate Term ENCOMIUM Definition Formal praise [tribute] Term ENCUMBRANCE Definition Hindrance/ burden Term ENDEMIC Definition Widespread/ common Term ENDORSE Definition To formally support/ [sanction] Term ENDUE Definition To give something/one a quality (endow) Term ENERVATE Definition To weaken something [vitiate/ debilitate] Term ENMITY Definition Hatred Term ENSCONCE Definition To put or settle into a secure place Term EPHEMERAL Definition Temporary/ fleeting [transitory] Term EPICURE Definition One who likes good food [gourmand] Term EPISTEMOLOGY Definition The study of knowledge Term EQUANIMITY Definition Calm/ even-tempered Term EQUIPOISE Definition Equal distribution of weight Term EQUIVOCAL Definition Undecided/ vague/ trying to deceive Term EQUIVOCATE Definition To use unclear expressions in order to mislead Term ERUDITE Definition Educated and scholarly Term ESCHEW Definition To avoid or [shun] Term