Set: Murray E2 Midterm

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Abstinence act of refraining from
Adulation high praise
Adversity misfortune
Aesthetic pertaining to beauty
Amicable agreeable
Anachronistic out-of-date
Anecdote short account of event
Antagonist opponent
Arid extremely dry
Assiduous hard-working
Asylum sanctuary
Benevolent friendly, helpful
Camaraderie trust among friends
Censure to criticize harshly
Clairvoyant able to see the future
Circuitous indirect, taking the longest route
Collaborate to cooperate, work together
Compassion sympathy, helpfulness or mercy
Compromise to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
Condescending possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing
Conditional depending on a condition, e.g., in a contract
Conformist person who complies with accepted rules and customs
Congregation a crowd of people, an assembly
Convergence the state of separate elements joining or coming together
Deleterious harmful, destructive, detrimental
Demagogue leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
Digression the act of turning aside, straying from the main point, esp. in a speech or argument
Diligent careful and hard-working
Discredit to harm the reputation of, dishonor or disgrace
Disdain to regard with scorn or contempt
Divergent variant, moving apart
Empathy sharing of feelings
Emulate follow an example
Enervating tiring, weakening
Enhance improve, augment
Ephemeral momentary, fleeting
Evanescent short-lived, as an image
Exasperation irritation, frustration
Exemplary outstanding
Extenuating guilt diminishing
Florid flushed, ornate
Fortuitous lucky
Hackneyed overused, cliched
Haughty arrogant, condescending
Frugal thrifty
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Creator murrays
Created January 15, 2008
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  1. Circuitous → indirect, taking the longest route - 3 misses
  2. Condescending → possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing - 3 misses
  3. Aesthetic → pertaining to beauty - 2 misses
  4. Anachronistic → out-of-date - 2 misses
  5. Camaraderie → trust among friends - 2 misses
  6. Compassion → sympathy, helpfulness or mercy - 2 misses
  7. Convergence → the state of separate elements joining or coming together - 2 misses