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105 Cards in this Set
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piquant
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interesting
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placate
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to soothe or mollify
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placebo
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a substance that has no effect to study the pyscological effect on the body
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platitude
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a statment that expresses an idea that is not new
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plaudit
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an act or round of applause
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polemic
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a strong written or spoken attack on someone's beliefs , opions.....
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portend
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a sign warning that something bad is going to happen
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portmanteau
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a large suitcase that opens into two parts
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prate
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to babble on about something that is not interesting
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prehensile
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capable of grabbing something by wraping around it
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presage
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something that foreshadows
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prescient
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the ablity to know what might happen in the future
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prestidigitation
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slight of hand
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prevaricate
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to avoid telling the truth by not answering the question
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priapic
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relating to or preoccupied with virility or male sexual excitement
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primogeniture
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an exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest son
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probity
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the quality of being compeletly honest
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proclivity
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a strong liking for something bad
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prognosticate
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to foretell from signs
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prophylactic
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designed to prevent disease
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propinquiy
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kinship, nearness of blood
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propitious
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likely to have or produce good results
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proprietary
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one that holds exclusive right to something
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prosaic
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dull or ordinary
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proselytize
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to try and persuade people to join something
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protean
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able to change into many different froms
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proviso
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a condition that must be accepted
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prurient
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having or showing to much interest in sex
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puckish
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having or showing a desire to cause trouble in a playful or harmless way
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puerile
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silly or childish in a way that shows a lock of good judgement
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pugnacious
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showing a readiness or desire to fight or argue
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pulchritude
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physical comeliness
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punctilious
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careful to behave properly and do things correct
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purgative
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something to cause on to throw up
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purloin
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to take
to steal |
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pusillanimous
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weak and afraid of danger
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putative
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generally believed to be soemthing
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quaff
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to drink a large amount quickly
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qualm
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a feeling of doubt about whether you are doing the right thing
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quandary
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a situation in which you are confused about what to do
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quaver
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unsteady
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quay
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dock used for loading and unloading
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querulous
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complaining in an annoyed way
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queue
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a line of something waiting for something
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quixotic
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hopeful or romantic in a way that is not practical
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raconteur
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someone who is good and telling stories
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raffish
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not completely acceptable or respectable but interesting and attractive
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rake
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a player
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rancor
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an angry feeling of hatred for someone who has wronged you
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rankle
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to make someone feel angry for a long time
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rapacious
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always wanting more
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rapt
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enthralled
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recalcitrant
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stubbornly refusing to obey rules or orders
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recidivism
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a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or behavior
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recondite
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not understood or known by many people
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rectitude
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the quality of being honest and morally correct
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redolent
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having a strong smell
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redoubtable
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deserving great fear or respect
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redress
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to correct
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refractory
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difficult to control or deal with
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refulgent
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a radiant quality
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regale
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to give pleasure to
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rejoinder
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a rude or angry reply
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remand
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to send to another court for another ruling
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remonstrate
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to disagree and argue about something
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renege
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to refuse to do something that you promised
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repartee
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conversation in which clever statements are made quickly
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replete
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having plenty of sometihng
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ribald
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jokes that shouldnt be made
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rife
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very common and often bad
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riposte
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a quick and clever reply
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risible
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deserving to be laughed at
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roue
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a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure
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salacious
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relating to sex in a way that is excessive or offensive
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salient
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very important or noticable
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salubrious
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making good health possible or likely
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salvo
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back and forth gun fire
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sang-froid
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the ability to stay calm in difficult or dangerous situations
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sanguine
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confident and hopeful
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sardonic
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showing disapproval or someone or something
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sartorial
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relating to clothes
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saturnine
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very serious and unhappy
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savoir-faire
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the ability to behave correctly in different situations
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scion
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born into wealth and power
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scurrilous
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said or done unfairly to make people have a bad opinion of someone
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scuttle
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a open basket used for carrying something
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seminal
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having a strong influence on later occurences
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sententious
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having or expressing strong opinions on what people should do
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sentient
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able to feel see hear smell or taste
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sepsis
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illness cuased by infection
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sequester
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to keep someone apart from others
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serendipity
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luck in finding things that are not being searched for
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sinecure
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a job in which someone is paid to do little
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sinuous
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having many twists and turns
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sceptic
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doubtful
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slake
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to provide, do or have what is required by somethign
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slew
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a large number
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sobriquet
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a name or phrase that describes the charecter of someone
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sodden
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very heavy and wet
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solecism
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a mistake in speech or writing
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solipsism
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a theory in philosophy that your existence is the only thing that is real or can be known
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soporific
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causing a person to become tired
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soupcon
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a small amount
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spate
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a large number of things that happen in a short time
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spurious
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not genuine
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