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41 Cards in this Set
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Accrue
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to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result
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annotation
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a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work
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bedlam
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a state or scene of uproar and confusion
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covert
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hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered, secluded; a sheltered place, a hiding place
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debonair
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pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smoot and polished in manner and appearance
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dun
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to demand insistently, especially in payment of a debt; a creditor; dark, dull, drab, dingy
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effacious
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effective, producing results
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equanimity
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calmness, composure, refusal to panic
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fortuitous
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accidental, occuring by a happy chance
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gist
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the essential part main point, or essence
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gratuitous
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freely give, not called for by circumstances, unwarranted
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imperious
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overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling
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invective
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a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language; abusive, vituperative
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motley
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showing great variety; composed of different elements or many colors; a jesters costume; a jester
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munificent
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extremely generous, lavish
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procrestinate
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to delay, put off until later
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provacative
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tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying
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recondite
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exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding
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reprobate
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a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundral; wicked currupt, or unprincipled; to disprove of, condemn
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sedentary
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characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaingin in one place
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abstemious
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moderate, sparing characterized by abstinence and self- discipline
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censurable
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deserving of blame or correction
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contingent
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likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance; a representative group forming part of a larger body
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corroborate
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to confirm, make more certain, bolster substantiate, verify
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denizen
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an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place
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discursive
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passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic
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disseminate
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to scatter or spread widely
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dowdy
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poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste
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florid
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highly colored, reddish; excessivly ornate, showy
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foist
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to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty or coercion
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gauche
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awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
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hersy
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an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred
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inculcate
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to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly
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palpable
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cabable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized
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perceptive
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having sympathetic insight or understanding, cabable of keen appreciaition
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pernicious
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extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
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salient
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leaping, jumping or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicious, a projection or bulge
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satiate
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to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; full satisfied
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sear
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to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeelking; to parch, dessicate, singe
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absolve
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to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt
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caricature
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a representation in which the subjects characteristics featured are deliberatly exxagerated; to present someone or something in a deliberatly distorted way
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