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15 Cards in this Set
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MAVERICK
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independent person
SYNONYMS: individualist, independent thinker, nonconformist |
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ESOTERIC
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known or understood only by a select few
SYNONYMS: secret, mysterious, difficult, deep, profound, obscure, abstruse |
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UNDERMINE
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weaken gradually; injure or destroy secretly or underhandedly; dig beneath or wear away from under
SYNONYMS: weaken,disable, cripple, undercut, sabotage |
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ALLEVIATE
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relieve; lessen or make more bearable (pain, evil, suffering)
SYNONYMS: ease, lighten, reduce, mitigate |
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BACCHANAL
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wild, drunken party
SYNONYMS: party, feast, merrymaking, overindulgence, spree |
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HEDONIST
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one who lives only for pleasure
SYNONYMS: pleasure seeker, jet-setter |
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NIHILIST
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one who rejects all religious, moral, and traditional values, practices, and institutions
SYNONYMS: doubter, disbeliever, pessimist, revolutionary, rebel, anarchist |
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SOMNOLENT
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sleepy, drowsy, causing sleep
SYNONYMS: sleepy, drowsy, lulling, slumberous, soporific |
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DIATRIBE
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violent, angry, bitter attack in words
SYNONYMS: verbal abuse, denunciation, tirade |
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TRIBULATION
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great suffering, misery, or distress
SYNONYMS: ordeal, trouble, sorrow, hardship, affliction |
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AVERT
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turn away; prevent
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DIVERT
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turn aside from a purpose, course, path; distract; amuse
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SUBVERT
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overthrow (something established), undermine
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REVERT
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return to a former condition
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VERTIGO
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dizziness
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