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24 Cards in this Set
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The connoisseur of fine foods declared the restaurant the ultimate in the preparation of succulent meat dishes. |
Succulent |
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She coveted the antiquated locket even though it had only an intrinsic value. |
Intrinsic |
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He discreetly tried to curry favor with his employer. |
Curry |
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The host exhorted his guests to eat to satiety. |
Satiety |
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Those conditions were not conducive to a felicitous evening as the dance would soon pall for the lack of feminine companionship. |
Pall |
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I cannot sanction your lax attitude towards the imminent threat of a conflagration. |
Sanction |
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In some insidious way the glib saleman played upon my repressed desires and sold me a gaudy sports car. |
Insidious |
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You can be sure the candidate will allude to the moribund state of our economy and offer his panacea. |
Allude |
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A potpourri of today's musical hits sounds more like cacophony than harmony. |
Potpourri |
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His levity at such a serious moment denote a lack of feeling. |
Denote |
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A few years ago there was a spate of science-fiction flims about awesome monsters causing pandemonium on our planet, but after a surfeit of that genre their popularity began to wane. |
Spate |
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With the advent of text messaging, Roger was busy night and day. |
Advent |
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We question the propriety of making fun of obese people. |
Propriety |
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I'd like to proffer my belated congratulations on your 25 years of married serenity. |
Proffer |
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In the milieu of city street life it is not atypical to hear impious comments about authority. |
Impious |
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Mothers should be vigilant that their children's food has the proper nutritive value. |
Nutritive |
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There were raucous complaints about the inordinate number of fatal accidents caused by inebriated drivers. |
Raucous |
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People often try to compensate for their deplorable lack of culture by repeating the shibboleth, "I know what I like." |
Shibboleth |
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He had the audacity to try to foist a bogus dollar on me. |
Bogus |
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The reporter wanted to elicit the pertinent facts from the reticent witness so he could substantiate the charge of moral turpitude against the high city official. |
Substantiate |
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A pretty kettle of fish |
A mess, trouble |
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The acid test |
A severe test |
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A blind alley |
A direction that leads nowhere |
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To twist around one's finger |
To control completely |
