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73 Cards in this Set
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actuate |
To put into mechanical action or motion; to move to action
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annihilate
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destroy completely
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archaic
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marked by characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated
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axiom
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A universally accepted principle or rule
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clamored
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shouted loudly and continuously
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clandestinely
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characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious
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convoluted
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Complicated, intricately involved
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cumbersome
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burdensome; troublesome; unwieldy; clumsy
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debase
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To reduce in quality or value; adulterate
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decisive
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final, conclusive
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defection
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to leave one cause or belief to take up another
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derided
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to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock
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dinginess
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dullness, shabbiness
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dissemble |
To hide under a false appearance; conceal facts, intentions, or feelings under some pretense
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edify
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To instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge
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effigy
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A curde representation of someone disliked, used for the purpose of ridicule
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entail
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include
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falsification
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misrepresentation; lie
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faltered |
stumbled, hesitated
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Fatuous
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Foolish or inane; usually in an unconscious manner
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fecund/fecundity
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Fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
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fulminating
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to explode with a loud noise; detonate; to issue denunciations against
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furtive
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sneaky; sly
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genially |
kindly
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gesticulating |
gesturing with one's hands and arms, as when talking
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hedonist
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A person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification
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heresy
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the act of going against popular or dominant opinion
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ideology
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a group of ideas and beliefs that are held by a political or social group
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implicate
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to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner
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impregnable
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not capable of being conquered
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indoctrinate
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to teach the beliefs of a specific group
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inscrutable
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mysterious
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interminable
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neverending, ceaseless
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knell
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the sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially for a death or a funeral; a sound or sign announcing the death of a person or the end, extinction, failure, etc., of something; any mournful sound
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lassitude |
A condition of weariness or debility; a condition of listlessness
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lucid
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Easily understood; completely comprehensible
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meagerness
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thinness
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multifarious
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having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.; numerous and varied; greatly diverse
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multitude
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many; a great number
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mutable |
Liable or subject to change or alteration
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nebulous
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hazy, vague, indistinct, confused
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Nebulous
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Indistinct, vague
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obscure
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difficult to understand
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odious
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Arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance; hateful
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officiousness
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aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation; meddling; forwardness
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orthodoxy
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those who follow the traditional or usual way of doing something
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palimpsest
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a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text
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pedant
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a person who boasts of his level of knowledge
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proletariat
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the class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working class
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proliferate
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To increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively
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ramifications
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outgrowth, consequence, implication; a related or derived subject, problem, etc.
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rectify
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correct, fix
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relics
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souvenirs; items used to remember the past
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reproach |
disapproval
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repudiate
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refuse to acknowledge or accept
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reverie
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a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing; a daydream
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saboteurs
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people who sabotage; those who deliberately destroy things belonging to their enemies, or otherwise hinder their enemies' progress
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sanguine
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cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, confident; reddish, ruddy
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scrutinize
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to examine in detail with careful or critical attention
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simultaneously
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at the same time
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sinecures
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an office or position requiring little or no work, especially one yielding profitable returns
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statuesque
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tall and shapely
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strident
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making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking; having a shrill, irritating quality or character
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superseded
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replaced
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tableaux
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a series of staged scenes
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tacitly
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implicitly; not physically expressed, but implied
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tube
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subway
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uniformity
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sameness; a state in which everything is exactly the same
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unorthodoxy
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deviation from normal, usual
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urbane
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having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities; reflecting elegance, sophistication, etc., especially in expression
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vapid
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dull, lacking in zest
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varicose
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Abnormally swollen or dilated
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zealot
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a person who shows zeal, enthusiasm, etc.; an excessively zealous, eager, ardent person; fanatic
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