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59 Cards in this Set
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equipoise
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equal distribution of weight; equilibrium (noun)
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errant
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traveling, itinerant; peripatetic (adj)
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eschew
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to shun or avoid (verb)
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estimable
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worth; formidable (adj)
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evince
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to show clearly; to indicate (verb)
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excoriate
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to censure scathingly; to upbraid (verb)
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exegesis
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critical examination; explication (noun)
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exemplar
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typical or standard specimen; paradigm; model
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expatiate
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to descant; to discource; to discuss or write about at length (verb)
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expiate
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to atone or make amends for (verb)
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expostulate
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to argue earnestly in order to dissuade, correct, or protest (verb)
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expurgate
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to remove obscenity; to purify; to censor (verb)
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exscind
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to cut out or extirpate (verb)
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extirpate
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to destroy; to exterminate; to cut out; exscind (verb)
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fallow
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untilled; inactive; dormant (adj)
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fatuous
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silly; inanely foolish (adj)
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feckless
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ineffectual; irresponsible (adj)
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felicitious
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apt; suitably expressed; well-chosen; apropos (adj)
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fetid
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stinking; smelly; malodorous (adj)
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fetter
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to shackle; to put in chains (verb)
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filigree
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an ornamental work, especially of delicate lacelike patterns (noun)
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florid
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flowerly; ruddy; ornate (adj)
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foment
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to incite; to rouse (adj)
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forbearance
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patience; willingness to wait(noun)
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forestall
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to act in a way to hinder, to exclude or prevent an action; to avert (verb)
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forswear
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to renounce; to disallow; to repudiate (verb)
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fracas
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noisy quarrel; imbroglio, brawl (noun)
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fractious
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quarrelsome; rebellious; unruly; refractory; irritable (adj)
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frieze
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a semi-sculptural, raised-surface ornamental facade to a building (noun)
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froward
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intractable; not willing to yield or comply; recalcitrant (adj)
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gainsay
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to deny, dispute, contradict, to oppose (verb)
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gambol
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to skip about playfully (verb)
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garner
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to gather and save; to to store up (verb)
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gauche
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crude; awkward; tasteless (adj)
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gossamer
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delicate; insubstantial or tenuous; insincere (adj)
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guile
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artfulness; trickery, chicanery; duplicity (noun)
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hallow
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to make holy; to consecrate (verb)
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harrow
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to distress; to create stress; to torment (verb)
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heretical
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unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma (adj)
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hermetic
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sealed by fusion; airtight (adj)
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heterodox
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unorthodox; heretical; iconoclastic (adj)
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hirsute
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hairy; shaggy (adj)
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homiletics
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the art of preaching (noun)
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homily
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a sermon or morally instructive lecture (noun)
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iconoclastic
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attacking cherished beliefs; heretical; heterodox (adj)
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idyll
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a carefree, light-hearted pastoral or romantic episode; a literary or musical piece describing such (noun)
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ignominious
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shameful; dishonorable, ignoble, undignified
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imbroglio
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difficult or embarrassing situation (noun)
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impassive
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expressionless; stoic; stolid, insusceptible to emotion; apathetic; phlegmatic (adj)
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imperious
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commanding; masterful; arrogant; domineering; haughty (adj)
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importune
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to ask incessantly; to beg; to nag (verb)
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impugn
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to attack or assail verbally; to censure to execrate (verb)
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impute
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to attribute to a cause or source; to ascribe (verb)
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indefatigable
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doggedness; tirelessness (adj)
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indolent
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lazy; listless; torpid (adj)
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inelectable
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certain; inevitable (adj)
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ingenuous
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guileless; trusting; naive; credulous (adj)
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inherent
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ingrained within one's nature; intrinsic; innate; firmly established (adj)
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inimical
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hostile; adverse; unfriendly (adj)
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