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50 Cards in this Set
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remiss |
negligent, careless |
mess up mistake |
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incarcerate |
to imprison, to confine |
catch cell |
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receded |
Moved back or downward, become more distant |
retreat seceded |
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reciprocal |
Given responsively, or in return; affecting both parties; mutual |
receive flip |
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imperturbable |
Incapable of being upset or disturbed; calm; serene |
impenetrable intelligent |
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confound |
To confuse, bewilder or amaze |
dumbfound doubting |
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congruent |
Corresponding; matching; coinciding |
angles complement |
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entail |
To improve necessarily; to require as a part of |
enhance contain |
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enthralled |
Fascinated; enchanted; captivated |
rallied thrilled |
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recluse |
One who lives shut off from others; a hermit |
closed excluded |
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recreant |
Unfaithful; disloyal; cowardly |
creep retreat |
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rectitude |
Unwavering honesty and right behavior; moral soundness; integrity |
rectory real |
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redundant |
Unnecessary to meaning; already stated; repetitive; excessive |
repeated double |
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redolent |
Full of pleasant odor; smelling of; suggestive of |
deodorant scent |
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impervious |
Completely resistant to penetration; ineffective; unreceptive; immune |
perfect invincible |
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Sullies |
tarnishes; defiles; stains |
supplies dull |
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sumptuous |
luxurious; lavish; magnificent |
scrumptious gorgeous |
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Supercilious |
haughty, arrogant, disdainful |
conceited superego |
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Impetus |
a moving or stimulating force, stimulus to action or motivation |
pet push |
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Impinge |
to infringe or encroach upon |
pin against invade |
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Enunciation |
clear pronunciation, articulation, declaration |
announce citation |
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Ephemeral |
lasting only a short time, short lived, transitory |
temp hemlines |
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Impious |
without piety, irreverent, blasphemous |
fad crazy |
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Incessant |
continuing with no interruption, never in ceasing, continuous |
constant etc. |
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Incipience |
beginning, first stage, inception |
Genesis PI |
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Incontrovertible |
incapable of being of being disputed, not debatable, undeniable
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impenetrable Bible |
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Indigenous |
naturally occurring existing in a specific place; native; natural |
genes indians |
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Incredulity |
Unwillingness to believe; disbelief; skpeticism |
incredible no credit |
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Swirl |
to move in a circular, whirling, manner, twist, curl, or whirl |
twirl whirlpool |
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Connived |
cooperated secretly; plotted; schemed |
conspire collude |
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Connived |
cooperated secretly; plotted and schemed |
conspire con |
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Warder |
a prison official, keeper, guard |
warden lower |
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Connosisseur |
an expert in distinguishing and judging values (especially in fine arts, wine, food, etc.) |
aficionado chef |
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connote |
to suggest; to imply |
comment denote |
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consanguninity |
blood relationship |
unity connection |
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conscript |
to compel or force in service |
conspiracy enlist |
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Biennial |
occurring every 2 years lasting for 2 years |
bi semester |
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Bimetallism |
A monetary standard based on fixed related metals (usually gold or silver) |
material medalist |
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merecenary |
influenced by the desire for money, acting only for pay, a solider hired by a foreign country |
no mercy merchants |
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Prototype |
The first of its kind, an original to which others must conform |
toy origional |
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Protract |
to prolong; to draw out; to extend |
protractor project |
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Mercurial |
changeable; fickle; volatile; lively and quick |
mercenary mercury |
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Metamorphosis |
to change in structure or form; transformation of characteristics, circumstances, etc. |
photosynthesis mitochondria |
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Metaphor |
figure of speech calling on thing something else to imply likeness |
thor poetry |
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Metaphysical |
beyond physical world and traditional sciences; pertaining to speculation and ultimate reality; extremely abstract and subtle |
spiritual supernatural |
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Blanch |
to become or turn pale, to make white, bleach, scald edibles |
blank blanco |
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Blatant |
obvious, conspicuous, offensively loud |
blaring blabbering |
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Mandatory |
authority required, obligatory |
order mandate |
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Lugubrious |
excessively dismal, mournful |
grief sob |
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Luminous |
given forth light, bright, shiny, easily understood |
luminescent translucent |
