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50 Cards in this Set
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1balmy |
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warm, refreshing, mild |
balsam, lip balm |
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profligate |
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recklessly extravagant or wasteful; such a person |
prodigal, flick off |
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3prolific |
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producing a great deal; reproducing rapidly |
pro, fertile |
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prolix |
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wordy; long-winded; verbose |
prolong, lit |
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promulgated |
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Put into effect officially and publically |
promoted, proposal |
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abscond |
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to leave secretly and in haste, usually to escape the law. |
absent, cons |
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cliche |
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an overused expression; a trite or hackneyed saying |
like, cliques |
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melancholic |
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excessively and unreasonably brooding; chronically depressed |
alcoholic, moody |
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addicted |
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physiologically or psychologically dependent upon |
dedicate, accustom |
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cloister |
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a secluded or isolated place; a monastery or a convent |
oyster, closet |
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coagulate |
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to thicken; to clot; to gather together in a mass |
clog, consolidate |
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banal |
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lacking freshness or vigor; commonplace; trite |
canal, anus |
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bard |
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a poet |
balladeer, art |
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barrister |
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loosely--an attorney or lawyer. |
Atticus, solicitor |
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bathos |
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excessive or trivial sentimentality; an unimportant anticlimax |
bath, pathos
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bellicose |
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hostile; warlike; aggressive |
accosted, bell helicopter |
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beneficence |
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quality or display of goodness and kindness; a good deed or kindness |
benediction, beneficial |
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prone |
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naturally inclined; having a tendency; lying face down |
drown, crohns |
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aberration |
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a change or departure from the usual, normal, prescribed, etc; a disorder of the mind. |
liberation, apparition |
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brandish |
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to shake, wave or flourish threateningly, defiantly or triumphantly |
brand, rants |
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propagate |
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to spread information from one person to another; to disseminate; to reproduce or multiply |
paper, propaganda |
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coalesce |
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to combine or come together in one body, purpose, etc.; to unite; to fuse; to blend |
coop, coal |
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coalition |
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a union or joining together; a temporary alliance |
cooperate, correlation |
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coercion |
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a compelling or forcing; forced restraint or constraint; control or government by force. |
pressure, force |
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absolution |
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The forgiving of sin; a freeing from guilt and penalty; forgiveness |
ablutions, |
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abstemious |
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sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate |
abstinence, sober |
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adduced |
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brought out or offered for consideration or proof; alleged |
accused, produce |
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adjudicated |
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determined in court; judged |
judge Judy, attorney |
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29malediction |
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an evil and damaging statement; a curse; slander |
malo,dictator |
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30celibacy |
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the state of refraining from marriage and sexual relations |
baby, mary |
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chaotic |
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in a state of chaos; extremely mixed up; very confused or disorderly |
crazy, hectic |
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charlatan |
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one who pretends to have knowledge that he does not have; an imposter; a quack |
liar, charleston |
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chary |
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hesitant; cautious; wary; particular |
care, cheap |
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chauvinistic |
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unreasonably devoted or loyal to one's own group, race, sex or status |
clique, sorority |
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propensity |
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a natural tendency, disposition or inclination |
proper, appropriate |
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propinquity |
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nearness or closeness; kinship; proximity |
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propitiated |
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appeased; satisfied; gained favor; favorable disposed |
unity, family |
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38petulant |
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pettily or childishly peevish; irritable; fretful; obstinate; impatient |
pride, appreciate |
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philatelist |
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stamp collector |
pet, tantrum |
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pinnacle |
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peak; summit; zenith; highest point of achievement |
label, list |
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piquant |
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stimulating to the mind; interesting; provocative; charmingly lively; spicy |
pin point, peak |
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acquiesced |
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yielded; gave in assented |
pickle, piquante |
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43cogent |
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convincing to the mind; compelling |
intelligent, agent |
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vicissitude |
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natural but unanticipated change;element of chance in daily life |
attitudes, vision |
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virago |
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a loud-mouthed, bad tempered, overbearing woman |
hag, rigorous |
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virulent |
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extremely harmful, malignant or noxious; malicious |
virus, viral |
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47cognizant |
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having knowledge, perceptive, aware, comprehending |
recognize, genius |
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empathy |
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understanding and identification with the mental state and emotions of another person. |
sympathy, pathos |
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empirical |
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based on observation or direct experience only not on theory or speculation |
postulate, practical |
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emulate |
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to strive to equal or surpass; to successfully rival |
imitate, model |
