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60 Cards in this Set
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Atrophy
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1. Wasting way of body organ/tissue (progressive failure), 2. waste away
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Bastion
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Stronghold
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Concord
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State of agreement
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Consummate
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1. Perfect/Complete, 2. bring to perfection
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Disarray
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1. Disorder/confusing, 2. to throw into disorder
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Exigency
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urgency, an emergency
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Flotsam
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Floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
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Frenetic
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frenzied
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Glean
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Gather bit by bit
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Grouse
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1. Bird, 2. to complain
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Incarcerate
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to imprison
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Incumbent
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required, one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
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Jocular
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humorous
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Ludicrous
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ridiculous
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Mordant
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Biting in thought, sharp/harsh
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Nettle
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1. prickly/stinging plant, 2. arouse displeasure, to vex/irritate severely
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Pecuniary
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consisting of money, of/related to money
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Pusillanimous
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contemptibly cowardly/mean spirited
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Recumbent
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Lying down
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Stratagem
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Scheme to outwit/deceive an opponent to gain an end
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Acuity
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Sharpness (>>mind/senses)
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Delineate
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Portray accurately/vivid detail
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Depraved
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Marked by evil/corruption, devoid of moral principles.
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Enervate
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weaken/lessen
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(opposite of dr00d spell xD)
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Esoteric
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intended for/understood by only a select few
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Fecund
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furitful in offspring/vegetation, intellectually productive
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Fiat
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arbitrary order/decree, act of will/command
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Figment
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fabrication of mind (duh)
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Garner
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acquire as reqult of effort, gather & store away
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Hallow
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Set apart as holy/sacred, to honor greatly
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Idiosyncrasy
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peculiarity that serves to distinguish or dientify
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QUIRK
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Ignominy
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Shame, disgrace
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Mundane
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earthly, relating to practical and material affiars, concerned with ordinary things
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Nuance
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subtle/slight variation (in color, meaning, quality...)
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Overweening
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Conceited, excessive
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Perchant
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strong attraction/inclination
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Reputed
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1. according to reputation, having widespread acceptance & good rep, 2. alleged
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Sophistry
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reasoning that seems plausible - actually unsound
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Sumptuous
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costly
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Umbiquitous
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present/existing everywhere
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Abject
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degraded, unrelieved
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Agnostic
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1. one who believes that nothing can be known about God, 2. without fath, skeptical
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Complicity
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Involvement in wrongdoing, state of being an accomplice
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Derelict
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1. Abandoned/Neglected someone, left abandoned, 2. neglectful of duty
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Diatribe
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Tirade
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Equity
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State of being fair
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Inane
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Silly
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Indictment
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act of accusing
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Indubitable
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not to be doubted/denied
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Intermittent
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Sporadic
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Effigy
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crude image of despised person
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Moot
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1. open to discussion/debate, 2. to bring up for discussion, 3. hypothetical law case argued by students
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Motif
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theme
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Neophyte
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new convert
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Perspicacity
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keenkess in observing and understandin
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Plenary
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Completeness
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Surveillance
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watch kept over a person
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Sylvan
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Pertaining to woods
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Testy
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easily irritated
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Travesty
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1. grotesque/grossly inferior imitation, a disguise, 2. to redicule by imitating in a borad/burlesque fashion
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