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20 Cards in this Set
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Gambol |
To jump or skip about playfully |
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Ambivalent |
Having opposite and conflicting feelings about someone or something |
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Eclat |
Dazzling or conspicuous success or acclaim; great brilliance |
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Abeyance |
A state of being temporarily inactive, suspended, or set aside |
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Imbue |
To soak or stain thoroughly; to fill the mind |
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Carte blanche |
Full freedom or authority to act at one's own discretion |
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Fastidious |
Overly demanding or hard to please, excessively careful in regard to details, easily disgusted |
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Cataclysm |
A sudden, violent, or devastating upheaval |
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Beleaguer |
To set upon from all sides, to surround with an army, to trouble, harass |
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Debauch |
To corrupt morally, seduce, to indulge in dissipation, and act or occasion of dissipation or vice |
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Lampoon |
A malicious that tired, to satirize, ridicule |
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Savoir faire |
The ability to say and do the right thing in any situation, social competence |
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Queasy |
Nauseated or an easy, causing nausea or uneasiness, troubled |
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Inchoate |
Just beginning, not fully shape or formed |
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Picaresque |
Involving or characteristics of clever rogues or adventurers |
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Opt |
To make a choice or decision |
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Refractory |
Stubborn, hard or difficult to manage, not responsive to treatment or cure |
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Philistine |
Lacking in, hostile to, or smugly and different to cultural and artistic values or refinements, such a person |
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Nemesis |
An agent or force inflicting vengeance or punishment, retribution itself, an unbeatable |
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Malleable |
Capable of being formed into different shapes, capable of being altered, adapted, or influenced |