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53 Cards in this Set
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inimitable
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one of a kind; peerless
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iniquity
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gross injustice; wickedness
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innervate
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to supply with nerves; to embolden; to energize
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inscrutable
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incapable of being discovered or understood
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insensible
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unconscious; unresponsive; unaffected; numb
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insouciant
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unconcerned; carefree; heedless
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interdict
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to prohibit; to forbid; to ban; to halt
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inveigh
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to attack verbally; to denounce; to deprecate
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inveterate
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deep-rooted; ingrained; habitual
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involute
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intricate; complex; convoluted
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jejune
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vapid; uninteresting; immature; puerile
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jibe
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to agreel to be in accrobe
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jocose, jocular
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humorous; gay; blithe
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labile
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readily open to change; unstable
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lachrymose
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causing tears; tearful
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lambaste
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to censure; to excoriate; to berate
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lassitude
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listlessness; langour; weariness
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libertine
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someone unrestrained by morality or convention
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limn
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to draw; to outline in detail; to delineate; to describe
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limpid
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transparent; serene; clear; untroubled; pellucid
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lubricious
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lewd; wanton; greasy; slippery
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luculent
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easily understood; lucid; clear
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macerate
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to waste away; to soften or wear away by excessive fasting or by excessive steeping
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maculate
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marked with spots or blotches; besmirched; impure
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malinger
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to feign illness so as to avoid work; to avoid work
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maunder
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to digress; to meander; to stray from the topic or path
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mellifluous
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sweetly flowing; usually used to describe use of words
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mendicant
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beggar; supplicant
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meretricious
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cheap; gaudy; tawdry; flashy; showy
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mettle
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strength of spirit; courage; stamina
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mettlesome
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courageous; high-spirited
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militate
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to argue (against)
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minatory
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menacing; threatening
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multifarious
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varied; motley; greatly diversified
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nadir
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low point; periee
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natty
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trimly neat and tidy; smart
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nexus
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a connection, tie, or link
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noisome
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offensive, especially to one's sense of smell; fetid
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nonplused
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baffled; in a quandary; at a loss for what to say or do
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nostrum
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panacea; cure-all; placebo; questionable remedy; palliative
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nugatory
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trifling; inconsequential
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obloquy
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abusively detractive language; sharp criticism; vituperation; calumny
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obstreperous
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noisy; loud
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officious
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meddlesome; pushy in one's services
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ossified
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tending to become more rigid; conventional; sterile and reactionary with age; literally, turned into bone
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ostensible
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seeming; appearing as such; professed
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overweening
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presumptuously arrogant; supercilious; overbearing
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panegyric
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formal praise; eulogy; encomium
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paradigm
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a model, example, or pattern; exemplar
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parry
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to block; to evade or ward off, as a blow
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parsimonious
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cheap; miserly
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paucity
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scarcity; a lacking of
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peccadillo
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a slight offense; literally, a minor sin
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