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202 Cards in this Set
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Tumultuous
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Noisy and disorderly
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Distend
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To Swell out; expand
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Redouble
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To make twice as great
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Sibling
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One of two or more children of family
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Scintillating
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Brilliant
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Bolster
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support or pop up
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Augment
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To make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity; to supplement
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copious
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plentiful; having a large quantity
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geneology
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a person's or family's lineage or descent; pedigree
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prodigious
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enormous
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nepotism
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favoritism to relatives by those in power
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filial
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of or like a son or daughter
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Progenitor
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forefather
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Profundity
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Great depth of intellect
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Progeny
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offspring; children; descendents
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Grandiose
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Great in scope or intent; grand
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noblesse oblige
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Principle that persons of high rank or birth are obliged to act nobly
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Sangfroid
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Coolness of mind in difficult circumstances; composure; equanimity
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rapport
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relationship characterized by harmony, conformity, or affinity
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Finesse
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Skill and adroitness in handling a difficult situation
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ennuo
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Feeling of weariness and discontent, boredom; tedium
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malaise
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vague feeling of bodily discomfort or illness
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Savoir Faire
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knowledge of just what to say or do; tact
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Legerdemain
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Sleight of hand; artful trick
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Aplomb
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Absolute confidence in oneself; poise; self-possession
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ingratiate (with)
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Work (oneself) into favor
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Curry Favor (with)
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Seek to gain favor by flattery
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Cajole
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Persuade by pleasant words; wheedle; coax
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Blandishment
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Word or Deed of mild flattery; allurement, enticement
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Adulation
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Excessive praise, flattery
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Esprit de Corps
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Feeling of union and common interest pervading a group; deviotion to a group or to its ideas
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Fulsome
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Offensive because of insincerity; repulsive; disgusting
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Lacky
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Follower who carries out anothers wishes like a servant; today
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Sonorous
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Producing a deep or full sound
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Truckle
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Make a doormat of oneself
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Sychophant
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Parasitic flatter; truckler
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Obsequious
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Showing excessive willingness to serve; subservient; fawning
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Incongruous
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Lacking in harmony; incompatible
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Debilitate
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Impair the strength of; weaken
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Strident
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Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill
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Eclectic
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Made up of a variety of sources or styles
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Sebaceous
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Greasy; secreting sebum (fatty matter)
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Sanguine
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Cheerful confident; optimistic
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Pestilential
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Pestiferous; deadly
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Morbid
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Having to do with disease; guresome
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Affable
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Easy-going; friendly
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Cause Celebre
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Famous case in law
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Virus
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Disease causing corruptive agent
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Cul-de-sac
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Blind alley dead end
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Impasse
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deadlock; stalemate
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Fait accompli
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thing already done
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Regimen
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Set of rules to improve health
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Liaison
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Bond, linking up; coordination
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Debacle
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Collapse; disaster; rout
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Faux Pas
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misstep; blunder
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Immunity
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disease resistance, freedom; exemption
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Salubrious
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Salutary; curative; healthful
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Therapeutic
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Curative
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Benign
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Kind and gentle
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Virulent
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extremely poisonous very bitter
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Prescience
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Knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foreknowledge; foresight
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Expedient
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Appropriate to a purpose; convenient; speedy
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Amiable
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Friendly; agreeable; good-natured
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Toxic
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Poisonous
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Portent
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Indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; omen
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Paternal
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of or like a father
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Gentility
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Good manners
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Sot
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Person made foolish by excessive drinking; drunkard
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Hypochondriac
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One morbidly anxious about health
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Olfactory
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Pertaining to the sense of smell
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Fraternal
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of or like a brother
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Alacrity
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Promptness in response cheerful readiness; eagerness
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Inebriated
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Drunk; intoxicated
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Teetotaler
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Person who totally abstains from intoxicating beverages
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Abstemious
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Sparing in eating and drinking temperate; abstinent
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Carousal
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drinking party;
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Malodorous
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ill-smelling; stinking
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Noisome
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offensive to smell; disgusting
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Rank
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having a strong or bad odor or taste
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Reek
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emit a strong, disagreeable smell
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Aroma
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Pleasant odor; bouquet
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Rancid
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unpleasant to smell or taste from being spoiled or stale
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Pungent
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Sharp in smell or taste
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Fragrant
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Having a pleasant odor
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Putrid
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Stinking from decay
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Unsavory
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unpleasant to taste or smell
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maternal
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of or like a mother
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fusty
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stale-smelling; musty; moldy
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Brevity
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the quality or stte of being brief in duration
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Aesthetic
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Having to do with the appreciation of beauty
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Aural
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of or related to the ear or the sense of hearing
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Cacophony
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discordant, unpleasant noise
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Dirge
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A funeral hymn or lament
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Debacle
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disastrous ludicrous defeat or failure; fiasco
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Levity
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Lack of proper seriousness
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Imputation
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Change, especially an unjust or false change, in a situation; accusation
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Intransigence
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Refusal to moderate a position or to compromise
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Byzantine
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Extremely complicated or devious
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Dogmatic
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Stubbornly attached to insufficeintly proven beliefs
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Fastidious
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Carefully attentive to detail, difficult to please
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Belligerent
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Eager to fight, hostile or aggressive
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Travesty
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imitation that ridicules its model, mockery
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Contentious
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Quarrelsome
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Droll
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Odd and laughter provoking
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Mountebank
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Boastful pretender charlatan, quack
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dilettante
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Dabbler in an art or other field; art lover
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Nefarious
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Flagrantly wicked; vicious
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Flippant
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Disrespectfully humorous or casual; treating serious matters lightly
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Hilarity
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Noisy gaiety
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Campanile
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Bell Tower
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Grotto
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Cave
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Repugnant
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Arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive
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Virtuoso
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One who exhibits great technical skill in an art, esp. with musical instruments
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Satire
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Work exposing abuses to ridicule
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Pernicious
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Extremely or irrevocably harmful; deadly
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Ludicrous
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Exciting laughter
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Tawdry
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Gaudy and cheap
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Harlequin
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Clown, Buffoon
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Caricature
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Description emphasizing peculiarities
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Parody
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Humorous imitation
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Sarcasm
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Sneering language intended to hurt
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Patina
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Film or incrustation, usually green, on th esurface of old bronze or copper
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Terra-cotta
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hard clay used ofr vases, roofing and statuettes; reddish brown or brownish orange color
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incognito
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one's identity concealed
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maestro
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eminent conductor, composer, or teacher of music
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mezzanine
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intermediate story in a theater between the main floor and the first balcony
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Aria
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air, melody or tune; esp. an elaborate, accompanied melody for a single voice in an opera
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Staccato
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With breaks between successive notes; disconnected; abrupt
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A cappella
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without musical accompaniment
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Fiasco
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Crash; complete ridiculous failure
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Piazza
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Town square or open market
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Fresco
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Art of painting with watercolors on damp fresh plaster
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Cameo
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Gem or medallion cut in relief; brief role played by a prominent actor
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Avant-garde
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Experimentalists or innovators in any art
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Entente
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Understanding or agreement between governments
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Verdant
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Green with Vegetation
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Arboreal
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Relating to or resembling a tree or trees
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Bas-relief
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Sculpture in which the figures project only from the background
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regime
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system of government or rule
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encore
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Audiences demand for an additional performance, repetition or a additional performance in response to applause
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Repertoire
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Stock of plays, operas, roles, compositions that company of individual is prepared to perform
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genre
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Kind, sort, category
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Coup d etat
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Sudden violent overthrow of a government
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Stratify
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To layer or separate into layers
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Variegated
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Having streaks, marks or patches of different color or colors
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Laudable
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Praiseworthy; commendable
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Jocular
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Characterized by or given to joking
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meticulous
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Extremely careful and precise
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concur
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to agree
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concord
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agreement
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Acclaim
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Welcome with approval; applaud loudly
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Banter
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Playful teasing
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Rancorous
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marked by bitter, deep-seated ill-will
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irony
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using words so that their intended meaning is opposite to their surface meaning
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derogatory
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expressing low esteem; anticomplimentary
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slander
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false and defamatory spoken statement
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Laudatory
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Expressing Praise
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Stigma
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mark of disgrace
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invocation
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A call for assistance, support or inspiration
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sotto voce
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under the breath; in an undertone
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Canto
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One of the chief division of a long poem
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Cantankerous
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ill-tempered and quarrelsome
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eulogize
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Praise, extol; laud; glorify
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Laissez-faire
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doctrine opposing interference by governments in economic affairs
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denouement
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Solution of the plot in a play, story or complex situation; outcome; end
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vignette
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Short verbal description; small graceful literary sketch
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plaudit
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(Used mainly in plural) applause; enthusiastic praise; acclaim
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deleterious
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Having a harmful effect
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Sardonic
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Bitterly sarcastic; mocking, sneering
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Malign
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Speak evil of
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Exacerbate
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To increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of ; aggravate
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Libretto
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Text or words of an opera or other long musical compositions
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encomium
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Speech or writing of high praise; tribute; eulogy
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Calumnious
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Falsely and maliciously accusing; slanderous
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insolent
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insulting in manner or speech
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bravura
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Piece of music requiring skill and spirit in the performer
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facetious
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said in jest without serious intent
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libel
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false and deflamatory printed statement
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imbroglio
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difficult situation
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transient
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passing quickly in time or space
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Duenna
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Governess
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Aversion
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Strong dislike; antipathy
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volition
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will
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acclivity
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upward slope
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apogee
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orbit's farthest point from earth
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loathe
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detest
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conspicuous
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easy to notice; obvious
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junta
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clique; plotters faction
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peon
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unskilled workers
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innocuous
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having no adverse effect; harmless
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Placid
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calm or quiet
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Quiescent
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quiet, still at rest
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docile
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easily led
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diffidence
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lacking faith in oneself; shy; timid
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demure
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falsely modest or serious; grave
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averse
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declined; loathe
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bravado
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pretense of bravery
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picaro
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wanderer
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alacrity
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cheerful willingness; readiness
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aficionado
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fan devotee
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conquistador
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conqueror
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desperado
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Bold dangerous criminal
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