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11 Cards in this Set
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LUMINARY
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celebrity; dignitary
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PATENT (Adj)
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open for the public to read;
obvious |
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PATHOS
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tender sorrow, pity;
the quality in literature or art that produces those feelings. |
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PAROCHIAL
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narrow in outlook
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STAID
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sober, sedate, serious
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VINDICTIVE
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out for revenge; malicious
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DULCET
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sweet sounding
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BLANDISHMENT
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to try to persuade or
to coax by flattery |
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CATHOLIC
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broad, liberal
point-of-view (compare this word to Parochial) |
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CAVIL
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make objections to
unimportant things; to make something big out of something that is trivial. |
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FRUGALITY
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Thrift, economical behavoir
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