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35 Cards in this Set
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Abeyance
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(n)-a temporary suspension of activity.
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Abstinence
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(n)-voluntarily refraining from eating certain foods or
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Circumlocution
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(n)-wordy language, an indirect, roundabout expression
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Contentious
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(adj.)-argumentative over a point, quarrelsome.
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Brook
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v)-to tolerate, to put up with something
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Debacle
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n)- a disaster or violent breakdown
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Deleterious
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(adj.)-harmful
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Descry
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(v)- to discern, to see something, to catch sight of
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Desiccate
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(v)- to dry out
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Discomfit
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(v)- to confuse, deceive
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Doff
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(v)- to take off ( usually clothing) as a sign of greeting.
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Doggerel
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(n)- comic, sometimes crude, informal verse
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Dossier
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(n)-a file of documents, letters and records
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Dulcet
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(adj.)-having a nice, agreeable melodious sound
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Encomium
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(n)-a eulogy or expression of high praise
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Endemic
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(adj.)-native, belonging to a specific region
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Espy
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(v)- to glimpse, to descry, to catch sight of
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Evanescent
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(adj.)-vanishing, happening for the briefest moment
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Exemplar
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(n)-an excellent model, a typical example
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Exigent
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(adj.)-urgent, demands prompt action
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Extirpate
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(v)-to rip up by the roots, to abolish, to annihilate
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Abstruse
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(adj.)- hard to understand or grasp.
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Adumbrate
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(v)- to suggest partly, to give a hint of things to come, to foreshadow vaguely.
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Alacrity
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(adj.)-cheerful readiness, liveliness or eagerness.
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Ambulatory
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(adj.)-able to walk or move about.
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Apocryphal
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(adj.)-false, spurious, of a doubtful origin.
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Arbiter
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(n)- a judge, one who decides.
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Ascetic
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(adj.)-hermitlike, self-denial, austere.
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Assiduous
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(adj.)-hardworking, busy, diligent
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Capricious
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(adj.)- whimsical, fanciful, impulsive.
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Castigate
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(v)-to punish, chastise, criticize severely.
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Chary
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(adj.)-careful, cautious, wary.
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Chicanery
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(n)-deception or trickery.
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Chimerical
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(adj.)-wildly fanciful, absurd.
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Circumlocution
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(n)-wordy language, an indirect, roundabout expression.
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