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46 Cards in this Set
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abrupt
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Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly
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Acrid
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Harshly pungent or bitter
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Becalm
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To make quiet
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Buffoon
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A clown
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Chaos
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Utter disorder and confusion
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Cognizant
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Taking notice of something
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Defer
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To put off or delay to a later time
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Derision
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The act of ridiculing or making fun of something
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Effulgence
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Splendor
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Enmity
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Hatred
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Famish
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To cause extreme hunger or thirst
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Fealty
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Loyalty
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Generalize
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To draw general inferences
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Grotto
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A small cavern
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Habitual
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According to usual practice
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Hideous
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Extremely ugly or appalling
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Ichthyic
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Fish-like
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Icon
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an image or likeness
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Illusion
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An unreal image
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Irritate
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To excite ill temper in impatience in something
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Jovial
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Merry
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Juxtapose
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To place close togetheer
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Kernel
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A grain or seed
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Laggard
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Falling behind or one who lags behind
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Laud
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To praise
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Maize
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Native American corn
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Malevolence
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Ill will
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Nestle
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To adjust cozily in snug quaters
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Novice
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Beginner
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Obtrude
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To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence
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Pare
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To cut,shave, or remove the outside from anything
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Pedagogue
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A schoolmaster
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Quiescence
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Quietness
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Rancor
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Mmalice
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Raucous
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Harsh
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Sepulcher
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A burial place
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Teem
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To be full to overflowing
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Tenacious
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Unyielding
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Umbrage
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Injury or offense
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Vacillate
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To waver
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Valid
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Founded on truth
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Velocity
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Speed
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Wile
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An act of or a means of cunning deception
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Wizen
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To become or cause to become withered or dry
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Yokel
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Country bumpkin
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Zealot
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One who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner
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