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90 Cards in this Set
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aesthete
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one who appreciates beauty
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alacrity
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cheerful readiness; eagerness
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aphorism
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a wise saying; a maxim
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appropriate(v)
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to take another's property as one's own
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arable
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able to be cultivated; farmable
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arboreal
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relating to trees
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asylum
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a safe place to practice one's religion or follow one's convictions
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auspicious
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foretelling well for the future
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avant-garde
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cutting-edge; new
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behemoth
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a huge animal; something of great size or power
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bequest
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a gift upon one's death
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breadth
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a range or scope
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brook(v)
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to endure; to put up with
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bungle
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to botch; to mess up
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byzantine
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ornate, fancy
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celerity
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cheerful speed
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cerebral
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intellectual
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chagrin
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embarrassment
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circumscribed
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defined or limited; isolated
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cloying
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oversweet; saccharine
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confound
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to confuse; to befuddle
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conjecture
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a guess
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constituents
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voters
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convoluted
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complicated, complex
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crude
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rude; lacking refinement
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curtail
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to cut short
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debased
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morally low; base
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decorous
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having propriety
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denuded
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made ineffective or infertile
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desultory
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aimless; lacking a plan or purpose
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didactic
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relating to instruction, lecturing
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dilatory
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tending to delay
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din
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noise
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dirge
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a funeral song
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discomfited
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embarrassed; disconcerted
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discretionary
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based on personal choice; showing prudence
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disingenuous
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dishonest; crafty
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disposed
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behaviorally inclined
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divine
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heavenly; godly
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edifice
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a building
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effigy
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image of a person; a dummy representing a hated person or group
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egregious
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wrong; bad
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elusive
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hard to grasp; evasive
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emollient
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a soothing lotion
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empirical
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based on data, evidence, experiments
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enervate
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to drain energy; weaken
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enfranchise
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to free from slavery; to bestow the right to vote
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epitaph
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words inscribed on a tomb
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espouse
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to support
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expurgate
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to delete obscene or other undesirable material from a text
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extant
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existing
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fabrication
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a lie
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facile
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easy
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felicitous
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suitable; pleasant
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feral
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savage; wild
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galvanize
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to incite; to arouse to action
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gaunt
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thin;haggard
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gingerly
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carefully
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grovel
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to beg or plead; to crawl; to behave subordinately
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hapless
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unlucky
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harbinger
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a messenger; an omen
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hermetic
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sealed in an airtight manner
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histrionic
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over theatrical; melodramatic
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hubris
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excessive pride
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inanimate
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not living
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incantation
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a calling out for inspiration or guidance; an invocation
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inchoate
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not fully formed
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incisive
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harsh; cutting; vitriolic
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incumbent
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one who holds political office
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indelible
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unable to be erased; permanent
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ineffable
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incapable of expression in words
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inexorable
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steadfast; resolute
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inflammatory
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likely to excite rage or disorder
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insular
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isolated; remote
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intemperate
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excessive; immoderate
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interlocutor
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one who participates in conversation or dialogue
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intractable
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hard to manage or control
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jaded
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bored from too much pleasure or overindulgence
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jingoism
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aggressive touting of one's patriotism
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juggernaut
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relentless force
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juxtapose
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to place things side by side for the sake of comparing
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kinetic
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relating to motion and energy
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legion
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a very large number
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leviathon
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a subaquatic, mythological sea creature; something huge
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licentious
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morally lax; unstrict
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melee
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a hand to hand fight involving several participants
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milieu
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environment
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myopic
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short-sighted
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naivete
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lack of experience or sophistication
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nihilism
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a philosophical belief involving the rejection of established values and morality
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