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100 Cards in this Set
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bucolic
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characteristic of the countryside; rustic; pastoral
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burgeon
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to grow and flourish
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burnish
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to polish
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buttress
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to reinforce; support
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cacaphonous
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unpleasant or harsh-sounding
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cadge
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to beg; sponge
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callous
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thick-skinned; insensitive
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calumny
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false and malicious accusation; slander
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canard
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false; deliberately misleading story
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canon
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an established set of principles; a basis or standard for judgment; a group of literary works
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cant
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insincere talk; language of a particular group
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cantankerous
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irritable; ill-humored
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capricous
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fickle
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captious
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faultfinding; intended to entrap
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cardinal
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of foremost importance
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carnal
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of the flesh or body; related to physical appetities
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carping
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to find fault; complain
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cartography
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science of making maps
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caste
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any of the hereditary social classes in Hindu society; social stratification
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castigation
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punishment; chastisement; criticism
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cataclysm
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a violent upheaval that causes great destruction and change
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catalyst
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something that causes change
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categorical
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absolute; without exception
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caucus
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smaller group within an organization
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causal
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involving a cause
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caustic
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burning; stinging; causing corrosion
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celestial
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concerned with sky or heavens; sublime
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centrifugal
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moving away from a center
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centripetal
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moving or directed toward a center
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champion
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to defend or support
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chasten
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to correct by punishment or reproof; to restrain or subdue
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chicanery
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trickery; fraud
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chivalry
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the qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallantry toward women
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churlish
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rude; boorish
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circuitous
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roundabout
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clamor
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noisy outcry
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clique
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a small
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cloister
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to confine; seclude
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coagulate
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thicken; congeal
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coalesce
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to cause to become one
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coda
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concluding part of a literary or musical composition; something that summarizes or concludes
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codify
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to systematize
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cognizant
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informed; conscious; aware
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collage
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artistic composition of materials pasted over a surface; an assemblage of diverse elements
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commensurate
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proportional
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compendium
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brief
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complacent
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self-satisfied
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complaisant
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overly polite; willingness to comply with the wishes of others
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complement
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something that completes or makes up a whole
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compliant
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yielding
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compunction
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uneasiness caused by guilt
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concave
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curving inward
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conciliatory
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overcoming distrust or hostility
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concoct
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to invent
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concomitant
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existing concurrently
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condone
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to overlook voluntarily; forgive
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confound
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to baffle; perplex; mix up
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congenial
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similar in tastes and habits; friendly; suited to
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conjugal
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pertaining to marriage agreement
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connoisseur
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expert in matters of taste; expert knowledge or training
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conscript
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a person compulsorily enrolled for military service
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consecrate
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to declare sacred
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contend
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to assert
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contentious
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quarrelsome; causing quarrels
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contiguous
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touching; neighboring; connecting without a break
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continence
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self-control; abstention from sexual activity
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contrite
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very sorrowful for a wrong; seeking forgiveness
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contumacious
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disobedient; rebellious
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conundrum
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riddle; puzzle with no solution
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convention
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practice widely observed in a group; custom; accepted technique or device
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converge
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to approach; come together; tend to meet
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convex
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curved outward
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convivial
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sociable
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convoluted
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twisted; complicated
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copious
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abundant; plentiful
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coquette
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woman who flirts
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cornucopia
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horn overflowing with fruit and grain; state of abundance
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cosmology
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study of the universe as a totality; theory of the origin and structure of the universe
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covert
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hidden; secret
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covetous
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desiring something owned by another
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cozen
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to mislead by trick or fraud; decieve
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craven
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cowardly
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credence
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acceptance of something as true
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credo
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statement of belief or principle; creed
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daunt
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to discourage; intimidate; dishearten
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dearth
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scarcity
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debauchery
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corruption
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decorum
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proper behavior
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defame
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to malign; harm someone's reputation
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default
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to fail to act
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deference
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respect; regard for another's wish
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defunct
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no longer existing
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delineate
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to represent or depict
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demographic
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related to population balance
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demotic
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pertaining to people
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demur
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to express doubt; question or oppose
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denigrate
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to slur someone's reputation
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denizen
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an inhabitant; a regular visitor
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denouement
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outcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literature
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clairvoyant
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one who can predict the future; psychic
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