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50 Cards in this Set
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FORTITUDE
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(ADJ) patient courage in facing pain or danger; moral strength; endurance
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CONDESCEND
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(V) to stoop to do something you think is unworthy of you
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EVOLVE
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(V) to develop gradually by process of growth an change
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NOTORIETY
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(N) fame, usually in an unfavorable sense
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ASSERT
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(N) to express or state positively; to defend or claim (one's right, for example)
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ACQUITTAL
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(N) a setting free by judgement of a court; a release from a duty, obligation, etc.
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ELITE
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(ADJ) of or suitable for a select group
(N) a group or part of a group regarded as the best, most skilled, most powerful, etc. |
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MENTOR
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(N) a wise and trusted teacher; a counselor
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INARTICULATE
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(ADJ) unable to speak understandably or effectively or to use words; unable to say what one thinks
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CONTEMPTUOUS
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(ADJ)showing or feeling scorn
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PAUPER
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(N) a person who is very poor, especially one dependent upon public charity
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EXCERPT
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(N) a selected passage or scene from a literary work or piece of music; an extract
(V) to take out or select passages; to quote |
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ANALOGY
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(N) a likeness between different things; a similarity; a comparison
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ETHICAL
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(ADJ) pertaining to right and wrong; conforming to certain rules or standards; moral
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PROPHETIC
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(ADJ) relating to someone or something that foretells events
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HERESY
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(N) a belief different from accepted doctrine
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PATERNAL
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(ADJ) inheirited from or related through one's father; fatherly
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ANTIQUITY
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(N) ancient times; a thing or people of ancient times; the quality of being ancient
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POSTUHUMOUS
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(ADJ) coming after death; postmortam
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ELECTORATE
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(N) all persons having the right to vote
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BAYOU
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(N) a marshy inlet or outlet of a river or lake, especially in parts of the southern United States
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GRIMACE
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(V) to make a face showing pain, annoyance, etc.
(N) a distortion of the face to show pain, annoyance, etc. |
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VIBRANT
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(ADJ) vibrating rapidly; energetic, vigorous, produced by vibration (as in sound); stimulating
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MELODRAMATIC
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(ADJ) overly dramatic, emotional, or sentimental; sensational
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MALLEABLE
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capable of being shaped by hammering or pressing; having the capacity to be changed easily
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VISAGE
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(N) a face or facial expression; appearance
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INDOMITABLE
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(AJD) unconquerable; unyielding; not easily overcome
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AMIABLE
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(ADJ) friendly; agreeable; good-natured
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SUCCUMB
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(V) to die; to yield or give in to an overpowering force or desire
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WHIMSICAL
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(ADJ) full of curious ideas or notions; oddly out of the ordinary; unpredictable
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PERSONIFICATION
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(N) a figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities; a person or thing that perfectly represents an idea or quality
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COMMENDABLE
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(ADJ) praiseworthy; desrving approval or credit
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APPREHENSIVE
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(ADJ) uneasy; fearful about the future
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JUDICIOUS
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(ADJ) sensible; wise and careful; discreet; prudent
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VERBATIM
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(ADV) in the exact words
(ADJ) following the original exactly |
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INEFFECTUAL
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(ADJ) unable to bring about a desired result; inadequate
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PARAPHRASED
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(V) to state a meaning in other words
(N) a rewording of the meaning of a text |
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INDIGNANT
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(ADJ) angered by the unfairness or meanness of something
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CALLOUS
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(ADJ) lacking mercy; insnesitive; thick and hardened; having calluses
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MYSTIC
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(ADJ) mysterious
(N) a person who believes that truth or God can best be known through spiritual insight or experience |
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JUNCTURE
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(N) A POINT WHERE THINGS ARE JOINED; A CROSSING; A POINT IN TIME; A CRISIS POINT
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TAWNY
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BROWNISH-YELLOW; TAN
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HIEROGLYPHICS
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(N) A PICTURE OR SYMBOL REPRESENTING A WORD, SYLLABLE, OR SOUND, USED BY THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS AND OTHERS, INSTEAD OF ALPHABETICAL LETTERS; A METHOD OF WRITING USING THESE PICTURES OR SYMBOLS; PICTURE WRITING
(ADJ)PERTAINING TO A SYSTEM OF WRITING THAT USES PICTURES OR SYMBOLS |
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SUBSIDIZED
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(V) TO AID OR ASSIST WITH A GRANT OF MONEY; TO SUPPORT; TO PROMOTE
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INACCESSIBLE
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(ADJ) NOT EASILY REACHED OR APPROACHED; OUT OF THE WAY
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COFFER
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(N) A BOX OR CHEST, ESPECIALLY ONE USED TO HOLD MONEY OR OTHER VALUABLES
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RIVULET
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A SMALL STREAM; A BROOK
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EDIFICES
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A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY AN IMPOSING OR ELABORATE ONE
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RETAINERS
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(N) A FEE PAID IN ADVANCE FOR SERVICES; A SERVANT; AN ATTENDANT
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INNOVATION
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(N) A NEW WAY TO DO SOMETHING; SOMETHING NEW
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