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88 Cards in this Set
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(to) abjure
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to renounce or reject
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adumbrate
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(adombrare), to foreshadow, to obscure
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anathema
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solemn curse
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anodyne
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soothing, something that assuages
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apogee
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culmination, zenith
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apostate
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who abandons long-held religious convictions
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apotheosis
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deification
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asperity
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(asprezza) rigor, irritability
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(to) asseverate
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(asserire), to assert
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assiduous
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diligent, sedulous
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augury
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(presagio), omen
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bellicose
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(bellicoso), pugnacious, warlike
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calmniate
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make a false accusation
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slander
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(calunniare)
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captious
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calculated to confuse
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cavil
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(cavillare) to find fault without good reason
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celerity
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speed
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chimera
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illusion
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contumacious (adj.)
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(contumace/ribelle), rebellious
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debacle
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complete failure
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fiasco
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complete failure
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denouement
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(scioglimento) outcome, solution
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descry
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(distinguere) to discern
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desuetede (noun)
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disuse
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desultory
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(saltuario) marked by a lack of plan or purpose
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diaphanous
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transparent
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diffident
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(timido, esitante) reserved, shy
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dirge
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(lamento funebre) a song of grief
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encomium
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tribute, eulogy
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eschew
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shun or avoid
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excoriate
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(escoriare) to censure scathingly
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scathing
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(pungente, sarcastico)
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execrate
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(esecrare) denounce, curse
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exegesis
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(esegesi)critical examination
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expiate
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(espiare) make amends for
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(to) extirpate
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destroy, exeterminate
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fatuous
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silly, inanely foolish
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inane
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(vuoto)
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fractious
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(litigioso), quarrelsome, rebellious
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gainsay
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(contraddire) deny
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heterodox
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unorthodox, heretical
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imbroglio
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(pasticcio) embarassing situation
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indefatigable
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(infaticabile) not easily exhaustible
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ineluctable
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certain
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inimitable
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(inimitabile, impareggiabile) one of a kind
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insouciant
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(spensierato) unconcerned
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inveterate
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(radicato) deep rooted, ingrained, habitual
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jejune
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(privo d'interesse, scialbo) vapid, uninteresting
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lubricious
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(lubrico) lewd
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slippery
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(sdruccioloso, instabile)
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lewd
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(osceno)
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mendicant
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beggar
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meretricious
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cheap, showy, attracting by false show
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minatory
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menacing, threatening
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nadir
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low point
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nonplussed
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(sconcertato), baffled, bewildered
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obstreperous
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(turbolento) noisily defiant
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boisterous
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(chiassoso)
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ossified
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to become more rigid, conventional
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palliate
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to make something less serious
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panegyric
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formal praise
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parsimonious
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cheap
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pellucid
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transparent, easy to understand
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peroration
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(perorazione) rethorical speech
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plangent
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(risonante), resounding
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prolix
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verbose
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puerile
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childish
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puissance
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power, strenght
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pusillanimous
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pusillanime
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craven
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pusillanime
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remonstrate
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to protest, object
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sagacious
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(perspicace) wise
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wise
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(saggio)
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salacious
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(lussurioso) lustful, lascivious
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salutary
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remedial, causing improvement
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sanguine
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cheerful, confident
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saturnine
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(triste) dark, sullen
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stentorian
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extremely loud and powerful
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stygian
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gloomy, dark
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sycophant
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(adulatore) toady, servile
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toady
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(adulatore)
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tendentious
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biased, showing marked tendecies
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timorous
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timid, fearful
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tyro
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(principiante), rank amateur
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rank
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(rozzo)
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greenhorn
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(pivello)
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(to) vitiate
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to corrupt
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voluble
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(fluente) fluent
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