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55 Cards in this Set
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gustatory
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adj. affecting the sense of taste
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felicitous
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adj. suitably expressed; appropriate; well-chosen
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extant
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adj. in existence; not lost
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argot
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n. a specialized vocabulary used by a group
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jibe
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v. to be in agreement
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burnish
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v. to polish
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Lilliputian
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adj. extremely small
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officious
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adj. too helpful
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emollient
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adj. soothing; mollifying
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accretion
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n. growth in size or increase in amount
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connoisseur
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n. a person possessing expert knowledge or training; a person of informed and discriminating taste
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alloy
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n. a combination; a mixture of two or more metals
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insuperable
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adj. insurmountable; unconquerable
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e.g. insuperable difficulties
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occlude
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"v. to block
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contiguous
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adj. touching; neighboring; connecting without a break
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compliant
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adj. yielding
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affected
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adj. pretentious, phony
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adulterate
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v. to corrupt or make impure
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ambiguous
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adj. unclear or doubtful in meaning
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flora
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n. plants of a region or era
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obviate
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v. to prevent
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minatory
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adj. threatening
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intransigence
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n. stubbornness; refusal to compromise
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harangue
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n. long, pompous speech; tirade
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allure
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n. the power to entice by charm
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diverge
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v. to vary; go in different directions from the same point
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blasé
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adj. bored because of frequent indulgence; unconcerned
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centrifugal
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adj. moving away from a center
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avuncular
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adj. like an uncle. benevolent and tolerant
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maverick
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n. independent politicians
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forswear
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v. renounce; repudiate
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covert
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adj. hidden; secret
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gauche
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adj. coarse and uncouth; clumsy
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morose
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"adj. ill-humored
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mollify
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v. to soothe
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herbivorous
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adj. relating to a herbivore, an animal that feeds mainly on plants
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default
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v. to fail to act
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explicate
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v. to explain; interpret; clarify
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inveterate
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adj. confirmed; long-standing; deeply rooted
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lethargic
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adj. inactive
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gregarious
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adj. sociable
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diaphanous
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adj. transparent; fine-textured; insubstantial; vague
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doggerel
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n. poor verse
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complaisant
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adj. overly polite; willing to please; obliging
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carnal
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adj. of the flesh or body; related to physical appetitis
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endemic
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adj. inherent; belonging to an area
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inveigh
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v. to disprove; protest vehemently
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distend
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v. to expand; swell out
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meticulous
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"adj. very careful; fastidious
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inveigle
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v. to win over by flattery or coaxing
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amalgamate
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v. to combine into a unified whole
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inherent
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adj. firmly established by nature of habit
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distrait
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adj. inattentive; preoccupied
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apogee
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n. the point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited; the highest point
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pathological
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adj. departing from normal condition
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