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54 Cards in this Set
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presentiment
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A feeling that something is going to happen; evil, foreboding.
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titular
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Existing in title only. Having title but not associated duties.
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vicissitudes
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A change or variation occuring in the course of something.
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morbid
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Suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; gloomy, sensitive.
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insolent
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Bodly rude or disrespectful; insulting.
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maganimity
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Quality of generous in forgiving an insult or injury.
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Bacchus
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God of wine.
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Exonerated
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Cleared of an accusation. Free from blame.
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Benefactor
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Person who confers a benifit, bequest, or endowment.
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Jesuits
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1) Memmbers of Roman Catholicism.
2) Crafty, intriguing, person. |
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igonminiously
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marked by humiliating, discredible.
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superciliously
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highly distainful or contemptuous.
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Verisimilitude
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The appearence of truth, likelihood, probability.
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Pushkin
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Russion Poet/ writer
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Turgener
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Russian novelist.
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irrevocably
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Not to be revoked/recalled.
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acuiesces
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To assent tactily; submit/comply w/out protest.
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malevolent
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wishing evil or harm to another.
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virulent
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actively poisonous.
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eradicate
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remove or destroy.
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corroborative
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to make more certain; confirm.
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platitude
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flat, dull remark uttered as if it were profound.
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monumania
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psychosis characterized by thoughts confined to 1 idea.
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salutary
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designed to effect improvement.
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samovar
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metal urn used for heating water to make tea.
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capricious
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careless, changeful, erratic, impulsive.
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disparingly
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tending to belittle or bring reproach upon.
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calumny
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A false statement made to injure someone's reputation.
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captious
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difficult to please.
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insinuating
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Tending to instill doubts, distrust
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verisimilitude
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The appearance of truth
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asperity
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harshness/sharpness in tone, temper, manner.
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dissipated
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indulging in excessive devotion to pleasure, intemperance.
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lamentable
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regrettable; unfornunate
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chagrined
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felling of dissapointment/humiliation
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sententiously
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self-ritious. "MAXIM"
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auspicious
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promising success
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odious
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deserving or causing hatred
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insatiable
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incapable of being satisfied.
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affable
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pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to.
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scrofulous
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morally tainted.
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exapatiating
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to enlarge in discourse or writing.
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credulous
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willing to believe or trust to reality; gullible.
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trepidation
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tremulous fear, alarm, agitation.
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forensic
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pertaining to/ used in courts or law or debate.
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stertorously
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heavy snoring, weird breathing
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incoherent
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w/out logical or meaningful connection
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petulantly
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moved to or showing sudden impatient irritation
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exacerbated
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to increase to severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling)
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schiller
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German romantic poet
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panegyrics
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formal/elaborate praise.
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imprecations
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to curse
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alacrity
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cheerful readiness, promptness, willingness
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tocsin
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signal, alarm, bells
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