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75 Cards in this Set
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panegyric
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elaborate praise
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rank
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conspiciously offensive
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exorbitant
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excessive
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trite
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worn out; used too often
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belligerent
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eager to fight; aggressive
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impervious
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completly resistant to penetration; unaffected
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precarious
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dangerously unstable or insecure
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listless
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having no intrest in what is going on about one; spiritless
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invective
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language that abuses
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tractable
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easily manages or controlled
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apex
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the highest point
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hedge
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to protest against possible loss by taking compensary measures
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contingent
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unpredictable because dependent on chance
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inebriated
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drunk
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lineaments
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any features of the body
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intemperate
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lacking in moderation
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bolster
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to support or strengthen
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malleable
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able to be pounded; capable of being molded
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forlorn
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apearing sad because abandoned; almostwithout hope
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docorum
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polite behavior
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baroque
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fantastically over-decorated
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contrite
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feeling sorry for what one has done
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preeminent
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superior in status or fame to all others
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indolent
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lazy
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livid
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discolored; pale
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panorama
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a broad view
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compunction
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a feeling of uneasiness caused by a sence of guilt
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fulsome
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disgusting because excessive or insecure
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irascible
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easily angered
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diffident
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lacking self confidence
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zephyr
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a gentle, soft breeze
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accrue
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to come as a gain
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nebulous
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unclear; vague
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dispassionate
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unaffected by emotion or bias
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abound
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to be plentiful
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sedition
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the promotion of rebellion against the government
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histrionic
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overly dramatic; theatricle
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supplicate
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to request with great humility; as though by praying
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chicanery
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deception by trickery
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autonomy
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independence; self government
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fickle
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Characterized by erratic changeableness or instability
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gale
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a strong wind
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altercation
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a heated or noisy argument
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obtuse
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slow in understanding; dull
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unsuperable
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inpossible to overcome
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recruit
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to restore or renew the health or vitality of
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subjective
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based upon personal expierience or feeling; not from external evidence
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dilettante
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one who engages an are with only superficial skill; an amateur
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redolent
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aromatic
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egalitarian
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of the belief that all people should have equal rights
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serendipity
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unexpected gift or discovery
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renege
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to fail to carry out a promise
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tome
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a large, often scholorly book
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telling
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strickingly effective
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office
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a duty or function assigned to someone
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elegy
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a poem that mourns the death
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salubrious
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favorable to good health
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taciturn
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almost always silent
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repartee
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a quick, witty reply
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stoic
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apparently indifferent to joy, greif, plesure, or pain
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inchoate
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an early stage of development
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celerity
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speed in motion;swiftness
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salacious
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lustful; obscene
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turpitude
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immoral behavior
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espouse
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to give loyalty or support to
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paucity
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smallness in number
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cavil
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to argue in a petty fashion
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incendiary
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causing or capable of causing fire
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mores
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accepted rules of behavior
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gibe
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to ridicule
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maudlin
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excessivly sentimental
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fastidious
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not easy to please; very criticle or discriminating
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penuary
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lack of money
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excoriate
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to denounce sharply
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founder
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to sink below the water
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