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55 Cards in this Set
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a clever, usually devious, plan for achieving a goal
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stratagems
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high-spirited, and full of happiness
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jocund
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to reestablish, a close relationship, to settle or resolve
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reconcile
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in inspire with love, to captivate in a romantic sense
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enamored
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immoral or lacking modesty
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wanton
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the quality of being merciful
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lenity
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indicates love and/or sexual desire.
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amorous
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moving or progressing very slowly
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tedious
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to postpone
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prorogued
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a hilariously odd action or gesture; a clown
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antic
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huge and montrous
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prodigious
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to treat in a disrepectful or rude manner
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disparagement
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evil or poisonous
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baleful
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a speech made by a character, usually onstage alone, that reveals his/her inner feelings and thoughts to the audience
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soliloquy
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increase; multiply
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propagate
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showing care judgement; able to recognixe things of elegant nature.
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discteet
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something unpleasant is very likely to happen
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portentous
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a person who holds controversial opinions, especially on who publicy dissents from the offically accepted beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church
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heretics
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not capable of being swayed from a course; relentless
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inexorable
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to read or examine, typically with great care
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peruse
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a harmful, corrupting infuence; a disease
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contagion
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not favorable; a bad omen
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inauspicious
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describes someone who is deep in dreamy and/or depressing thoughts
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pensive
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ill-tempered; easily annoyed
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peevish
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gloomy or somber in the way it sounds; slow and sluggish
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sullen
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to die of suffacation; to interrupt or cut off
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stifled
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offensive to the senses; disgusting
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putrid
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great confusion; chaos
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pandemonium
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to reject somethig because s/he --or it-- is unworthy of you
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spurn
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small; inadequate
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meager
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the action of inspecting something closely and thoroughly
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scrutiny
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to speak each of your words clearly and precisely
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enunciate
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to slightly burn
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singed
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to desperately want something; to long/yern for something
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coveted
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a command; an urgent request
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behest
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having intense feeling; enthuasiastic
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fervent
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not capable of being expressed or desccribed
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ineffable
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to violently assult someone or something with words; a harsh scolding
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lambaste
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to make something burdensome, or painful, less intense or severe. to calm or pacify
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assuage
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lacking definite form or boundaries; vague
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nebulous
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forceful; intense; full of vigor or energy
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vehement
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a deviation from the normal, proper, or expected way something usually occurs/happens; a departure from the normal or typical
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aberration
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the act of making an offense or crime seem less serious
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palliation
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to discover with certainty through examination or experimentation
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ascertain
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to burden with; to put a heavy load on; to hinder the action or performance of
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encumber
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to make clear/easily understood, especially through explanation; clarify
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elucidate
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recklessness; foolish disregard of danger
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temerity
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to come together as one; to unite many into one; to fuse together
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coalesce
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abundanly productive; producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
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prolific
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passionate; fervet; strong enthusiasm
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ardent
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to persuade using flattery or gentle urging
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cajole
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harmful to one's health, mind, or morals; corrupting
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noxious
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insignificant; worthless
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paltry
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heavenly, not of this world; airy; intangible
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ethereal
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accidental good fortune; occuring by chance; serendipitous
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fortuitous
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