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125 Cards in this Set
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Indigenous |
Native |
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Indigent |
Poor |
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Indignant |
Angry at the unjust |
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Indolent |
Lazy |
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Indulgent |
Lenient |
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Ineffable |
incomprehensible |
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Inept |
Incompetant |
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Inert |
Inactive |
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Inexorable |
relentless |
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Infamous |
to have a very bad rep |
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Infatuated |
to be foolishly in love (with something)
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Infer |
to conclude |
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infintesimal |
Infinately small |
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Inherent |
Part of the essential nature of something |
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Injunction |
command or order (court) |
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innate |
Inherent |
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Innocuous |
harmless |
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inordinate |
excessive |
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insatiable |
impossible to satisfy |
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insidious |
treacherous |
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insinuate |
to hint
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Insipid |
dull or bland |
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insolent |
arrogant |
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insular |
like an island |
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instigate |
to provoke |
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insurgent |
a rebel |
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integral |
essential |
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integrate |
to make part of |
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intractable |
uncontrollable: stubborn |
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Intransigent |
uncompromising |
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intrinsic |
part of the essential nature of something: inherent |
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introspective |
tending to think of oneself |
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inundate |
to flood |
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Invective |
harsh language |
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inverterate |
habitual |
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irascible |
easily angered or provoked |
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ironic |
meaning the opposite of what you seen to say |
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irrevocable |
irreversable |
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itinerant |
moving from place to place |
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judicious |
exercising sound judgment |
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juxtapose |
to place side by side |
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kinetic |
having to do with motion |
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labyrinth |
a maze |
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laconic |
using few words to the point of being rude |
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lament |
to mourn |
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lampoon |
to satirize |
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languish |
to become weak |
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largess |
generous |
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latent |
present but not visible or apparent |
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laud |
to praise or applaud |
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lagacy |
something handed down from the past |
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lethargy |
sluggishness |
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levity |
lightness or unseriousness |
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libel |
written or published slander |
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litigate |
to try in court |
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loquacious |
talking to much |
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lucid |
vivid, clear or easy to understand |
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lugubrious |
exaggeratedly mournful |
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luminous |
giving off light |
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machination |
scheming activity |
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magnanimous |
forgiving |
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magnate |
famous or rich person |
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malaise |
a feeling depression or uneasyness |
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malfeasance |
an illegal act |
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malignant |
causing harm |
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malinger |
to pretend to be sick to get out of work |
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malleable |
easy to shape or bend |
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mandate |
a command or order to do something |
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manifest |
visible or evident |
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manifest |
public declaration of beleifs |
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marshall |
to arrange into order |
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martial |
warlike |
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martyr |
someone who dies for a cause |
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martriculate |
to enroll, especially in college |
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maudlin |
overly sentimental |
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maverick |
someone who does not follow society |
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maxim |
old saying |
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mellifluous |
sweetly flowing |
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mendacious |
dishonest |
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mendicant |
a beggar |
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mentor |
a teacher |
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mercenary |
a hired soldier |
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mercurial |
emotionally unpredictable |
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metamorphosis |
a magical change in form |
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microcosm |
the world in miniture |
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milieu |
environment |
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minuscule |
very tiny |
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misanthropic |
hating mankind |
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mitigate |
to moderate the effect of something |
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molify |
to soften or soothe |
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monolithic |
massive |
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moribund |
dying |
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morose |
gloomy |
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mortify |
humiliate |
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mundane |
ordinary |
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munificent |
very generous |
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myopia |
nearsightedness |
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myriad |
a huge number |
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narcissism |
excessive love form oneself |
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nebulous |
vague |
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nefarious |
evil; wicked |
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neologism |
a new word or way to use a word |
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nepotism |
showing favoritism for friends and family in work place |
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nihilism |
the belief that there are no moral values in the world |
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nominal |
in name only |
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nostalgia |
sentimental longing for the past |
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notorious |
famous for something bad, infamous |
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novel |
new or original |
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noxious |
harmful |
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nuance |
subtle difference |
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obdurate |
stubborn |
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obfuscate |
to make confusing |
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oblique |
at an angle; indirect |
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oblivion |
the state of total forgetfulness |
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obscure |
hard to understand |
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obsequious |
fawning; suck up |
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obtuse |
blockheaded |
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officious |
annoyingly eager to help |
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onerous |
burdensome |
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opaque |
not see through; hard to comprehend |
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opulent |
luxurious |
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orthodox |
ordinary |
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onstensible |
apparent but misleading |
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ostentatious |
show offy |
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