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51 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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LUSTER
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A RICH SHINE
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SAGE
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A WISE PERSON
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BARD
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A POET
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FIRMAMENT
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THE APPERENT SURFACE OF THE IMAGIONAY SPHERE ON WHICH CELESTIAL BODIES APPEAR TO BE PROJECTED
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ALIENATE
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ESTRANGE, SET AGAINST, SET APART
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CONCELIATE
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PACIFY, APPEASE
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CUMBER
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HOLD BACK
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ECLAT
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ENTHUSIASTIC APPROVAL, BRILLIANT OR CONSPICUOUS SUCCESS OR EFFECT
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LETHE
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A RIVER IN HADES
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SUFFRAGE
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THE RIGHT TO VOTE
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ANCILLARY
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AUXILIARY; ASSIISTING
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MORTIFYING
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TO HUMILIAE OR SHAME, AS BY INJURY TO ONE'S PRIDE OR SELF-RESPECT
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AUXILIARY
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ADDITIONAL; SUPPLEMENTARY; RESERVE
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TRYST
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MEETING OF SECRET LOVERS
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DEMEANING
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DEGRADING; TO LOWER IN DIGNITY, HONOR, OR STANDING
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DYNAMISM
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PIZZAZZ
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DEPORT
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HOW YOU ACT
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PRESUMPTUOUS
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FULL OF, CHARACTERIZED BY, OR HOWING READINESS TO PRESUME IN CONDUCT OR THOUGHT
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GLEAN
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TO GATHER SLOWLEY AND LABORIOUSLY, BIT BY BIT
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CLICHE
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A PHRASE OR OPINION THAT IS OVERUSED AND BETRAYS A LACK OF ORIGIONAL THOUGHT
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HACKNEYED
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A PHRASE OR IDEA LACKING SIGNIFICANCE & IS OVERUSED
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OCCAMS RAZOR
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ASSUMPTIONS INTRODUCED MUST NOT BE MULTIPLIED BEYOND NECESSITY
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CONJUNCTION
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JOIN WORDS & GROUPS OF WORDS (AND BUT FOR YET NOR OR SO)
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GERUND
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LOOKS LIKE A VERB, BUT IS A NOUN
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FRAGMENT
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NOT COMPLETE SENTANCES
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HOMONYM
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WORD THAT SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER (TO TWO TOO)
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I.E.
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THAT IS
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N.B.
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NOTE WELL
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SIN.
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LET THE READER KNOW THAT YOU DIDNT SPELL SOMETHING WRONG, THE WRITER DID
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EURODITE
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HAVING OR SHOWING GREAT KNOWLEDGE FOR LEARNING
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THESIS
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A STATEMENT THAT SOMEONE WANTS TO DIISCUSS OR PROVE
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SYNTAX
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THE ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS AND PHHRASES TO CREATE WELL-FORMED SENTANCES IN A LANGUAGE
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IMPORTUNE
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PESTER, HARASS, BEG PERSISTANTLY AND URGENTLY
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TITULAR
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OSTENSIBLE, SUPPOSED, ASSOCIATED WITH OR BEARING A TITLE OF NOBILITY
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EPHEMERAL
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SHORT-LIVED, FLEETING
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CAPITULATE
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GIVE IN, SURRENDER
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ARDUOUS
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DIFFICULT, TESTING POWERS OF ENDURANCE
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SOLITUDE
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PRIVACY, SECLUSION
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EXPEDIENCY
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CONVENIENCE, PRACTICALLY
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OSTENTATION
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PRETENSION, AFFECTATION, FLAMBOYANCE
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SPONTANEOUS
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HAPPENING OR ARISING WITHOUT APPERENT EXTERNAL CAUSE, SAID OR DONE WITHOUT HAVING BEEN PLANNED OR WRITTEN IN ADVANCE
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AFFECTATION
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A DELIBERATE PRETENSE OR EXAGGERATED DISPLAY
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CHAGRIN
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STRONG FEELINGS OF EMBARASSMENT, LOWER IN ESTEEM, HURT THE PRIDE OF
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MORTIFY
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DEGRADE, HUMILIATE
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ASKANCE
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SIDEWAYS, SUSPICIOUSLY
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HARMONIOUS
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IN AGREEMENT, WELL BALANCED
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GAZETTE
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A NEWSPAPER OR OFFICIAL JOURNAL
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SPARTAN
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AUSTERE, BARA, PLAN, NO FRILLS
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AFFRONT
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OFFEND, INSULT
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SQUALID
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FILTHY, SEEDYY, UNCLEAN, EXTREMEMLY POORLY MAINTAINED
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CLEAVE
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SLICE, SEPERATE
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