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61 Cards in this Set
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obsequious (adj)
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obedient, submissive
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malleable (adj)
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capable of being shaped
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amiable (adj)
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agreeable, likeable
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vehementally (adv)
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emphatically
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placid (adj)
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calm, quiet
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reiterated (v)
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repeated
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torpor (n)
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inactive period
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fidelity (n)
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accuracy
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conscientious (adj)
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careful and honest
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scrupulous (adj)
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careful, painstaking
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lore
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accumulated knowledge by experience, (STORIES)
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ember
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piece of glowing coal or wood in dying fire
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surcease
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to come to an end, stop
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entreating
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asking for earnesty (APPROACHING)
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implore
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beseech, to beg, entreat
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obeisance
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gesture expressing deference or homage
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mien
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bearing, manner
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decorum
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appropriateness of behavior, propriety
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sublunary
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earthly, (situated beneath the moon)
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adjure
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command solemnly, as under oath
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beguile
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deceive, cheat/ amuse charm
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quaff
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drink heartily
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laden
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oppressed, burdened, weighed down (FILLED)
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pallid
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abnormally pale or wan
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solicit
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obtain by persuasion
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succinctly
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clearly expressed; concise & terse
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expoound
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explain in detail; eludicate
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docility
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ready & willing to be taught
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conspicuous
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easily noticed, obvious
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derived
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obtained or received form a source
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sagacious
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having keen discernment, sound judgement (WISE)
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paltry
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lacking importance or worth
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uncongenial
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not compatible or sympathetic (DISAGREEABLE)
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procuring
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obtain or acquire
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tinctured
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colo0ring; pigment
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intemperate
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excessive
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malevalence
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malicious behavior
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atrocity
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appalling or atrocious condition or behavior
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irrevecable
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impossible to retract or revoke
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perverseness
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directed away from good, perverted
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vile
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loathsome, disgusted
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inclination
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slant, propensity, prefer
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unfathomable
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impossible to understand, incomprehensible
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consummate
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conclude (COMPLETE)
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apparation
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ghostly figure
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pestilence
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fatally epidemic disease
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pertinacity
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persistent determination
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clamber
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slimb with difficulty, scramble
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chimea
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one who has received a transplant (FABRICATION OF MIND)
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imperceptible
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impossible to perceive
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incarnate
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personified
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incumbent
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obligatory, imposed as obligation (LYING, RESTING ON SOMETHING ELSE)
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succumb
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submit to overpowering force
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expedient
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appropriate to a purpose (SELFISH GOAL)
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bade
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declare, direct, summon (ENCOURAGE)
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allay
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reduce intensity, relieve
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bravado
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defiant or swaggering behavior
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anomalous
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deviating from common form, equivocal
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conjointly
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joined together, combined
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exult
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rejoice greatly
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consigned
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give care over to another, entrust
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