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57 Cards in this Set
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aesthetic(adj.)
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pertaining to BEAUTY
s-artistic |
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ambient(adj.)
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completely surrounding,encompassing
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amenities(n.)
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attractive features/customs
A-unpleasentness/disagreeableness |
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askance(adv.)
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with suspicion,dissaproval,distrust
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Blandishments(n.)
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anyting designed to flatter/coax,sweettalk, apple-polishing
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bucolic(adj.)
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characteristic of countryside,rural,shepherds,cowherds,pastoral
s-rustic |
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cacophonous(adj.)
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harsh-sounding,raucous,discordant
A-mellifluous |
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canard(n.)
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false rumour
S-hoax |
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chicanery(n.)
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trickery,deceptive practices/tactics,double-dealing
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Cognizant(adj.)
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aware, informed
S-consious, aquainted |
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cynosure(n.)
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center of attraction
S-focus |
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decorous(adj.)
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well behaved,dignified,socially proper
S-seemly, becoming, tasteful |
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Deign(v.)
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to think it appropriate to ones dignity to do something
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detritus(n.)
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loose bits of matirial resulting from disintegration
S-wreckage,rubble |
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dilettante(n.)(adj.)
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(n.)one who engages in an activity as an amateur
(adj.)superficial S-trifler |
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aesthetic(adj.)
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pertaining to BEAUTY
s-artistic |
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ambient(adj.)
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completely surrounding,encompassing
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amenities(n.)
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attractive features/customs
A-unpleasentness/disagreeableness |
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askance(adv.)
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with suspicion,dissaproval,distrust
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Blandishments(n.)
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anyting designed to flatter/coax,sweettalk, apple-polishing
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bucolic(adj.)
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characteristic of countryside,rural,shepherds,cowherds,pastoral
s-rustic |
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cacophonous(adj.)
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harsh-sounding,raucous,discordant
A-mellifluous |
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canard(n.)
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false rumour
S-hoax |
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chicanery(n.)
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trickery,deceptive practices/tactics,double-dealing
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Cognizant(adj.)
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aware, informed
S-consious, aquainted |
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cynosure(n.)
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center of attraction
S-focus |
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decorous(adj.)
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well behaved,dignified,socially proper
S-seemly, becoming, tasteful |
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Deign(v.)
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to think it appropriate to ones dignity to do something
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detritus(n.)
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loose bits of matirial resulting from disintegration
S-wreckage,rubble |
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dilettante(n.)(adj.)
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(n.)one who engages in an activity as an amateur
(adj.)superficial S-trifler |
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eclectic(adj.)(n.)
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(adj.)drawn up form diff. sources
(n.)one who's beliefs are drawn up from diff. sources |
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Engender(V.)
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to bring into existence
S-beget |
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Ethereal(adj.)
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light,airy,delicate,heavenly
S-gossamer,celestial |
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Facade(n.)
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the front/face of building
surface S-pretense |
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Forgo(v.)
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abstain from
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imperturbable(adj.)
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not easily excited
S-unflappable,unruffled,serene |
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Iniquities(n.)
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wickedness, sin
A-probity,recitude |
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Invoilable(adj.)
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sacred,must not be broken
S-unassailable |
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Languish(v.)
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to become weak,feeble,dull
S-flag,wilt,fade,pine |
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machination(n.)
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a crafty, scheming,underhanded plot
to accomplish evil S-manuever |
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Mendacious(adj.)
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given to lying/deception
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Minutae(n.)
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small trivivial details
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Moratorium(n.)
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a suspension of activity
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Nascent(adj.)
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just begining to exhist/develop
S-incipient |
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Obtuse(adj.)
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blunt,not coming to a point,slow/dull in understanding
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oppobrium(n.)
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disgrace from shameful conduct
S-infamy,odium A-acclaim,renown |
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panegyric(n.)
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formal/elaborate praise
A-diatribe,tirade,phillippic |
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pedantry(n.)
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a pretentious display of knowledge,overly riggid attention to rules
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penitent(adj.)(n.)
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(adj.)regretful for sins
n.-one who is sorry for wrong doing |
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pillory(n.)(v.)
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n-decice for publicy punishing offenders
v-to expose public contempt/ridicule A-extol,laud |
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putative(adj.)
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generally regarded as such(not known)
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rebuff(v.)(n.)
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v.-to snub,repel,drive away
n.-a rejection |
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requite(v.)
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to repay fro kindness/service/favor
S-avenge |
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restive(adj.)
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restless,hard to manage,balky
s-recalcitrant a-serene,docile |
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rife(adj.)
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common,plentiful
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visionary(adj.)(n.)
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adj-not practical
n.-a dreamer |
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wizened(adj.)
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dry,shunken,wrinkled
A-bloated,distended |
