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64 Cards in this Set
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Lustrous
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shining or gleaming without sparkling
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oculist
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a doctor who specializes in treatment of the eyes
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pejorative
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downgrading, disparaging
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pontificate
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to speak in a self-important manner; to speak pompously
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pragmatic
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practical, dealing with facts
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proscribe
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to denounce or to condemn, to forbid
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reparation
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compensation to one who has suffered
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ruse
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clever trick, subterfuge
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sinecure
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an office or position requiring little work
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soliloquy
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a speech or dramatic monologue made to oneself to reveal thoughts
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submissive
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yielding or surrendering oneself to the will of another
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threadbare
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very worn
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tidings
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information or news
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utter
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to express by speaking
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analogous
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alike or similar in certain respects that permits one to draw an analogy
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baseness
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the quality of lacking higher values
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carnal
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marked by sexuality that is often frank and unrelieved by higher emotions
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convalescence
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the gradual recovery of heath and strength after illness
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derivative
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something that comes from another thing
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dub
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to honor with a new title
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extrapolation
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inference or prediction based on past data
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fraught
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involving; full of; accompanied by
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hermetic
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airtight
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incrustation
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being covered with a crust, state of being encrusted
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inextricable
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not being able to be disentangled
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a cappella
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without accompaniment by an instrument
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aberration
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the act of straying from the right course; deviation form the truth
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anecdote
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a short story of an interesting or amusing incident
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cherubic
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innocent, wholesome, angelic
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coquette
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a woman who flirts with men without sincere affection
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cosmetology
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use of cosmetics in treating the hair, skin, or nails
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despoil
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to take possessions by force, to plunder
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dulcet
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pleasing to the hear, melodious, euphonious
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facile
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easy, achieved with little difficulty
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fissure
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a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts; cleft
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flaunt
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to show off, to display ostentatiously
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fugitive
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a person who is elusive or hard to find, wandering
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juncture
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a point of joining
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malapropism
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a word that is used incorrectly in a ridiculous manner
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metamorphosis
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a complete change of form or structure; a complete change in appearance
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modicum
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limited quantity
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omniscience
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state of being all-knowing
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perdition
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eternal damnation, utter ruin
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postscript
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a message appended at the end of a letter
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protean
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very versatile; capable of great change
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repose
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to lie or to be at rest; the state of being at rest; absence of movement
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slough
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to cast off
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sunder
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to break or to force apart; to become parted or disunited
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titanic
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massive, enormous in scope
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wanton
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immoral, lewd
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materialize
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to become real, to appear, to take form or shape
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mobile
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a construction consisting of parts that move as a result of air currents
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omnipresent
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present everywhere at all times
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percipient
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very perceptive, discerning
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posterity
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future generations, all descendants of a person
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protagonist
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the leading character of a drama or other literary work
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sanctify
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to set apart for sacred use, to make holy, to purify
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sleuth
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one that searches out and investigates obscure information
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sully
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to tarnish, to dirty, or to soil
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tier
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one of a series of rows or levels
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vagabond
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one who leads and unsettled, irresponsible or disreputable life
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venal
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capable of being bribed or corrupted
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wane
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to decrease in size, degree, or power
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wary
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watchful or on one's guard; cautious; careful
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