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73 Cards in this Set
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Adulation
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praise or flattery that is excessive
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Adore
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anathema
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an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denunciation
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anti them
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avarice
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a greedy desire, particularly for wealth
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culpable
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deserving blame, worthy or condemnation
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egregious
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conspicuous, standing out from the mass
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greg stands out>in a bad way
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equivocate
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to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation
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vocal
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evanescent
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vanishing, soon passing away
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nebulous
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cloudlike, resembling a cloud
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nebula>clouds
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novice
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one who is just a beginner at some activity requiring skill and experience
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penury
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extreme poverty, barrenness
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penury>poverty
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pretentious
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done for show
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supposition
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something that is assumed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence
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supposed>assumed
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accrue
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to grow or accumulate over time, to happen as a natural result
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accumulate
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annotation
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a critical or explanatory note or comment
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a note
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badlam
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a state or scene of uproar and confusion
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covert
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hidden, disguised
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cover
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efficacious
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effective, producing results
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eff..
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equanimity
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calmness, composure
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fortuitous
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accidental, occuring by a happy chance
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fortunately
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imperious
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overbearing, arrogant
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imperial
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procrastinate
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to delay, put off until later
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provocative
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tending to produce a strong feeling or response
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recondite
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exceeding ordinary knowledge and understand
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abstemious
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moderate, sparing
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censurable
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serving blame or correction
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anything that should be censored is censurable
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corroborate
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to confirm, make more certian
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denizen
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an inhabitant, resident
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discursive
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passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving
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florid
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highly colored,reddich
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floral
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gauche
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awkward, lacking in social graces
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inculcate
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to impress on the mind by repetition
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pernicious
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extremely harmful, deadly, fatal
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nic
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salient
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leaping, jumping, or springing forth
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specious
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deceptive, apparently good, or valid
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absolve
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to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt
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dissolve
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clangor
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a loud ringing sound, to make loud ringing noises
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contiguous
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side by side, touching, near
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deleterious
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harmful, injurious
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should be deleted
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enhance
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to raise to a higher degree, to increase the value of
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extenuating
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to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses
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incisive
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sharp, keen, penetrating
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ostentatious
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marked by conspicuous or pretentious display
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politic
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prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed
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sanctimonious
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making a show of virtue or righteousness
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winsome
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charming, attractive, pleasing
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"You win some"
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abet
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to encourage, assist, aid, or support
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broach
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to bring up or begin to talk about, to announce, introduce
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approach
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collate
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to compare critically in order to note differences
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colgate and dentin
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disconsolate
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deeply unhappy or dejected
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encumber
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to weight down or burden, to fill up, block up
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engulf
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foment
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to promote trouble or rebellion
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inauspicious
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unfavorable, unlucky
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prolific
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abundantly productive, profuse
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pro life
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amenable
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willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive
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a man is not
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credulous
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too ready to believe, easily decieved
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expatiate
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to expand on, write, or talk at length or in detail
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extraneous
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coming from the outside, foreign
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extra
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inception
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the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process
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conception
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jejune
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lacking in nutritive value, lacking in interest
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obdurate
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stubborn, unyielding
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precocious
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showing unusually early development
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sententious
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self-righteous, characterized by moralizing
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supplicate
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to beg earnestly and humbly
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surfeit
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an excess or overindulgence
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surplus
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turgid
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swollen, bloated, filled to excess
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brouhaha
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a confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub
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choleric
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easily made angry, bad-tempered
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cloy
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to spoil or destory an appetite by too much indulgence
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deference
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courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person
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enigmatic
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puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable
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onus
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something that is heavy or burdensome
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onyx
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profligate
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given over to dissipation and self-indulgence
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sartorial
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of or pertaining to a tailor or his work
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