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45 Cards in this Set
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Equivocal
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Ambiguous
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Felicitous
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Happy or delightful
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Fetter
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To restrict by shackling or chaining
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Forbearance
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Patience or lenience
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Galling
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Very Irrating
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Gratis
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Free
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Hues
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Colors
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Inter
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To deposit a dead body into a grave.
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Mirth
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Gladness/merriment accompanied by laughter
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Parch
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To become dry from heat
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Perdition
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Utter damnation or ruin
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Quaint
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Unusual in character or appearance
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Rhapsodize
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To express in an overly enthusiastic manner
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Sentinel
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One who keeps guard
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Traducer
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One who speaks slander against others
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Ardent
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Expressing intense feeling, passionate, fervor
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Assiduous
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Constant, unremitting
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Austere
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Sever in appearance and manner; strict; forbidding
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Avaricious
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Greedy, covetous
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Ennui
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Feeling of utter weariness and discontent
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Enthrall
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To captivate or charm
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Erudition
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Knowledge acquired by study
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Illusive
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Secret, illusory
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Incipit
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The opening words of a manuscript
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Idolent
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Slothful
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Ostracize
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To exclude from society, friendship, etc.
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Prudent
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Wise, discreet or sober
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Relinquish
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To renounce or surrender
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Tenacity
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Persistent determination
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Tepid
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Lukewarm
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Abate
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To reduce in amount, degre, intensity
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Abscess
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A localized collection of pus in part of the body
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Abstain
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To hold oneself back voluntarily
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Castigation
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To criticize or reprimand severly
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Cistern
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A reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid
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Disillusion
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To free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant
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Eddies
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Small whirlpool
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Invulnerable
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Incapable of being wounded, hurt or damaged
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Ken
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Knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception
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Precocious
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Unusually advanced or matur in development, esp. mental development
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Repose
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The state of reposing or being at rest; rest; sleep
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Reproach
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To find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure
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Servile
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Slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning
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Squander
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To spend or use (Money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often fol. by away).
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Tarry
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To remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn
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