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54 Cards in this Set
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To have an influence on or effect a change in
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Affect(v.)
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Feeling or emotion, especially as manifested by facial expression or body language
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Affect(n.)
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To bring about
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Effect(v.)
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A result
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Effect(n.)
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An instance of indirect reference
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Allusion(n.)
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An erroneous perception of reality. 2. The condition of being decieved by a false perception or belief
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Illusion(n.)
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Friendly and agreeable in disposition
-AMigo |
Amiable
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Responsive to advice, authority, or suggestion
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Amenable
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relating to a more primitive period, especially one the develops into a classical stage
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Archaic
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Known or understood by only a few
-The Joker |
Arcane
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A person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere Self-discipline, especially as an act of religious devotion
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Ascetic
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Of or concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste
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Aesthetic
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Carefree and lighthearted
-bliss |
Blithe
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Readily bent;supple
-LImber |
lithe
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Of or relating to climate
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Climatic
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Relating to or constituting a climax
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Climactic
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An expression of praise, admiration, or congratulation
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Compliment
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Something that completes, makes up a whole or brings to perfection
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Complement
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Of a pleasant disposition;friendly and socialble
-Ms. Congeniality |
Congenial
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Of or relating to a condition that is present at birth, as a result of either heredity or environmental influences
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Congenital
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Having an awareness of ones environment and one's own existence, sensations, and thoughts
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Conscious
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The awareness of a moral or ethical aspect to one's conduct together with the urge to prefer right over wrong
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Conscience
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To reach a conclusion by reasoning
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Deduce
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To lead or move, as to a course of action, by influence or persuasion
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Induce
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To give an account of in speech or writing
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Describe
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To attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin
-eSCRIBir |
Ascribe
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Not straightforward, shifty
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Devious
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Variety
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Diverse
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Evade or escape from
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Elude
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To make an indirect reference
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Allude
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Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality
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Ethereal
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Lasting for a markedly brief time; living for only a day
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Ephemeral
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Abotut to occur, impending
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Imminent
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Towering or standing out above others
-mount Everest |
Eminent
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To involve or connect intimately or intimately or incriminatingly
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Implicate
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To express or indicate indirectly
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Imply
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In an initial or early stage
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Inchoate
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Lacking cohesion, connection, or harmony
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Incoherent
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A gesture or movement of the body, such as a curtsy
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Obeisance
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Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; pawning
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Obsequious
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Lacking quickness of perception or intellect
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Obtuse
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Difficult to understand
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Abstruse
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A point of view
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Perspective
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Likely or expected to happen
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Prospective
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Pleasantly pungent or tart in taste
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Piquant
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A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity
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Pigue
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An indication of something important or calamitous aobut to occur; an omen
-port, storm -important |
Portent
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Exerting or capable of exerting strong physiological or chemical effects
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Potent
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Recklessly wasteful
-Paris Hilton |
Profligate
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Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance;fertile
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Prolific
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Of the color of blood;red
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Sanguine
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Melancholy or sullen
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Saturnine
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Dormant; hibernating
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Torpid
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Swollen or distended
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Turgid
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