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39 Cards in this Set
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blasphemy
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noun- the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God b: the act of claiming the attributes of deity
2: irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable |
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paucity
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noun- : smallness of number
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sage
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adj- wise through reflection and experience
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fortuitous
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adj-occurring by chance
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ephemeral
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adj- lasting a short time
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obdurate
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adj stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
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melancholy
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adj- depression of spirits
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pernicious
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adj highly injurious or destructive, wickid
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brevity
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adj- shortness of duration
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verbose
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containing more words than necessary
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iconolast
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a person who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration
2 : a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
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exacerbate
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to make more violent, bitter, or severe
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lurid
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causing horror or revulsion
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meticulous
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marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration
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concede
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to grant as a right or privilege, to admit, to accept as true
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tenacity
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courage
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facile
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easily accomplished
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veracity
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truthfulness
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didactic
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intended to teach
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usurp
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to take over, take hold of
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aberrant
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straying from the right or normal way
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obsequious
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marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness, fawn over
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belie
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to give a false impressionm to lie
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engima
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something hard to understand or explain
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flippant
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lacking proper respect or seriousness
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terse
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smoothly elegant, short
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reticent
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restrained in expression
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pedantic
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relating to,
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deride
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to ridicule
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transient
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passing especially quickly into and out of existence
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virulent
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extremely poisonous or venomous
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affable
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friendly
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embellish
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to make beautiful with ornamentation
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slander
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to utter slander against
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abate
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to reduce in degree or intensity, end
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malice
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: desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another
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malice
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: desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another
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pedantic
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over achiever student
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candor
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honesty
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