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30 Cards in this Set
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Mercenary
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NOUN/ADJECTIVE
a hireling, especially a hired professional soldier |
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Moot
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ADJECTIVE/VERB
debatable and therefore unresolved |
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Morass
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NOUN
a swamp or bog; a confused or degrading situation that is difficult to get out of |
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Motley
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NOUN/ADJECTIVE
multicolored; diverse or varied |
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Mundane
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ADJECTIVE
worldly |
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Myriad
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ADJECTIVE
countless, innumerable |
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Narcissistic
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ADJECTIVE
dominated by an excessive love or admiration of oneself |
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Nebulous
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ADJECTIVE
hazy, vague, or indistinct |
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Negligible
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ADJECTIVE
too small to be significant |
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Nepotism
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NOUN
unwarranted favoritism shown to relatives or friends by someone high in office |
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Nomadic
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ADJECTIVE
wandering, roving |
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Nominal
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ADJECTIVE
existing in name only |
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Nostalgia
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NOUN
a longing to return to a sentimentalized past; homesickness |
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Novice
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NOUN
a beginner of any kind |
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Nuance
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NOUN
a slight or subtle variation in meaning, expression, feeling, or tone |
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Obscence
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ADJECTIVE
offensive to accepted standards of decency |
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Obsequious
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ADJECTIVE
excessively submissive to another persons' wishes or ideas |
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Obsession
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NOUN
an irrational preoccupation with an idea or feeling that usually results in severe anxiety |
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Obsolete
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ADJECTIVE
no longer in use; outmoded |
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Officious
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ADJECTIVE
excessivle forward in offering unwanted advice or help |
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Ominous
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ADJECTIVE
foreshadowing evil; menacing or threatening |
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Opportune
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AJECTIVE
suitable, appropriate, or timely |
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Ostensible
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ADJECTIVE
apparent or professed |
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Ostracize
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VERB
to banish or exclude from a group; to shun |
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Pandemonium
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NOUN
general disorder, confusion, noise, and commotion |
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Paradox
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NOUN
a seemingly self-contradictory statement |
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Paraphrase
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VERB/NOUN
to restate in other words or another form |
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Parochial
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ADJECTIVE
located in, or supported by, a parish |
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Parody
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NOUN/VERB
a comic imitation of the style, form, or content of a serious piece of work |
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Pensive
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ADJECTIVE
immersed in deep, often melancholy, thought |
