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62 Cards in this Set
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Vilify
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to speak ill of
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vituperation
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verbal abuse
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forte
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a strong point
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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contention
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abundence
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Plethora
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to laugh at in scorn
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deride
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lasting a very short time
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ephemeral
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effective as a means, measure
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efficacious
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a struggling together inopposistion
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gregarious
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socialable
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prognosticate
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to forecast
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implaceable
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unable to be appeased
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impervious
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not permitting penetration
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imperious
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domineering in a naughty manner
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steller
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pertaining to stars
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Perfuctory
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performed as a routine duty
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cache
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a hiding place
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dilatory
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tending to delay
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raconteur
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person skilled in relating stories
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virulent
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actively poisonous
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belie
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to show to be false
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sanguine
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the color of blood
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germane
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closely connected
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extol
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to praise highly
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repudiate
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to reject as false or unjust
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loquacious
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very talkitive
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mintutia
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i minor detail
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garrulous
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wordy
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machination
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a scheme or the act of plotting
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voluble
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marked by ready flow of speech
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prmethean
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boldy creative, original
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atone
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to make up for a sin or fault
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umbrage
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offense or resentment
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sultry
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very humid or hot
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pastiche
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a dramatic, musical or literary work
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explicit
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fully/clearly expressed
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implicit
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implied or understood but not directly expressed
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cavalier
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a knight
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largeness
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generosity in spirt/ attitde
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mercurial
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haveing characteristics of shewdness,swiftness
quickly changing |
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abject
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sunk or exsisting in a low state.
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Ameliorate
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to improve/ make better
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Cleave
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to adhere firmly, loyally, closley
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dearth
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a scarity
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etmology
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the development of words
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faux pas
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social blunder
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facetious
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playfully humorous. lighthearted. not serious
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lionize
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to look at or treat a person as a celebrity
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panache
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dash, verve, style
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serendipity
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the phenomenon of discovering things on accident
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zenith
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peak
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acerbic
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sour or bitter in taste or tone
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mordant
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sarcastic
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neophyte
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recent convert to a belif, beginner
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Pernicious
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Tending to cause death or serious injury
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Bailiwick
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A person's specific area of intrest or expertise
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Winsome
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Generally pleasing, engaging because of childlike smile/innocence
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bumptious
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noisily self assertive
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cerulean
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azure blue or dark blue
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Fatuous
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smugly, unconsciously foolish, unreal
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sesquipedalian
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a long word
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celerity
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Swiftness of action, speed, haste
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