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30 Cards in this Set
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accure
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to grow or accumulate over time
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annotation
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a critical or explanitory note or comment, especially for a literary work
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bedlam
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a state or scene of uprar and confusion
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covert
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hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret
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debonair
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pleasant, courteous, lighthearted, smooth and polished in manner and appearance
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dun
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to demand insistently, especially in payment of debt; a creditor, dark, dull, drab, dreary
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efficacious
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effective, producing results
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equanimity
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calmness, composure, refusal to panic
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fortuitous
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accidental, occurring by happy chance
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gist
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the essential part, main point, or essence
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accure
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to grow or accumulate over time
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annotation
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a critical or explanitory note or comment, especially for a literary work
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bedlam
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a state or scene of uprar and confusion
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covert
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hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret
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debonair
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pleasant, courteous, lighthearted, smooth and polished in manner and appearance
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dun
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to demand insistently, especially in payment of debt; a creditor, dark, dull, drab, dreary
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efficacious
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effective, producing results
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equanimity
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calmness, composure, refusal to panic
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fortuitous
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accidental, occurring by happy chance
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gist
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the essential part, main point, or essence
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gratuitous
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freely given, not called for by circumstances, unwarrented
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imperious
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overbearing, arrogand, seeking to dominate, pressing, compelling
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invective
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a strong denunciation or condemnation, abusive language, abusive, vituperative
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motley
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showing great variety, composed of different elements or many colors, a jester's costume, a jester
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munificent
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extreamly generous, lavish
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procrastinate
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to delay, put off unitl later
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provocative
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tending to produce a strong feeling or response, arousing desire or appetite, irritating, annoying
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recondite
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exceeding ordinary knowlage and understanding
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reprobate
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a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel; wicked, corrupt, unprincipaled; to disapprove of, condem
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sedentary
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charecterized by or calling for continued sitting, remaining in one place
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