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30 Cards in this Set
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evanescent
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not lasting long temporary
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Youth is evanescnent, you get old quick.
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quiescence
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a period of inactivity
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The quiescence of the lake house was calm and peaceful.
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umbrage
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offensive
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The umbrage of the cops breaking up the party caused us to hate cops.
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rife
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filled with something negative
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The paper was rife with error and I got an F.
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wont
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predisposed to do something
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Supermans wonts are to save people and get girls, but Clark Kent, thats another story.
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garner
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accumulate over time
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We garnered enough money to buy a pound cake.
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inchoate
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incipient and in beginning stages
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They were the inchoates of the marriage and after the first year, he wanted to dump her to the curb.
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fusillade
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rapid outpour
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The fusillade of the bullets coming out of the gun was rapid.
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byzantine
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complex, highly stylized and elaborate
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The math class was byzantine and filled problems I couldnt answer so I dropped out.
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prowess
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skilled ability
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Sexual prowess is my forte.
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salubrious
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healthy and causing good health
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Smoking marijuana has a salubrious effect to the health, says many doctors in California.
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nepotism
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getting ahead based on personal connection
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Ted used nepotism to get his job working for Budweiser.
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celerity
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speed, how fast something is done
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Hopefully my xs graduation finishes with celerity.
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luminary
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giving off light, or a person who is held in high esteem
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A lighter, summer vacation and my great grandfather are all luminaries in my opinion.
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chimerical
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fantasy like
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The chimerical car actually looked like a horse, that how sweet it was.
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abrogate
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to take back
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He abrogated his marriage to Pamela Anderson and dated someone a lot younger.
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diurnal
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active during the day
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Racoons are not diurnal, old people are.
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melange
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a mixture of unlike things
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The witches potion was a melange of poisens and bodies and drugs.
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circumspect
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cautious, wary and suspicious
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The girls excuse with circumspect at best, and I could tell she was lying
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altruistic
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selfish, doing something for someone else
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Someone else be altruistic for a change, and you go to the DAMN graduation ceremony.
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quintessential
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the most typical or the best of something
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The quintessential drugs are found in Amsterdam or Wayland.
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pedantic
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sticking rigidly to routine, boring
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The old teacher had a pedantic teaching style and put me to sleep.
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succint
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direct, using few words.
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Let me be succint with you. I'd go out with you only after I had a lobotomy.
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pivotal
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the turning point in a story or moment
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The pivotal moment in my year will be June 22nd.
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dilettante
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amateaur, noob
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The dilettante players who think they have game usually get pewned by me.
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meritorious
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worty of praise
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My playing skills are pretty downright meritorious, so bow down to the masta.
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winnow
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to separate cheap from expensive
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We winnowed the good stuff from the bad stuff from the bags of stuff.
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judicious
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using good judgment
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some people think smoking pot is judicious but usually judges don't.
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savant
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extremely talented
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The savant stripper was able to do a back flip on the pole.
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omniscient
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all knowing
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Some people like to think of me as an omnicient buddha.
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