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67 Cards in this Set
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Illicit
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Unlawful, Illegal
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Ambiguous
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Open to more than one interpretation
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Ambivalent
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Having opposing feelings
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Rationalization
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Satisfying but false reason for one's behavior
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Tractable
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Easily managed or controlled
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Obsequious
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Humbly or excessively attentive
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Impressionistic
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Recreating the emotion or impression rather than the factual experience
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Hendiadys
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The expression of an idea by use of two independent words connected by and (Nice and warm)
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Inert
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Lacking the ability or strength to move
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Cathartic
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Purging of emotions and tensions, especially through music
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Wheedle
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To persuade by flattery
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Filial
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Characterizing of an offspring
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Nuance
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Subtle distinction or quality
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Portent
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Something that foreshadows a coming event
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Vagrant (n.)
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A person in poverty who wanders from place to place without a home or employment.
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Pious
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Having or showing reverence for God, or a wish to fulfill religious obligations
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Hedonism
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The pursuit of pleasure
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Harbinger
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Person or thing that announces the approach of another
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Equivocation
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The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or avoid commitment
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Relegate
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To demote to an obscure place or position
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Audacious
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Extremely bold or daring
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Pariah
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One who is despised or rejected
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Misogyny
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A hatred of women
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Rapture
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A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
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Usurp
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To seize and hold a position/power by force or without legal right
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Feral
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A wild state; resembling a wild animal
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Melange
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A mixture/medley
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Enthrall
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To capture the attention of; enslave
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Elation
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A feeling of great pride or joy
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Supplication
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A humble request for help from authority
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Diaspora
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The migration of people from an established or ancestral homeland
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Preternatural
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Exceeding what is natural or ordinary
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Mesmerize
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Attract strongly; hypnotize
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Austere
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Severe in manner or appearance; strict
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Quaint
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Charmingly odd
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Ardent
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Passionate
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Bereft
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Deprived ruthlessly by force and made desolate
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Imperious
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Arrogantly domineering; urgent
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Inherent
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Existing in someone or something as a permanent quality; Inborn
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Pendulous
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Hanging loosely; suspended as to swing or sway
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Predilection
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An established preference for something
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Benign
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Having a kindly disposition; gracious
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Querulous
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Full of complaints; complaining
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Leviathan
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Something unusually large
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Spectral
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Resembling a specter; ghostly
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Sibilant
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Hissing
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Desecrate (v.)
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To violate the sacredness of; profane
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Vehement
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Strongly emotional
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Adamant
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Impervious to please, appeals or reason
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Epiphany
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A sudden realization
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Exhort
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To urge, advise or caution
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Jaundice
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Yellow discoloration of the skin; state of feeling where views are prejudiced by envy
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Pragmatic
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Dealing with things practically
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Puritan (adj.)
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Severely critical of other moral beliefs
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Static
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Characterized by a fixed or stationary condition
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Surfeit
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To feed or supply to excess
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Obdurate
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Unmoved by persuasion or pity
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Spontaneous
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Happening or arising without apparent external cause
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Penitent
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Feeling regretful for sins or offenses
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Pastoral
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Rural
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Spurious
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Not genuine, authentic, or true
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Stoic
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Being seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
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Inveterate
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Having a particular habit that is long established and unlikely to change
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Rancorous
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Full of showing hostility
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Mollify
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To calm in temper or feeling; soothe
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Acrimonious
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Expressing bitter animosity, especially in speech
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Primordial
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Being or happening first in sequence of time; original
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