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56 Cards in this Set
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abstruse
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extremely difficult to understand, esoteric
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affront
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an open or intentional insult
to insult one's face, confront offense offend |
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canard
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false rumor, fabricated story
hoax |
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captious
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excessively ready to find fault
faultfinding, nit-picking, carping |
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cognizant
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aware, knowledgeable, informed, conscious
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contrite
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regretful for some misdeed or sin, full of guilt
remorseful, rueful |
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cynosure
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the center of attraction, attention, or interest
focus |
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decorous
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well behaved, dignified, socially proper
seemly, becoming, tasteful |
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deign
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to think it appropriate to one's dignity to do something, to condescend
deem, stoop |
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desiccated
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thoroughly dried out, divested of spirit or vitality, arid and uninteresting
dehydrated, shriveled, parched |
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efficacy
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the power to produce a desired result
effectiveness, potency, reliability |
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engender
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to bring into existence, give rise to, produce, to come into existence
beget, generate, cause, form |
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ethereal
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light, airy, delicate, highly refined, suggesting what is heavenly
celestial, gossamer |
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facade
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front or face of a building, a surface appearance
exterior, surface, mask, pretense |
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ghoulish
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revolting in an unnatural or morbid way, suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead
fiendish, barbarous, monstrous |
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incongruous
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not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible
discordant, jarring |
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machination
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crafty, scheming, or underhanded action designed to accomplish some end
plot, scheme, maneuver |
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opprobrium
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disgrace arising from shameful conduct, contempt, reproach
infamy, dishonor, odium, shame |
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putative
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generally regarded as such, reputed, hypothesized
supposed, presumed |
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beatific
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blissful, rendering or making blessed
rapturous, ecstatic, transcendent |
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behemoth
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creature of enormous size, power, or appearance
mammoth, whale, elephant, colossus |
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blandishment
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anything designed to flatter or coax, sweet talk, apple-polishing
allurement, enticement, cajolery |
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cacophonous
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harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonant
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chicanery
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trickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double-dealing
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consign
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to give over to another's care, charge, or control
to entrust, deliver, to set apart for a special use transfer, remit, convey |
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coup
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highly successful stroke, masterstroke, sudden takeover of power or leadership
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euphemism
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mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one, a substitute
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febrile
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feverish, frentice
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gainsay
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to deny, contradict, controvert, to dispute, oppose
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imminent
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about to happen, threatening, impending, looming
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manifest
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clear, evident to the eyes or mind, list of cargo
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minutiae
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small details
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moratorium
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suspension of activity, official waiting period, postponement, stoppage
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nostrum
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an alleged cure-all, remedy
panacea, elixir |
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pariah
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one who is rejected by a social group or organization, outcast
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wizened
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dry , shrunken, and wrinkled, withered, shriveled
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amenity
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pleasant, agreeable, attractive features
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aperture
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an opening, gap, hole, orifice
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dissidence
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difference of opinion, discontent, disagreement, dissent, disaffection
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epicurean
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devoted to the pursuit of pleasure, person with discriminating tastes, hedonistic, sybaritic, discriminating
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improvident
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not thrifty, failing to plan ahead, prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant
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iniquity
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wickedness, sin, evil, crime
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inviolable
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sacred, sacrosanct, unassailable
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mutable
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open to change, fickle
changeable, variable |
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nascent
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just beginning to exist or develop, budding, embryonic
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obeisance
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deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission, deference, homage
respect, honor |
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panegyric
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formal or elaborate praise, tribute
encomium, testimonial |
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pillory
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device for publicly punishing offenders, means for exposing one to public contempt
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pittance
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woefully, meager allowance, wage, or portion
modicum, trifle |
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presage
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to foreshadow or point to a future event, to predict, a warning, augur, portend, foretell
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progeny
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descendants, offspring, children, followers, disciples
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promulgate
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to proclaim or issue officially, to make known far and wide, announce
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rectitude
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uprightness, righteousness, correctness
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restive
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restless, hard to manage, balky, uneasy, fidgety
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seraphic
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angelic, heavenly, celestial
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subsist
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to have existence, to remain alive, manage to make a living or maintain life, to persist or continue, last, survive, sustain
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