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50 Cards in this Set
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legerdemain |
sleight of hand, cleveryly executed trick
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puerile
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childish, immature
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complicity
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conspiracy, partnership in wrong doing
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transmute
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to transform to a higher state
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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edify
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to instruct, improve
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supercilious
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haughty, proud
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dissemble
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to disguise, conceal under a false appearance
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vacuous
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empty, vacant
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capacious
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roomy spacious
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mnemonic
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helping or pertaining to the memory
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sonorous
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resonant, deep, full, and rich in sound
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admonish
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to warn or notify of a fault or error
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paradigm
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an example
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circuitous
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roundabout, not straightforward
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vindicate
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to clear from blame
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bucolic
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rural, rustic
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ostracize
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to banish, send into exile
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plethora
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an excess, surplus
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proclivity
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an inclination, liking
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commensurate
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proportionate, corresponding in amount
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incessant
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constant, uninterrupted
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sycophant
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a flatterer, a parasite
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tangential
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not closely related
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tenable
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defensible, reasonable
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impalpable
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incapable of being felt or understood
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odious
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hateful, detestable
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ubiquitous
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existing or seeming to exist everywhere
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ruminate
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to turn over in the mind, think about again and again
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remuneration
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payment, compensation
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peccadillo
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a small sin, slight offense
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cacophony
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a harsh, jarring sound
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refractory
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stubborn and disobedient
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supine
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lying down on the back
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iconoclast
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a person who attacks cherished or popular beliefs
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banal
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common, ordinary
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heterodox
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having or expressing an opinion different from the accepted oppinion
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enervate
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to weaken, drain of energy
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grandiloquent
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characterized by lofty, high flown language
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levity
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lightness or gaiety of manner or expression
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lugubrious
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mournful and gloomy
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equanimity
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composure, calmness
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stricture
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a criticism, critical comment
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infinitesimal
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too small to be measured or calculated
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opulent
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rich, wealthy
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goad
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to prod or urge to action
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disparage
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to belittle, depreciate
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malinger
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to pretend to be sick to avoid work or duty
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discursive
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rambling, wandering from one subject to another
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aver
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to state positively
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