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116 Cards in this Set
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Stentorian
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Extremely loud
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Prolix
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Tediously prolonged; wordy.
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Pleiad
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A group of seven illustrious persons.
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Spleen
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Anger; spite; ill-humor
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Champaign
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Flat; open; level
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Plebeian
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crude, vulgar, or coarse; of low rank; common.
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Maecenas
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A wealthy and generous patron, esp. of literature or art.
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tete-a-tete
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(head-to-head)
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Ramify
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to divide into branches or subdivisions.
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Ascendancy
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controlling influence
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Platitude
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trite remark; commonplace statement.
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Consort
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husband or wife
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Spendthrift
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someone who wastes money
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Firebrand
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hothead; troublemaker.
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Unfeigned
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genuine; real.
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Floe
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mass of floating ice
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Deplore
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to regret
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Cameo
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shell or jewel carved in relief
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Secrete
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to hide away or cache; to produce and release a substance into an organism.
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Nicety
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precision; minute distraction.
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Codicil
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supplement to the body of a will
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Harbinger
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forerunner
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Sinecure
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well-paid person with little responsibility
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Facile
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easy; expert.
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Hap
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chance; luck.
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Cerebration
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thought
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Fervid
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intensely emotional; feverish.
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Cozen
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to cheat, deceive, or trick.
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Duress
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compulsory force or threat; coercion.
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Bilious
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peevish; irritable; cranky;
extremely unpleasant or distasteful. |
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Gamesome
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playful; frolicsome.
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Drollery
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an oddly amusing story or jest; something whimsically funny.
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Prate
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to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble
to utter in empty or foolish talk. |
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Amity
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friendship; peaceful harmony.
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Splenetic
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irritable; peevish; spiteful.
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Remonstrance
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earnest opposition or protest.
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Doggerel
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rude, crude, or poor poetry.
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Effuse
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to exude; flow out.
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Defray
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To undertake the payment of (costs or expenses); pay.
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Coxcomb
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A conceited dandy; a fop.
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Expatiate
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To speak or write at length.
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Importunate
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persistent in requesting; pressingly entreating.
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Chimera
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a horrible or unreal creature of the imagination; a vain or idle fancy.
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Sagacity
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acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment.
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Pinion
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a gear with a small number of teeth, esp. one engaging with a rack or larger gear.
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Tendentious
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Marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan; biased.
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Lorgnette
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A pair of eyeglasses or opera glasses with a short handle.
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Signet
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a small official seal.
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Reticule
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a small purse or bag.
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Vapid
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Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull.
Lacking taste, zest, or flavor; flat. |
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Quirt
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A riding whip with a short handle and a lash of braided rawhide.
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Perspicacious
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having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning.
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Peccadillo
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A small sin or fault.
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Yataghan
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a long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge.
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Infusoria
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microscopic animal life (not technical).
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Parsimonious
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excessively sparing or frugal
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Blasé
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Uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence.
Unconcerned; nonchalant. Very sophisticated. |
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Acolyte
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A devoted follower or attendant.
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Iconoclastic
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One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions.
One who destroys sacred religious images. |
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Replete
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Abundantly supplied; abounding.
Filled to satiation; gorged. |
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Sidereal
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relating to the stars or constellations
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Abstruse
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hard to understand; recondite; esoteric
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Preclude
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keep from happening or arising; make impossible; prevent
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Resplendent
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shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid
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Plash
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a light splash
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Timorous
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full of fear; fearful
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Spate
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a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring
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Sepulchral
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of or pertaining to burial
hollow or deep (~ tones) |
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Purl
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1. to flow with a murmuring sound or with a curling motion;
2. to knit with a reverse stitch |
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Heath
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a tract of open and uncultivated land
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Sumptuous
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rich and superior in quality
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Brocade (v.)
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to weave a design into
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Obeisance
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an attitude of deference or homage
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Pallid
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pale or wan in complexion;
Lacking in radiance or vitality; dull |
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Demure
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modest and reserved in manner or behavior; shy
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Lapis
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a medium to dark blue; a stone
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Proffer
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to put before a person for acceptance; offer
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Empyreal
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pertaining to the highest heaven; pertaining to the sky; celestial
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Tutelary
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being or serving as a guardian or protector
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Evince
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to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove
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Subterfuge
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a deceptive stratagem or device
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Fiat
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an authoritative but arbitrary order
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Avow
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to acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly; confess; admit openly and bluntly
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Trammel
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to hold in trammels; restrain; to catch or entangle as in a net
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Votary
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a person who is fervently devoted, as to a leader or ideal; a faithful follower; a devout adherent of a cult or religion
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Gild
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to cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold;
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Besotted
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to muddle or stupefy, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation
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Indefatigable
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incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring
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Preponderance
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superiority in weight, force, importance, or influence
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Consign
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commit forever; commit irrevocably
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Immolate
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to kill as a sacrifice; destroy by fire
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Rostrum
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a pulpit or stage for public speaking
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Anathema
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a detested, cursed, or despised person; one who has been excommunicated or damned
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Immure
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to shut in; seclude or confine; to enclose within walls
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Bedaub
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to stain or soil; to ornament in a vulgar or showy fashion
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Pugnacious
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Inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative
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Clemency
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Mercy; leniency; forbearance; mildness (weather)
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Petulant
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Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish; Contemptuous in speech or behavior
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Pithy
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Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief
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Congenial
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Agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character
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Vaunted
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Praised boastfully or excessively
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Brook (v.)
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To put up with; tolerate
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Fickle
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wavering; unstable; of a changeable mind; capricious
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Calico
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plain or unprinted white cloth; coarse cotton cloth
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Impudent
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shamelessly bold; insolent
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Insolent
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disrespectful of custom or authority; disregard for others
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Supine
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lying on the back, face upward
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Languor
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lack of vigor or vitality; lack of interest or spirit
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Indolence
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habitual idleness; laziness
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Benign
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kind; gracious; agreeable; beneficial; doing no harm
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Galvanize
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to startle; excite; apply electric current to
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Precentor
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leader or director of the choir in a cathedral; one who leads the singing in church
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Internecine
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Mutually destructive; conflict or struggle within a group; deadly
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Détente
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a relaxing of tension, usually between rivals
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Feral
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wild; untamed; existing in a natural state
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Sylvan
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Of, pertaining to, or inhabiting the woods
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