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19 Cards in this Set
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Expiate |
Do something to make amends for doing something wrong |
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Assiduous |
Showing great care, effort |
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Sedulous |
Diligent, careful perseverance |
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Soporific |
Causing a person to tire |
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Teleological |
Exhibiting design or purpose esp. In nature |
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Preternatural |
Existing outside of nature, inexplicable by ordinary means |
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Consonant |
In agreement/harmony with something |
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Preclude |
To prevent |
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Allay |
Reduce in severity |
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Satiate |
To fully satisfy a need |
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Anodyne |
Serving to alleviate pain, inoffensive |
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Iridescence |
Lustrous rainbow effect, lustrous or attractive quality or effect |
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Pavonine |
Of or like a peacock |
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Parietal |
Having vaguely to do with cavities of the body, colleges, or otherwise |
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Saturnine |
Sluggish, gloomy, due to absorption of lead |
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Taciturn |
Silent, reluctant to join in conversation, reticent |
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Cauterize |
To burn for curative purposes |
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Ostracize |
Exclude from society or friendship, banish |
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Promulgated |
To make known by open declaration |
