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30 Cards in this Set
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Abject |
Showing humiliation or submissiveness |
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Feint |
Plant disease resulting in withering without rotting |
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Blight |
Distracting or deceptive maneuver |
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Undulation |
Wavelike motion |
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Disquisition |
Elaborate analytical or explanatory essay |
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Exordium |
Introductory section of an oration |
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Poignant |
Keenly distressing to the mind or feeling |
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Manifold |
Many and varied |
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Dilatory |
Wasting time |
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Acquiesce |
agree or express agreement |
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Sedulous |
Marked by care and persistent effort |
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Eminent |
Especially standing out above others |
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Illustrious |
Having or conferring glory |
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Repose |
Disposition free from stress or emotion; rest |
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Expedite |
Process fast and efficiently |
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Sophism |
Deliberately invalid argument displaying inguenuity in reasoning |
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Knell |
Sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death |
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Entreat |
Ask for or request earnestly |
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Sanguine |
Confidently optimistic and cheerful |
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Deposition |
Removing a powerful person from a position or office |
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Augury |
Indicating important things to come |
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Feeble |
Lacking strength |
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Languid |
Lacking spirit or liveliness |
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Abode |
Dwelling; house |
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Precarious |
Fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
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Consternation |
Affording no ease or reassurance |
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Vanquish |
Come out better in a competition |
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Remonstrate |
Argue in protest or opposition |
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Placid |
Body of water free from disturbance by heavy waves |
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Chasm |
Deep opening in the earths surface |
