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17 Cards in this Set
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Ecomium
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A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
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Perambulate
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Walk or travel to or around a place or area.
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Prognosticate
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Foretell or prophecy
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Obdurate
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Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or actions
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Sublime
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Of such excellence, or beauty as to inspire such admiration or awe.
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Imbue
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Inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality.
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Chimerical
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A fire breathing female monster with a lion’s head, goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail.
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Capacious
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Having a lot of space inside, roomy.
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Precepts
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A general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought.
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Lassitude
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A state of physical or mental weariness; lack of energy.
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Prodigious
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Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.
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Deference
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Humble submission and respect
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Scrupulous
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Diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details
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Censure
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Express severe disapproval of someone or something.
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Supplant
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Supersede and replace
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Prostrate
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Lying stretched out on the ground with one’s face downward
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Squalid
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Extremely dirty and unpleasant place
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