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43 Cards in this Set
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requisite
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necessary
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requite
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to repay either good or evil to, as to a preson
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restive
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resisting control
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resistive. resisting anything that appears stiff
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retinue
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the grop of people who accompany an important person during travels
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revinue
revenue of an important person sticking out of his pockets |
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ribald
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indulging in or manifesting coarse indecency or obscenity
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like laughing about baldness
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riscible
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capable of exciting laughter
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like irresistable
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ruffian
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a lawless or recklessly brutal fellow
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ruff
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ruminate
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To chew over again, as food previously swallowed
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reminisce
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sagacious
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Able to discern and distinguish with wise perception.
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salacious
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having strong sexual desires
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salient
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standing out prominently
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and silently
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sanguine
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cheerfully confident
like a penguin |
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sardonic
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scornfully or bitterly sarcastic
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someone poured vinegar into the can of sardines
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satiate
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to satisfy desires of
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satyr
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a very lascivious person
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usually happens on saturday
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scintilla
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the faintest ray
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scintillating
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sinecure
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Any position having emoluments with few or no duties.
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secure
enough time for a manicure |
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sinuous
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curving in and out
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inside sinus cavity of person
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skiff
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Usually, a small light boat propelled by oars.
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skipping around
boat skirting around the skirts of the shore |
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somniferous
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tending to produce sleep
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somnia
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somnolent
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sleepy
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sonorous
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resonant
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sonor
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sophistry
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Reasoning sound in appearance only, especially when designedly deceptive.
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only sophisticated people do this
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specious
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plausible
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spec (ulate)
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stanch
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to stop the flowing of, to check
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staunch
the stance of stopping somthing |
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supercilious
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exhibiting haughty and careless contempt
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contempt about something super silly
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supernumerary
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superfluous
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numerous, full of fluid
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surfeit
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to feed to fullness or to satiety
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a person becomes not so fit if he eats all the time (above fit)
sur (above) feit to feed all these people to fullness |
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sybarite
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a luxurious person
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house in cyber space
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sycophant
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a servile flatterer, especially of those in authority or influence
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"psycho"
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termerity
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foolhardy disregard of danger; recklessness
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one who has a temper
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timorous
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lacking courage
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timothy
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torrid
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excessively hot
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torrent of hot winds
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travestry
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a grotesque imitation
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can you imagine a tapestry of Mona lisa? It would look more like a travestry
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turbid
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in state of turmoil, muddled
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turbulent
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turgid
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swollen
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turpitude
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depravity
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turtle inpit
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tyro
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One slightly skilled in or acquainted with any trade or profession.
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imagine a court jester in cyro egypt who has a tyring turban
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ubiquitous
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Being present everywhere. the what is ominous?
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ulterior
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not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of.
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umbrage
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a sense of injury
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abrasion
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unctuous
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oily
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uncle has an oily head
unto us a son is given, the wise men gave Jesus some oily spices |
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undulate
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to move like a wave or in waves
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unduly motionful
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