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90 Cards in this Set
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aberrant
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wandering
divergent unusual |
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abscond
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depart in a sudden, secret manner
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accolade
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praise
expression of approval award for bravery |
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acumen
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keen insight
shrewdness |
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amalgamate
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mix
merge blend combine |
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ameliorate
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make better
make more bearable improve |
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anachranomism
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not in correct historical context
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archaic
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outdated
antiquated primitave ancient old |
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asceticism
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rigorous self denial
extreme abstinence austerity |
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austere
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without adornment or ease
solemn grave severely simple |
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aver
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assert or confirm with confidence
allege as fact |
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beatify
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bless
declare to be among the blessed to make blissfully happy |
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bombast
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pompous speech or writing
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brook
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bear
suffer tolerate |
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burgeon
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grow quickly
flourish |
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carcophony
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meaningless mixture of sound
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canonical
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relating to canon law
religious OR (x+9) with the highest power of x first |
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censure
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official reprimand
expression of disapproval |
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chicanery
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trickery and deception
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complaisant
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inclined to please
obliging agreeable or gracious |
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contentious
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quarrelsome
argumentative |
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demur
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to make objection
voice opposition |
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derision
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ridicule
mockery |
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diatribe
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abusive denunciation or attack
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didactic
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instructive
inclined to lecture teaching a moral lesson |
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emollient
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having the power of softening
relaxing |
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extemporaneous
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impromptu
made for the occasion |
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flag
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sag or droop
dwindle wilt slump wane |
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garulous
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excessively talkative
babbling verbose |
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glib
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talkative
loquacious facile smooth |
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hackneyed
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made commonplace or trite
stale banal through overuse overdone |
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harangue
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scolding or long verbal attack
diatribe |
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hedonism
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the doctrine that pleasure/happiness is the highest good
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heretical
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departure from accepted beliefs
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hubris
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excessive pride or self-confidence
arrogance |
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hyperbole
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obvious and intentional exaggeration
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intransigent
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unwilling to compromise
inflexible stubborn |
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laconic
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using few words
concise brief succinct |
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laud
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to give praise
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maverick
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a lone dissenter
one who resists adherence to a group nonconformist |
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nebulous
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hazy
vague indistinct |
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neologism
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a new word, meaning or phrase
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nice
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exacting
accuracy precision skill tact care or delicacy |
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obfuscate
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confuse
bewilder stupefy |
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penurious
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extremely stingy
poor destitute indigent inadequately supplied |
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plastic
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not rigid
capable of being molded being able to create |
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predilection
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bias
inclination predisposition |
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prescience
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knowledge of things before they exist
foresight |
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prodigal
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wastefully or recklessly extravagant
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quiescence
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a state of quiet, inactive
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quixotic
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impulsive
rashly unpredictible |
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rail
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complain bitterly
vehement denunciation |
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solicitous
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anxious
eager voracious |
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steep
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completely soak
saturate imbue immerse |
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surfeit
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an excessive amount
to eat or drink in excess |
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synthesis
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combining of separate elements to form a whole
logical deduction |
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tenuous
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thin
slender lacking strength rare lacking clarity having little substance |
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terse
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abruptly concise
curt brusque brief |
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urbane
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reflecting elegance
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vacillate
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to waiver in mind or opinion
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vexation
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irritation
annoyance nuisance |
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viscous
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of a glutinous nature
sticky thick high resistance to flow |
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vituperative
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using, containing or marked by harshly abusive censure
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waver
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sway
flutter become unsteady shake or tremble feel or show doubt |
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fetid
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stinking
having an offensive odor |
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denigrate
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belittle
criticize in a derogatory manner sully defame |
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indolent
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lazy
slothful disposition to avoid exertion |
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regale
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entertain
delight to feast |
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adulterate
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reduce purity
make impure by adding inferior ingredients |
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gossamer
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delicate
any thin, light fabric |
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castigation
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severe criticism
reprimand severely |
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succor
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assistance
help relief aid |
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pillory
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punish
to expose to public derision ridicule abuse |
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chary
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cautious
shy careful wary timid |
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avarice
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greed for wealth
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tortuous
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lacking simplicity
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prevaricate
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to avoid the truth
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cogent
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a convincing argument
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quaff
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to deeply drink
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filibuster
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to stall legislation
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alchemy
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the study of how to make gold
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inimical
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causing harm
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disabuse
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to remove an idea that is false
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dearth
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inadequate supply
scarcity lack |
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assuage
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to make milder or less severe
relieve ease mitigate |
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torpid
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inactive or sluggish
slow dull apathetic lethargic |
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ubiquitous
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existing or being everywhere at the same time
omnipresent |
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adulation
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to show excessive admiration or devotion to
flatter |
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salubrious
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favorable to or promoting health
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unfeigned
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sincere
genuince |
