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25 Cards in this Set
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Burgeon
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To grow and flourish
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Edify
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To instruct morally or spiritually; educate, enlighten, teach
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Sobriquet
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Nickname
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Wraith
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A ghost or specter
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Peccadillo
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A minor sin or offense
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Husband (v.)
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To manage economically; to use sparingly
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Umbrage
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Offense; resentment
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Invective
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Abusive language
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Perspicacious
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Astute, keen-witted, intelligent
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Mar
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To damage or deface; to spoil
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Peregrinate
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To wander from place to place; to travel, especially on foot
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Affected (adj.)
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Phony; artificial; insincere
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Assail
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To attack; to assault
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Sybarite
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A person devoted to pleasure and luxury
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Corroborate
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To support with evidence
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Phlegmatic
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Calm and unemotional in temperament
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Ersatz
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Fake
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Lugubrious
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Sorrowful, mournful, dismal
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Fecund
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Fertile; fruitful; productive
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Axiom
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Premise, postulate, self-evident truth
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Kindle
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To set fire or ignite; to excite or inspire
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Ingratiate
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To gain favor or an advantage by pleasing someone; flattery
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Rejoinder
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Response, retort
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Epicure
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A person with refined taste in food and wine
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Philistine
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A person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or artistic values; capitalist
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