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86 Cards in this Set
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gambit |
manuever to win |
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besotted |
strongly affectionate toward |
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browbeat |
bossy |
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hoary |
ancient
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arrogate |
control without authority |
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recrudesce |
happen again |
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objurgate |
express strong disapproval |
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pith |
essential |
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percipient |
highly perceptive |
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artifice |
deceiving trick |
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atavism |
throwback |
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deign |
do something below dignity |
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appurtenant |
supplying added support |
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chimera |
something desirably but unattainable |
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solicitude |
feeling of concern |
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unstinting |
very generous |
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baleful |
foreshadowing bad things |
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doleful |
evoking sadness |
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meteoric |
in speed |
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apothegm |
pithy saying |
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ersatz |
phony |
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ineffable |
too sacred to be uttered |
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inanity |
lack of meaning or ideas |
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paragon |
model of excellence |
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epigram |
witty saying |
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untrammeled |
not confined |
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internecine |
conflict in a group |
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pontificate |
talk in a dogmatic way |
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abjure |
formally reject |
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mendicant |
pauper that makes their life by begging |
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desideratum |
something desired as necessary |
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enormity |
act of extreme wickedness |
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facile |
lacking depth |
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tyro |
someone new to a field |
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assiduously |
done with care |
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stultify |
lose enthusiasm thru repetition |
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desiccated |
uninteresting |
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proselytize |
convert someone to another religion |
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solicitous |
hovering attentiveness |
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panegyric |
formal expression of praise |
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impugn |
attack as false |
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inequity |
injustice for not conforming |
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turgid |
pompous |
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proscribe |
command against |
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obtuse |
slow to learn |
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aplomb |
great coolness under pressure |
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elegiac |
expressing sorrow |
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doughty |
brave |
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bromide |
trite or obvious remark |
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inscrutable |
not easily understood |
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dolorous |
showing sorrow |
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noisome |
bad smell |
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callow |
young, inexperienced |
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complaisant |
cheerful willingness to do favors |
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vaunted |
highly praised |
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hauteur |
overbearing pride, think one is superior to others |
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dissolution |
life of indulgence in sensual pleasure |
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flag |
droop |
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modicum |
small amount |
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abrogate |
revoke |
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demonstrative |
open expression of emotion |
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graft |
corruption |
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simulacrum |
bad imitation |
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canard |
deliberately misleading fabrication |
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pillory |
ridicule |
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sardonic |
ironically humorous, scornful and mocking |
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loath |
unwilling to do something that normally do |
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halcyon |
idyllically calm |
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surfeit |
excessive amount of something |
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infelicitous |
inappropriate |
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splenetic |
irritable |
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evanescent |
vanish like vapor |
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verisimilitude |
appearance of the truth |
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bereft |
unhappy in love, sorrowful from loss or deprivation |
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trenchant |
full force or vigor |
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row |
angry dispute |
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exiguity |
meager |
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inelectable |
impossible to avoid |
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officious |
intrusive in a meddling manner |
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eponym |
name derived from a person |
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promulgate |
state or announce |
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raillery |
light teasing |
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palaver |
speak rapidly and incessantly |
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dissipate |
squander or spend money |
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capitulate |
surrender |
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chauvinism |
fanatical patriotism |
