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30 Cards in this Set
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Connoisseur |
A person possessing expert knowledge or training; a person of informed and discriminating taste |
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Conscript |
Person compulsorily enrolled for military service |
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Continence |
Self control; abstention from sexual activity |
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contumacious |
Disobedient; rebellious |
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contrite |
sorrowful for a wrong |
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contentious |
Quarrelsome; causing quarrels |
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Acrimonious |
Bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous |
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Convivial |
Sociable |
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Prolific |
Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile |
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Fidelity |
faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances.
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arbitrary |
Determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle |
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Culpable |
Deserving of blame or censure; blameworthy |
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Sequestration |
The process of removing a chemical from the environment and sequestering it in an organic or physical structure
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Sobriquet |
An affectionate or humorous nickname An assumed name |
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Meliorated |
To make better, improve |
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Promulgate |
To make known to the public; popularize or advocate
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Cretaceous |
Of, containing, or resembling chalk The Cretaceous Period is characterized by the formation of modern continents from the supercontinent Pangaea and by the development of flowering plants. The Period ended with the sudden extinction of the dinosaurs and many other forms of life |
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Exigent |
Requiring immediate action; pressing |
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Foment |
To arise or incite (trouble) To treat |
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Obloquy |
Abusively detractive language or utterance; calumny
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Diaphanous |
Sufficiently thin or airy as to be translucent: a diaphanous gown Of such fine composition as to be easily damaged or broken; delicate |
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deleterious |
Causing harm or damage |
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Pernicious |
Tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly
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contumacious |
Obstinately disobedient or rebellious; insubordinate
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Seditious |
Having the nature of sedition - Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state |
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Imprecation |
Curse |
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Cabal |
A conspiratorial group of plotters or intriguers A secret scheme or polot |
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Hegemony |
The predominance of one state or social group over others
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Ribald |
Characterized by or indulging in humor that is vulgar and lewd
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Plucky |
Having or showing courage and spirit in trying circumstances - brave |
