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130 Cards in this Set
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Plenary
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complete in every way
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Beatific
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having a blissful appearance
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Surcease
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to put or come to an end
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Recompense
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compensate
pay for |
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Rancor
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bitter
deep seated ill will |
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Truncheon
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shattered spear or lance
baton |
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Sebaceous
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fatty
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Dilatory
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to cause delay
tardy |
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Ebullition
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sudden outburst
boiling |
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Relegate
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send into exile
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Recondite
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hidden from sight
obscure |
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Redolent
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exuding fragrance
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Dissimulate
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hide under false appearance
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Vitiate
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to weaken
impair |
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Curvet
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prancing leap of a horse
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Adventitious
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accidental
nonessential |
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Animus
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basic attitude
ill will inner masculinity |
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Descried
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to catch sight of
find discover |
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Expurgate
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cleanse of immorality
remove offensive passages |
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Liaison
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bond or connection
illicit relationship |
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Lassitude
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weariness
listlessness |
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Perfidious
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faithless
disloyal |
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Consummate
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complete in every detail
skilled and accomplished |
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Disconsolate
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cheerless
dejected downcast |
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Coterie
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clique
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Conduit
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pipe, tube for conveying fluid
natural passage |
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Shibboleth
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a slogan
password |
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Evanescent
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vanishing fading away
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Parsimonious
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frugal or stingy
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Compendium
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a brief summary
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astringent
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harsh
severe |
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asperity
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harshness
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argot
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jargon
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anodyne
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something that soothes pain
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Apothegm
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terse, witty saying
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Allay
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to lessen, ease
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alleviate
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to relieve
improve slightly |
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Abeyance
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temporary suppression
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Abjure
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to abandon formally
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abstemious
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moderate in appetite
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Bonhomie
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good natured geniality
atmosphere of good cheer |
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Knell
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sound of a funeral bell
omen of death or failure |
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Diaphanous
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allowing light to show through
delicate |
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Languid
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lacking energy
indifferent slow |
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Lissome
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easily limber
agile |
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Licentious
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immoral
unrestrained by society |
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Chicanery
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deception by means of craft or guile
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Burgeon
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to grow and flourish
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Diffident
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lacking self-confidence
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Obdurate
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hardened in feeling
resistant to persuasion |
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Equivocate
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deliberately say one thing but mean another
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Diatribe
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an abusive, condemnatory speech
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Ingenuous
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showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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Disingenuous
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not candid or sincere
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Capricious
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changing one's mind quickly and often
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Elegy
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a sorrowful poem or speech
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Intractable
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not easily managed or manipulated
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Insipid
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lacking interest or flavor
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Perfidious
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willing to betray one's trust
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Implacable
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unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
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Phlegmatic
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calm and unemotional in temperament
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Dilatory
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intend to delay
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Ethos
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beliefs or character of a group
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Machination
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plot or scheme
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Magnate
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Powerful influential person
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Lampoon
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ridicule with satire
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Larceny
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theft of property
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Dictum
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authoritative statement
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Eulogy
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speech in praise of someone
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Tacit
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done without using words
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Desicate
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to dry out thoroughly
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Pervaricate
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to lie or deviate from the truth
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Aberrant
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deviating from what is normal or expected
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Dissonance
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a harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds
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Misanthrope
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a person who dislikes others
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Engender
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to produce, cause or bring about
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Obsequious
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overly submissive and eager to please
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Irascible
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easily made angry
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Imperturbable
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not capable of being disturbed
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Repudiate
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to reject the validity of
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Abscond
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to leave secretly
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Rhetoric
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Effective writing or speaking
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Requite
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to return
repay |
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Sedition
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behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state
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Sinecure
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a well-paying job or office that requires little or no work
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Diurnal
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existing during the day
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Edify
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to instruct morally and spiritually
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Ephemeral
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lasting a short time
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Antipathy
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extreme dislike
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Pungent
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sharp
irritating to the senses |
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Esoteric
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known or understood by only a few
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Redress
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relief from wrong or injury
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Venerable
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respected because of age
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Impetuous
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quick to act without thinking
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Hermetic
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tightly sealed
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Ford
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cross a body of water by wading
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Hegemony
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domination of one state or group over its allies
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Florid
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excessively decorated or embellished
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Pendant
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someone who shows off learning
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Parley
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Discussion, usually between enemies
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Parry
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to ward off or deflect, especially by a quick-witted answer
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Probity
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complete honesty
integrity |
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Acidulous
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sour in taste or manner
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Aerie
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a nest built high in the air
an elevated, often secluded dwelling |
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Gambol
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to dance or skip around playfully
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Incarnadine
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blood-red in color
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Distaff
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the female branch of a family
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Interregnum
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period between reigns
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Polyglot
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a speaker of many languages
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Pastiche
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piece of literature or music imitating other works
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Opine
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to express and opinion
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Oblique
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indirect or evasive
misleading or devious |
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Neologism
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new word or expression
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Monastic
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extremely plain or secluded, as in a monastery
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Missive
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a written note or letter
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Metaphor
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figure of speech comparing two different things
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Investiture
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a ceremony offering authority
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Syncopation
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temporary irregularity in musical rhythm
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Stratagem
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trick designed to deceive an enemy
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Precis
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short summary of facts
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Perspicacious
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shrewd astute or keen-witted
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Analgesia
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a lessening of pain without loss of consciousness
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Jingoism
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belligerent support of one's country
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Juncture
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point of time, especially where two things are joined
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Mannered
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artificial or stilted in character
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Potentate
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monarch or ruler with great power
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Pragmatic
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practical
as opposed to idealistic |
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Ribald
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humorous in a vulgar way
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Slake
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to calm down or moderate
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Sybarite
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a person devoted to pleasure and luxury
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