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60 Cards in this Set
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argot
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a specialized vocabulary used by a group
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arrest
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to stop; to seize
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artifact
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item made by human craft
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artless
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guileless; natural
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ascetic
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one who practices self-denial
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asperity
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severity; harshness; irritability
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aspersion
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slander; false rumor
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assiduous
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diligent; hard-working
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assuage
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to make less severe
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astringent
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harsh; severe
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asylum
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place of refuge or shelter
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atavism
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in biology, the reappearance of a characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; individual or a part that exhibits atavism; return of a trait after a period of absence
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attenuate
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to weaken
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audacious
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bold; daring
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austere
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stern; unadorned; simple
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autonomous
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self-governing; independent
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avarice
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greed
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aver
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to affirm; declare to be true
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avocation
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secondary occupation
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avuncular
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like an uncle, benevolent and tolerant
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axiomatic
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taken for granted; self-evident truth
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bacchanalian
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pertaining to riotous or drunken festivity; pertaining to revelry
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banal
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commonplace; trite
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banter
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playful conversation
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bard
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poet
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bawdy
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obscene
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beatify
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to sanctify; to bless; to ascribe a virtue to
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bedizen
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to dress in a vulgar, showy manner
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behemoth
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huge creature; anything very large and powerful
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belie
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to contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression
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beneficent
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kindly; doing good
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bifurcate
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to divide into two parts
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blandishment
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flattery
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blase
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bored because of frequent indulgence; unconcerned
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bolster
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to give a boost to; prop up; support
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bombastic
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pompous; using inflated language
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boorish
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rude; insensitive
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bovine
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cowlike
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brazen
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bold; shameless
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broach
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to mention for the first time
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bucolic
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characteristic of the countryside; rustic; pastoral
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burgeon
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to grow and flourish
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burnish
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to polish
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buttress
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to reinforce; support
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cacaphonous
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unpleasant or harsh-sounding
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cadge
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to beg; sponge
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callous
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thick-skinned; insensitive
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calumny
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false and malicious accusation; slander
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canard
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false; deliberately misleading story
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canon
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an established set of principles; a basis or standard for judgment; a group of literary works
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cant
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insincere talk; language of a particular group
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cantankerous
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irritable; ill-humored
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capricous
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fickle
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captious
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faultfinding; intended to entrap, as in an argument
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cardinal
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of foremost importance
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carnal
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of the flesh or body; related to physical appetities
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carping
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to find fault; complain
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cartography
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science of making maps
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caste
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any of the hereditary social classes in Hindu society; social stratification
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castigation
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punishment; chastisement; criticism
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