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93 Cards in this Set
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venerate
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To regard with respect
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contrition
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Sincere remorse for wrongdoing; repentance
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mercurial
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Quick & changeable in temperament; volatile
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limn
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1. To describe
2. To depict by painting or drawing |
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cordon
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A line of people or ships around an area to guard it.
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sextant
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A navigational instrument
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caliper
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An instrument used to measure thickness and distance
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burgeon
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To grow or blossom
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occult
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1. Relating to supernatural forces
2. Available only to the initiate; secret |
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ennui
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A feeling of weariness and disgust; tedium
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indignant
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Feeling wrath
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aegis
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Sponsorship; protection
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auspice
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Patronage, assistance or protection ; a sign or omen (as in prophecy)
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aver
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To declare true
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pique
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To wound the pride of; to sting; to stimulate
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solicitous
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Eager to obtain something desirable
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assuage
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To make something more pleasant or agreeable
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precipitate
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To throw violently or bring about abruptly
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erudite
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Learned, scholarly, bookish
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oscillate
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to waver
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vacillate
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to sway from side to side
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vagrant
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a wanderer
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irenic
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promoting peace
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vociferous
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blatant; noisy
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querulous
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expressing complaints
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laconic
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using few words
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taciturn
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not talkative; quiet
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panegyric
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elaborate praise
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solecism
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violation of etiquette
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incandescence
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emission of visible light; glow
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refulgent
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shining radiantly
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mountebank
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a quack in medicine
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jermiad
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a complaint; a prophecy of doom
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permonish
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to forewarn
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acumen
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quickness; insight
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mollify
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to calm
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dolor
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sorrow; grief
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rue
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to feel regret
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cauterize
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to burn or sear; to callous
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inscrutable
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difficult to understand
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intransigent
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stubborn; difficult to sway
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contravening
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to oppose
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arduous
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demanding great effort
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maladroit
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inept
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gregarious
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sociable
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abstruse
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difficult to understand; ambiguous
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despoiling
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to deprive of something valuable
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polemic
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controversial argument
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emit
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to give or send out
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broach
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to bring up (a topic)
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diverstiture
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the sale of a corporate division
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noisome
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harmful; dangerous
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amalgamate
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to combine
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incursion
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an invasion
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hapless
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unlucky
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sedulous
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perservering
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insularity
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isolated
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prevarication
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to stray from the truth
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amortize
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to write off as an expenditure
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emaciation
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to become very thing
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minatory
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threatening
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lambaste
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to scold or beat harshly
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extol
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to praise highly
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turpitude
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a corrupt act
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philistine
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lacking knowledge
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aesthete
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having an excessive appeciation of art/beauty
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odium
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strong dislike
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pragmatic
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practical
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disparate
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distinct or different
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fortuitous
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happening by accident or chance
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tacit
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not spoken; implied
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saccharin
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very sweet
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dross
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waste or impure matter
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assay
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analyzed
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derelection
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neglect
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fracas
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noisy fight
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harrow
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to break up; to plunder
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assuage
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to calm
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hackneyed
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overfamiliar
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sodden
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thoroughly saturated
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gainsay
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to oppose
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jaunty
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self-confident
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intrepid
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fearless
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fecund
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intellectual productivity; frutiful
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raze
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to level; to demolish
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remunerate
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to compensate for
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iota
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very small amount
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improvident
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not providing for the future; thriftles
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plucky
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showing courage
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reclusive
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seeking isolation
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impetus
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an impulse
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duplicity
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deliberate deceptiveness in speech
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winnow
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to scatter
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