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30 Cards in this Set
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accolade
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an expression of praise
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adulation
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excessive praise; intense adoration
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avarice
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greed, esp for wealth
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burgeon
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to grow rapidly or flourish
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chary
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wary, cautious, sparing
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cogent
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appealing forcefully to the mind or reason, convincing
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demur
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to question or oppose
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didactic
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intending to teach or instruct
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disinterested
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free of bias, impartial
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dogmatic
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expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles
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ebullience
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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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elegy
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a mournful poem
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emollient
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soothing, esp to the skin, making less harsh; an agent that softens or smooths the skin
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by a small specific group
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exonerate
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to remove blame
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facetious
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playful, humorous; not meant to be taken seriously or literally
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gregarious
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sociable, outgoing
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harangue
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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech
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incipient
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beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise
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inveigle
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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odious
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evoking intense aversion or dislike
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penurious
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penny-pinching, ungenerous, excessively thrifty
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pernicious
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extremely harmful
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putrefy
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to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor
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quaff
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to drink deeply
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quiescence
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stillness, motionlessness
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redoubtable
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awe-inspiring, worthy of honor
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supplant
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to take the place of; supercede
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viscous
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thick, sticky
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