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76 Cards in this Set
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abate
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to lessen in degree or intensity
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accolade
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an expression of praise
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adulation
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excessive praise
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aesthetic
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dealing with art or the beautiful
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amerliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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ascetic
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rigid self denial, religious devotion
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avarice
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greed especially for $
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axiom
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universally recognized principle
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burgeon
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to grow rapidly, flourish
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bucolic
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rustic, pastoral
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cacophony
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discordant sound, jarring
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canon
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set principles/ rules code of laws, religious in nature
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castigation
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severe criticism or punishment
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catalyst
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speeds a reaction, or a person who causes something to happen
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caustic
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burning/stinging, causing corrosion
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chary
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wary, cautious
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cogent
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convincing
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complaisance
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willingness to comply with others
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contentious
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argumentative
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contrite
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regretful, seeking forgiveness
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culpable
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deserving blame
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dearth
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small amount, lacking
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demur
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to question, oppose
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didactic
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intended to teach
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discretion
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ability to make responsible decisions
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disinterested
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free of bias, impartial
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dogmatic
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rigid opinion in something unproved
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ebullience
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characteristic of enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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eclectic
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composed of elements from many sources
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elegy
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mournful poem
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emollient
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soothing of the skin (noun and adjective)
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empirical
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based on observation or an experiment
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enigmatic
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mysterious, obscure
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ephemeral
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brief
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by a small group
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eulogy
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speech honoring the dead
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exonerate
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to remove blame
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facetious
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playful, humorous
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fallacy
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invalid or incorrect notion
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furtive
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stealth, covert
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gregarious
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sociable
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harangue
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long pompous speech
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heretical
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violating accepted dogma or convention
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hyperbole
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exaggerated statement, figure of speech
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impecunious
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lacking funds
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incipient
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beginning to come into being
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inert
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lethargic
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innocuous
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harmless
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intransigent
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not willing to compromise
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inveigle
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acquiring through deception
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morose
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sad
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odious
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evoking dislike
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opaqu
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impenetrable by light
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oscillation
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the act of swaying back and forth with steady motion
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penurious
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penny pinching
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pernicious
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extremely harmful
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peruse
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to examine with great care
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pious
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extremely devout
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precursor
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one that precedes and indicates another
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preen
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to primp
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prodigious
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abundant in size, force, extraordinary
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prolific
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producing large amounts
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putrefy
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to rot
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quaff
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to drink deeply
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quiescence
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stillness
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redoubtable
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awe-inspiring
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sanction
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a penalty intended on enforcing compliance
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viscous
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thick, sticky
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vilify
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to defame, characterize harshly
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urbane
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sophisticated
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ubiquitous
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existing everywhere at the same time
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torpid
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lethargic
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supplant
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to take the place of
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stoic
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indifferent to pain or pleasure
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squalid
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sordid, wretched and dirty from neglect
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satire
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a literacy work that ridicules a human vice through humor
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