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90 Cards in this Set
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yokel
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N country bumpkin
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waif
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N homeless animal or child
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vituperative
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ADJ abusive, scolding
The grandmother was vituperative in her treatment of the neighbor kids. |
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viscous
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A sticky, gluey
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venerate
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V revere
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venal
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capable of being bribed
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vapid
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A dull and unimaginative
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vacillate
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v. waver, fluctuate
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truculence
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N aggressiveness
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torpor
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N. sluggishness
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tenuous
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A thin, rare, slim
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tangential
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A only slightly connected
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tacit
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A not put into words, understood
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substantiate
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v establish via evidence
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Stint
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V. set limits
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strut
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N supporting bar
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stolid
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A dull impassive
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stint
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V be thrifty, set limits
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specious
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A seemily reasonable but incorrect
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soporific
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A sleep causing
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solictous
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A worried
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secrete
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V Hide away or cache
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satiate
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v. satisfy fully
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salubrious
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A healthful
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reticent
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A reserved
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rescind
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v. cancel
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repudiate
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v. disown disavow
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relegate
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v. banish to an inferior position
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reproach
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v. express dissapointment
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recalcitrant
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A obstinately stubborn
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rarefied
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A made less dense
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recondite
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A profound, secret
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qibble
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N minor problem
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qualified
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A limited, restricted
This section is qualified to only scientists. |
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propriety
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N fitness, correct conduct
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proscribe
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V ostracize, banish
Stalin proscibed all the political prisoners to Siberia. |
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propitiate
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v. appease
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pristine
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A unspoiled
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phlegmatic
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A calm
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plasticity
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N ability to be molded
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plastitude
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N trite remark, common place statement
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placate
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V pacify
Stop fighting and play with us. |
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pervasive
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A spread throughout
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perfunctory
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A superficial
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penchant
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N strong inclination
I had a penchant to not sign up for the Army after September 11th. |
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perennial
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N. something long lasting
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paucity
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N scarcity
THe pope is the ultimate paucity. |
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partison
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A one sided
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officious
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A meddlesome
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oscillate
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v. vibrate pendulumlike, waver
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ostentatious
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A. showy, pretentious
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occlude
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V shut, close
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obsequious
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A.slavishly attentive
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obdurate
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A stubborn
close duration |
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mundane
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A worldy
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morose
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A ill humored
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mitigate
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v. moderate
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mollify
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V soothe
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mendacious
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A dishonest
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magnanimity
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N generosity
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loquacious
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A talkative
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laud
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v praise
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latent
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A potential but undeveloped
The latent skills of the child were obvious to Yoda but no one else. |
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lassitude
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N weariness
The lassitude of the troops became evident in Basara. |
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laconic
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A brief
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irascible
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A irrable
The irascible frat girl never got in to the party. |
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invective
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N abuse
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ingenious
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A unsophisticated
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intransigence
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N refusual of compramise
The intrasigence of the Americans and Taliban lead to war. |
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inured
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A accustomed
She became inured to the Alaskan climate. |
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insularity
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N narrowmindedness
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insipid
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A dull
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insensible
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A unconscious
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innocuous
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A harmless
The innocuous sheep |
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inert
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A inactive, lacking power to move.
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inchoate
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A rudimentary, elementary
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impervious
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A impenetrable
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inperturbable
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A calm, placid
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implacable
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A incapable of being pacified
No spelll could touch the implacable Karn Silver Golem |
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hyperbole
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N exaggeration
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iconoclastic
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A attacking tradition
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harangue
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N long passionate speech
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guileless
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A without deceit
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gregarious
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A sociable
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goad
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V. urge on
The toad goaded me on. |
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garrulous
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A wordy
The garrulous speech of the professor put me to sleep |
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foment
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V stir up
The old crime was fomented by the new inspector with dna evidence. |
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flout
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V reject, mock
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felicitous
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A appropriate
The speech mocking true love at the wedding was certainly not felicitious. |
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facetious
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A joking
The facetious joke was said in face. |
