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99 Cards in this Set
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ABATE
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to reduce in amount, degree, or severity
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ABSCOND
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To leave secretly
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AMALGAMATE
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To combine, to mix together
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AMERLIORATE
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To make better; to improve
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ANACHRONISM
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Something out of place in time
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ANTIPATHY
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extreme dislike
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ARDOR
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intense and passionate feeling
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ASSUAGE
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to make something unpleasant less severe
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ATTENUATE
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To reduce in force or degree; to weaken
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AUSTERE
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severe or stern in appearance, undecorated
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BANAL
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boring, predictable, cliched
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BOMBASTIC
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pompous in speech and manner
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CACOPHONY
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harsh, jarring noise
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CAPRICIOUS
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changing one's mind quickly and often
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CHICANERY
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deception by means of craft or guile (artful deception)
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COGENT
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convincing and well reasoned
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CREDULOUS
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too trusting; gullible
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DEFERENCE
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respect, courtesy
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DERIDE
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to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
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DESICCATE
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to dry out thoroughly
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DESULTORY
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jumping form one thing to another; disconnected
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DIFFIDENT
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lacking self-confidence
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DILATORY
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intended to delay
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DIRGE
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a funeral hymn or mournful speech
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DISABUSE
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to set right; to free from error
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DISCERN
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to perceive; to recognize
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DISSEMBLE
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to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character
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ENERVATE
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to reduce in strength
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ENGENDER
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to produce, cause, or bring about
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ENIGMA
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a puzzle, a mystery
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EPHEMERAL
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lasting a short time
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EQUIVOCATE
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to use expressions of a double meaning in order to mislead
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ERUDITE
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learned, scholarly, bookish
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ESOTERIC
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known or understood by only a few
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ESTIMABLE
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admirable
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EUPHEMISM
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use of an inoffensive word in place of a more distasteful one
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EXCULPATE
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to clear from blame; prove innocent
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EXIGENT
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urgent; requiring immediate action
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FAWN
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to grovel
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FERVID
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intensely emotional; feverish
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FLORID
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excessively decorated or embellished
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FOMENT
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to arouse or incite
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GARRULOUS
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tending to tak a lot
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ICONOCLAST
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one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions
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IMPERVIOUS
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impossible to penetrate; incapable of being effected
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IMPETUOUS
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quick to act without thinking
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IMPLACABLE
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unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
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INCHOATE
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not fully formed; disorganized
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INGENUOUS
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childlike simplicity or showing innocence
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INSIPID
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lacking interest or flavor
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INTRANSIGENT
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uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
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INUNDATE
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to overwhelm; to cover with water
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IRASCIBLE
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easily made angry
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LACONIC
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using few words
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LAMENT
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to express sorrow; to grieve
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LAUD
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to give praise; to glorify
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LOQUACIOUS
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talkative
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MALINGER
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to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
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MISANTHROPE
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a person who dislikes others
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MOLLIFY
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to calm or make less severe
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OBDURATE
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hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
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OBSEQUIOUS
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overly submissive and eager to please
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OBSTINATE
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stubborn, unyielding
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OBVIATE
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to prevent; to make unnecessary
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OCCLUDE
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to stop up; to prevent the passage of
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ONEROUS
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troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
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OPPROBRIUM
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public disgrace
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PARAGON
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model of excellence or perfection
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TACITURN
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silent, not talkative
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TIRADE
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long, harsh speech or verbal attack
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TORPOR
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mental and physical sluggishness
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TRANSITORY
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temporary, lasting a brief time
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VACILLATE
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sway physically, to be indecisive
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VENERATE
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to respect deeply
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VERACITY
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filled with truth and accuracy
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VERBOSE
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wordy
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VEX
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to annoy
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WHIMSICAL
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acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
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PEDANT
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someone who shows off learning
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PERFIDIOUS
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willing to betray one's trust
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PERFUNCTORY
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dont in a routine way; indifferent
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PERFUNCTORY
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dont in a routine way; indifferent
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PLACATE
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to soothe or pacify
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PRECIPITATE
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to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
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PREVARICATE
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to lie or deviate from the truth
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PRODIGAL
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lavish, wasteful
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PROPITIATE
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to conciliate; to appease
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PROPRIETY
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correct behaviour; obedience to rules and customs
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PRUDENCE
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wisdom, caution, or restrait
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QUIESCENT
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motionless
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RAREFY
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to make thinner or sparser
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REPUDIATE
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to reject the validity of
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RETICENT
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silent, reserved
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RHETORIC
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effective writing or speaking
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SATIATE
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to satisfy fully or overindulge
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SOPORIFIC
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causing sleep or lethargy
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SPECIOUS
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deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but false
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STOLID
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unemotional; lacking sensitivity
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TACIT
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done without using words
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