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67 Cards in this Set
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nadir |
the bottom, the lowest point |
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restive |
impatient; uneasy |
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ebulliently |
exhilarated |
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encomiums |
praises |
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umbrage |
offense |
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sentient |
aware |
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vim |
vitality |
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blithely |
cheerfully; unconcernedly |
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dilettantes |
amateur, superficially knowledgeable |
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scintilla |
trace amounts |
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tyro |
beginner |
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neophyte |
beginner |
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banal |
predictable; boring |
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bonhomie |
geniality; cheerful nature |
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voluble |
talkative |
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phlegmatic |
calm; unemotional |
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salubrious |
healthful |
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epicure |
connoisseur |
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inculcate |
to teach |
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surfeit |
excessive amounts
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aerie |
a high bird's nest |
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panache |
verve in style and action |
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contumacious |
rebellious |
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diaphanous |
translucent; sheer |
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burgeoning |
beginning to grow/flourish |
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verdant |
lush, green; inexperienced |
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sybarite
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one devoted to luxury |
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gregarious |
outgoing |
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mollify |
to calm |
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jocular |
playful |
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loquacious |
talkative, verbose |
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droll |
amusing in a dry way |
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limpid |
clear
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coterie |
a clique |
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garrulous |
a talkative person |
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curmudgeonly |
cranky, surly |
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affected |
influenced by an external factor; artificial, pretentious |
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vituperate |
to verbally abuse |
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irascible |
an easily angered person |
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fecund |
fruitful, productive
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sagacious |
wise |
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prescient |
a person with foresight |
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exigent |
urgent |
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maelstrom |
to be in turmoil |
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meretricious |
gaudy |
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surly |
rude |
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coffer |
a large money chest |
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interred |
to bury so as to obscure from sight |
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larceny |
a stealing of property |
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glib |
an offhand remark
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potentate |
a ruler with much power |
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inimically |
unfavorable; unfriendly; hostile
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magnate |
an influential person with power |
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arrogate |
to claim/take |
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malediction |
a wish of evil |
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mercurial |
explosive; unpredictable |
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requite |
to return |
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orotund |
pompous, showy |
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pithy |
succinct, to the point |
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aberrant |
deviant |
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diffident |
an absence of self-confidence |
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nascent |
starting to develop |
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incarnadine |
blood-red |
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turgid |
swollen with liquid |
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pulchritude |
beauty |
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gamboling |
dance/skip with joy |
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accretion |
an enormous amount |
