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62 Cards in this Set
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perfidious |
punic: tending to betray
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prevaricate
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beat around the bush: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
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dissemble
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disguise or conceal the real nature of
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spate
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batch: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent |
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sycophant
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a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
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pusillanimous
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lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
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sybarite
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voluptuary: a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
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ascetic
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abstainer: someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
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doldrums
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stagnation: a state of inactivity |
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recidivism
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habitual relapse into crime
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jingoism
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extreme patriotism
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churl
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impolite and mean person
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gadfly
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an annoying person, esp. one who provokes other to action by criticism |
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impenitent
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not feeling shame or regret
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rueful
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expressing sorrow or regret
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incisive
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accurate and sharply focused
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vitiate
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spoil or impair the efficienty of
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mawkish
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sentimental in a feeble or sickly way; having a faint sickly flavor
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moribund
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Dying; at the point of death.
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gainsay
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challenge or oppose
"That none may gainsay" |
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cipher
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a message written in a secret code |
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cryptic
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concealed, hidden
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fastidious
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excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
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maelstrom
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A violent or turbulent situation: caught in the maelstrom of war.
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stricture
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a remark or comment, esp. an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style.
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sere
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dry; withered. |
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wax
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to grow or become: He waxed angry at the insinuation.
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compunction
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A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt. |
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malediction
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curse |
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infraction
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misdemeanor: a crime less serious than a felony
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whitewash
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cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error;
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perjury
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lying while under oath.
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sphinx
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an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret |
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minotaur
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a creature that was half man and half bull
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magnanimous
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greathearted: noble and generous in spirit
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ebullient
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cheerful and happy
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mutability
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The ability to change. |
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ineluctable
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Impossible to avoid or evade; inevitable. |
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modality
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Method or procedure (of something) |
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caucus
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is a group of people who share something in common, or their meeting
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tonic
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a medicine that strengthens and invigorates
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pyre
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A ceremonial construction made of wood and fire, designed to reduce a corpse to ashes
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centurion
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A Roman officer in command of a century.
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augury
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an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God"
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upbraid
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to criticize or scold
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recast
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cast or model anew
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deposition
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giving sworn evidence
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repine
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express discontent
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undergird
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lend moral support to |
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censorious
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harshly critical or expressing censure; "was censorious of petty failings"
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undercut
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weaken
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noxious
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injurious to physical or mental health
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enigma
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mystery: something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"
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millinery
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The craft of making hats
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abut
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To touch or border upon
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amalgamate
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mix: to bring or combine together or with something else
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blithe
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carefree and happy and lighthearted
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precipitate
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bring about abruptly |
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opprobrious
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abusive: expressing offensive reproach; deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
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irreproachable
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blameless: free of guilt; not subject to blame |
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pernicious
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having a harmful effect
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inefficacious
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lacking the power to produce a desired effect; "laws that are inefficacious in stopping crime"
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