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191 Cards in this Set
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expostulate
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to reason earnestly to dissuade
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expurgate
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to cleanse of something morally harmful
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extrude
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to force, shape, or push out
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facetious
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joking inappropriately
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farraginous
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confused and mixed
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fastidious
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having high standards
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froward
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disobedient
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feculent
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fecal
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flagitious
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villainous
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fractious
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tending to be troublesome, quarrelsome
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chase
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a groove in metal
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furtive
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stealthily
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gauche
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crude
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gird
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to encircle or bind
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glib
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offhand, nonchalant
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gnostic
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belief that matter is evil and salvation is through mystic knowledge
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gull
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to deceive
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gyre
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to move in a circle
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halcyon
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peaceful
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harridan
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*****
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hauteur
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arrogance
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hoyden
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whore
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idiosynchrasy
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eccentricity
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ignis fatuus
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a light that appears over a marsh at night from organic combustion (or a false hope)
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ignoble
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base, low
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ignominy
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humiliation
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imbroglio
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confused situation, often violent
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ornery
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cantankerous
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imbue
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permeate (comes from dyeing)
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immure
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to enclose within walls
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impecunious
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really poor (usually habitually)
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imperious
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domineering
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indite
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to write or compose
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importune/importunate
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to beg persistently (troublesome)
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importunity
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persistent begging (troublesome)
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impugn
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to attack with words
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impunity
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freedom from punishment
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impute
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to blame or credit, often falsely
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incubus
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succubus
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inculpate
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incriminate
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insouciant
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nonchalance
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intractable
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not easily managed
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jackanapes
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monkey OR someone who's arrogant
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jacobin
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a political extremist
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jaculate
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to throw
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jangle
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to talk idly, to quarrel verbally
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jaundiced
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biased
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jejune
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boring OR lacking nutritive value OR immature
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jeremiad
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a prolonged lamentation or complaint
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jezebel
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a morally unrestrained woman
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jocose
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given to joking
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largess
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generosity
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kickshaw
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delicacy
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knoll
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a mound
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lacerate
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cut, attack heavily
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lachrymose
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tearful, causing tears
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lackadaisical
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languid
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laconic
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using few words, antisocial, concise
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lambent
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flickering
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pasquinade
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a lampoon, satire
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lassitude
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fatigue
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limber
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to prepare for physical activity
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latitudinarian
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not insisting on strict conformity to doctrine
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laxity
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state of being lax
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legerdemain
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display of skill OR magic tricks
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lenitive
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alleviating pain
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lenity
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quality of being lenient
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leonine
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like a lion
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libertine
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a freethinker
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licentious
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disregard for rules of correctness, often sexual
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limpid
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transparent, clear
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limb
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to delineate, to draw or paint on a surface
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lithe
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flexible
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logomachy
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a dispute over words
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lothario
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womanizer
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lout
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to bow in respect
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lubber
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a clumsy seaman
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lucre
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profit
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lydian
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voluptuous music
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lugubrious
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mournful, dismal
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lynx-eyed
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sharp-sighted
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machinate
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to plan or plot especially to do harm
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maelstrom
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a violent whirlwind
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maim
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to cripple
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malapert
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impudently bold
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malediction
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curse
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martinet
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a strict disciplinarian
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malversation
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corruption
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mammon
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material wealth (in a bad way)
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manumit
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to free from slavery
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maudlin
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drunk to the point of sentimentality
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matrix
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something from which or within which someone else originates
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mellifluence
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smooth and sweet (like honey)
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menage
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household
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mephitic
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foul-smelling
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meretricious
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superficially attractive, falsely significant (comes from "related to prostitute), RAZZLE-DAZZLE
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miasma
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an atmosphere that tends to deplete or corrupt
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milksop
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mollycoddle, an unmanly man
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miscreant
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unbelieving, heretical
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mite
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a small coin or amount of money
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mollify
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to pacify, mitigate
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morbific
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causing disease
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mordacious
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biting, caustic
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variegated
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having lots of different colors
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motley
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composed of different elements or colors
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mountebank
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charlatan, someone who sells quack medicines (Perelli)
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multiloquence
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talkativeness
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mummery
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a ridiculous or hypocritical performance
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munificence
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lavish
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naiad
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water nymphs OR aquatic larvae of dragonflies, etc.
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namby-pamby
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insipid, weak
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narcotic
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pain reliever
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necrology
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obituary
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necropolis
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a large elaborate cemetary
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neoteric
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recent in origin
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nestle
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to snuggle
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nicety
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nuance, fastidiousness
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niggardly
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cheap
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nonage
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legal minority
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nonpareil
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having no equal OR a kind of candy
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nosegay
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a small bunch of flowers
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noxious
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toxic (sometimes morally)
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obsequious
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with fawning attentiveness
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obduracy
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stubbornness in wrong-doing
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obeisance
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a bow, an homage
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obfuscate
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to darken, confuse
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objurgate
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a harsh rebuke
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oblique
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at a not-0/90/180 degree angle OR indirect
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obsequies
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funeral rites
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obloquy
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abusive language
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posy
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a brief sentiment, motto, or legend OR a bunch of flowers
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obstreperous
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clamorous, unruly
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obtest
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to beseech
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obtrude
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to thrust out, extrude
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obviate
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to anticipate and prevent a situation
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occlude
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obscruct
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odious
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arousing hatred
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condemnation
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offal
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organs or meat byproducts or garbage
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officious
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meddlesome
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ogee
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an oniony shaped arch
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sorb
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to take up and hold by absorption or adsorption
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opportune
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suitable for a particular occurrence
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auspicious
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showing future success is likely
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opprobrious
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bringing disgrace
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oracular
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adjective of oracle
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ordure
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poop (or something that's morally degrading)
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orison
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prayer
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otiose
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futile, idle
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outre
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violating convention, bizarre
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pastoral
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related to the countryside, often peaceful and idealized
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scurrilous
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vulgar
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propitious
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favorably disposed OR good ominous
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lancet
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a sharp, 2-edged surgical instrument
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adsorption
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adhesion of fluid molecules to a surface
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derivative
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something that comes from an origin, usually a word, equation, or investment
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palliate
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to make excuses or reduce violence of a disease without curing
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paean
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a work of high praise
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overture
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a peace proposal OR a pass at a woman OR an opening to classical music
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pacific
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conciliatory
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palter
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to act insincerely
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pallid
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deficient in color
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parsimonious
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stingy
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pander
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someone who caters to other's base desires OR a pimp
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panegyric
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a speech of high praise
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apologue
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an allegory with a moral
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paralogism
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a fallacious argument
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paroxysm
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an outburst
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parricide
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killing of a close relative
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parry
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to ward off or evade
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wan
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dim OR lacking vitality
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parvenu
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nouveau-riche
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pasquin
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a lampooner
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peccadillo
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a slight offense
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patronymic
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a name derived from the father (usually with an affix)
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peccant
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guilty of moral offense
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peculate
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embezzle
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pellucid
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admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion
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penitence
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state of being sorry for sins
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perdition
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eternal damnation
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peregrination
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walking
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perfidious
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being disloyal
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perfunctory
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mechanical, lacking enthusiasm
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perigee
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point in orbit nearest object being orbited
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pernicious
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deadly
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persiflage
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frivolous banter, light raillery
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perspicacious
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acute mental vision
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pithy
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having a point
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phlegmatic
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producing phlegm OR having a slow and stolid temperament
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pharisaical
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hypocritically self-righteous
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apogee
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farthest point in the orbit of an object OR highest point of a civilization
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