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57 Cards in this Set
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abate
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to lessen in intensity or degree
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accolade
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an expression of praise
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adulation
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excessive praise; intense adoration
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ascetic
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one who practices rigid self-denial; esp as an act of religious devotion
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avarice
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greed; esp for wealth-avaricious
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axion
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a universally recognized principle
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burgeon
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to grow rapidly or flourish
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bucolic
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rustic or pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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cacophony
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harsh, jarring, discordant sound; dissonance
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canon
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an established set of laws or principles often religious in nature
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chary
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wary; cautious; sparing
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cogent
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appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
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complaisance
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the willingness to comply with the wishes of others
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contentious
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argumentative
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contrite
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regretful; seeking forgiveness
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dearth
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smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
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demur
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to question or oppose
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didactic
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intended to teach or instruct
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discretion
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cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisons
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disinterested
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free of self-bias; impartial
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dogmatic
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expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or unprovable principles
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ebullience
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quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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elegy
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a mournful poem
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emollient
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soothing esp to the skin; make less harsh
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empirical
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based on observation or esperiment
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ephemeral
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brief
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esoteric
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intended to be understood by a small specific grp
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facetious
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playful; humorous
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fallacy
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mistaken belief
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furtive
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marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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harrangue
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to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long pompous speech
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heretical
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violating accepted dogma or convention
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hyperbole
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exaggerate statement
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impecunious
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lacking funds; without money
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incipient
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beginning to come into being or become apparent
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inert
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unmoving; lethargic
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise
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inveigle
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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odious
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evoking intense aversion or dislike
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opaque
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impenetrable by light
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oscillation
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act or state of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm
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penurious
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penny-pinching; excessively thrifty
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peruse
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to examine with great care
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preen
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to dress up; primp; to groom
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prodigious
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abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
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quaff
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to drink deeply
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quiescence
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stillness
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redoubtable
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awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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sanction
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authoritative permission or approval; a penalty intended to enforce compliance; to give permission or authority to
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squalid
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sordid
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stoic
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indifferent or unaffected by pleasure or pain
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supplant
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to take the place of; supersede
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torpid
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lethargic; sluggish
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ubiquitous
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existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered
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urbane
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sophisticated; refined; elegant
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vilify
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to defame; to characterize harshly
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viscous
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thick; sticky
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