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26 Cards in this Set
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acme
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highest stage of development, point of perfection
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aversion
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strong dislike
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azure
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bright blue; as of the sky
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baleful
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threatening evil or menacing
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bantering
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playfully teasing
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beget
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be the father of
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beguile
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charm
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bombastic
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pompous and empty
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callow
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immature, inexperienced
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calumny
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false statement
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celestial
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of the sky
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celerity
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quickness
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cogitate
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think deeply
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curtail
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make shorter; reduce
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decrepit
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make weak by age
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defalcate
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misuse of money
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demur
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quiet; modest
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ellipsis
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leaving out a word from a sentence when it can be understood without
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empathy
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ability to share another person's feelings
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expletive
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swear-word
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fastidious
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selecting carefully
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gauche
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socially awkward
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gerrymander
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arrange the boundaries of or divide (an area) for voting in order to give unfair advantages to one party in an election
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hackneyed
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used so often it has become dull or trite
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hedonism
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belief that pleasure should be the main aim in life
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incur
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cause oneself to suffer
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