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35 Cards in this Set
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penury
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an oppressive lack of resources (as money); severe poverty;
destitution, impoverishment |
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chased
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ornamented with grooves or indentations (metal)
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obloquy
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abuse, defamation, disgrace
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bucolic
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to do with the countryside
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proscribed
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prohibited/banned
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forbear
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to hold back from; to control oneself
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elucidation
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explanation
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macerate
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make thin, to starve it into a state of emaciation
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heterodox
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unorthodox
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categorical
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absolute, without exception
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noxious
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poisonous, unhealthy
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salutary
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health-giving
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querulous
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inclined to complain, irritable;
peevish, puling, sniveling, whiny |
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piquant
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provocative, striking
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earnest
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serious and sincere
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recreant
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cowardly, unfaithful
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hedonist
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someone who loves pleasure
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tractable
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easily managed, docile
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slake
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to calm down or moderate;
moderate, quench, satisfy |
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mettlesome
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courageous
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improvidence
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lack of forethought
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solicitude
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an attitude expressing attentiveness or care
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oblique
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indirect, evasive, misleading, devious;
glancing, slanted, tangential |
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expatriate
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living outside one's native land
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fulmination
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violent verbal attack
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panegyric
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elaborate praise; formal hymn of praise;
compliment, homage |
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opprobrium
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public disgrace
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chagrined
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embarrassed
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impugn
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to call into question; to attack verbally;
challenge, dispute |
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auspicious
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promising success, favorable
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propitious
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presenting favorable conditions, favorable
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coalesce
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to grow together to form a single whole;
amalgamate, blend, coalesce, consolidate, fuse |
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imbue
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to infuse, dye, wet, moisten;
charge, freight, impregnate |
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wraith
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a ghost or specter; a ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death;
apparition; bogeyman, phantasm |
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ochlocracy
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mob-rule
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