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165 Cards in this Set
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FACETIOUS
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humorous, not serious
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FALLOW
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inactive, dormant
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FANATICAL
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zealous
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FATUOUS
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silly
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FAWN
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to flatter
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FECKLESS
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irresponsible
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FELICITOUS
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well chosen
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FETID
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bad smell
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FETTER
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put in chains
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FILIGREE
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an ornamental work
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FLORID
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flushed with color
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FOMENT
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to stir up
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FORBEARANCE
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patience
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FORESTALL
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to hinder, to prevent
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FORSWEAR
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to renounce
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FRACAS
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noisy fight or quarrel
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FRACTIOUS
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quarrelsome
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FROWARD
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stubbornly disobedient
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FULMINATE
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to attack loudly or denounce
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FURTIVE
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marked by stealth
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GAINSAY
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to deny, oppose
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GARNER
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to gather and save
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GARRULOUS
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talking too much
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GAUCHE
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awkward, crude
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GERMANE
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revelant to subject at hand
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GRANDILOQUENCE
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pompous speech or expression
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GREGARIOUS
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sociable, outgoing
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GROUSE
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to complain
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HACKNEYED
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made commonplace
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HALCYON
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calm and peaceful
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HARANGUE
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to deliver a loud, pompous speech or tirade
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HARROW
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to distress
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HEGEMONY
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consistently dominant over another party/group
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HETERODOX
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unorthodox, iconoclastic
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HIRSUTE
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hairy
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HOMILY
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a sermon or morally instructive lecture
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HUBRIS
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pride
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IDOLATROUS
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given excessive devotion to something
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IDYLL
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carefree
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IGNOMINIOUS
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shameful
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IMBROGLIO
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difficult or embarrassing situation
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IMMINENT
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about to happen
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IMPECUNIOUS
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without money
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IMPERIOUS
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commanding, bossy
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IMPERTURBABLE
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extremely calm
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IMPETUOUS
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impulsive
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IMPLACABLE
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not changeable
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IMPORTUNE
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to ask incessantly
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IMPUDENT
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shamelessly bold, insolent
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IMPUGN
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verbal attack, censure
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IMPUNITY
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immunity from punishment
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IMPUTE
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to attribute to a cause
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INALIENABLE
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cannot be transferred
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INCHOATE
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in an initial stage
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INCIPIENT
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to become apparent
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INDEFATIGABLE
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tireless
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INDOLENT
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lazy
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INELUCTABLE
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certain, inevitable
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INGENUOUS
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frank and candid
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INIMICAL
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damaging, harmful
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INIMITABLE
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one of a kind
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INIQUITY
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wickedness
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INNERVATE
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energize
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INNOCUOUS
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harmless
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INSCRUTABLE
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mysterious, incapable of being understood
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INSIPID
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without favor, dull
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INSOUCIANT
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unconcerned, carefree
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INSULAR
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narrow-minded, like an island
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INTERDICT
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ban, prohibit
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INTRACTABLE
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stubborn, not easily managed
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INTRANSIGENT
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refusing to compromis
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INTREPID
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courageous
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INUNDATE
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to flood
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INURED
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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INVEIGH
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to attack verbally
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INVEIGLE
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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INVETERATE
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deep rooted
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INVIDIOUS
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tending to arouse evil in others
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IRASCIBLE
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easily angered
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JIBE
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to agree
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JOCOSE
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humorous
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LABILE
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unstable
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LACHRYMOSE
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causing tears
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LACONIC
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brief, using few words
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LASSITUDE
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listlessness, weariness
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LIMN
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to draw, outline in detail
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LIMPID
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transparent, clear
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LOQUACIOUS
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extremely talkative
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MAGNANIMITY
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noble, generous character
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MALINGER
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to feign illness so to avoid work
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MARTINET
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rigid disciplinarian
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MAUNDER
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to talk/move aimlessly
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MAVERICK
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"loner", do not conform to others
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MELLIFLUOUS
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sweetly flowing
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MENDACITY
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dishonesty
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MERCURIAL
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rapid, fickle change in mood
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MERETRICIOUS
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pretentious, showy
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METICULOUS
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attentive to detail
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METTLESOME
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courageous
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MINATORY
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menacing, threatening
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MISANTHROPE
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one who hates humankind
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MISOGYNIST
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one who hates women
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MULTIFARIOUS
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varied
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NASCENT
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coming into being, in early developmental stage
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NEBULOUS
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vague, cloudly
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NEOLOGISM
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a new word, expression or usage
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NEOPHYTE
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a recent convert, novice
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NEXUS
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a connection, link
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NOISOME
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offensive (to smell)
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NONPLUSSED
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baffled, at a loss for what to say
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NOSTRUM
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placebo, questionable remedy
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NOXIOUS
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harmful
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OBDURATE
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inflexible
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OBFUSCATE
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to make confusing
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OBSEQUIOUS
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fawning
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OBSTINATE
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stubborn
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OBSTREPEROUS
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noisy, boisterous
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OBTUSE
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lacking sharpness, not clear
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OBVIATE
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to make unnecessary
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OCCLUDE
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to block
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OCCULT
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hidden
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ODIOUS
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hateful
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OFFICIOUS
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meddlesome
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ONEROUS
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burdensome
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OPPROBRIUM
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disgrace, scorn
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OSTENSIBLE
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seeming, appearing as such
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OSTENTATIOUS
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given to pretentiousness
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OVERWEENING
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immoderate
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PAEAN
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a song or expression of praise and thanksgiving
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PALLIATE
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mitigate, make seem less serious
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PANEGYRIC
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formal expression of praise
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PARADIGM
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serving as an example
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PARAGON
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a model of excellency
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PARIAH
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an outcast
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PARSIMONIOUS
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cheap, miserly
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PARTISAN
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one-sided, committed to a party
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PECCADILLO
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minor sin, offense
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PEDAGOGY
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the profession of teaching
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PEDESTRIAN
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common, trite
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PENCHANT
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strong inclination, a liking
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PENURIOUS
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excessive thrifty, penny-pinching
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PERENNIAL
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happening repeatedly
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PERFIDY
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treachery
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PERFUNCTORY
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done without care
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PERIPATETIC
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nomadic
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PERNICIOUS
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extremely harmful
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PERSPICACIOUS
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acutely perceptive
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PERUSE
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to examine with great care
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PERVADE
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to spread throughout
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PETROUS
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stony, hard
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PETULANT
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impatient
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PHILISTINE
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a person lacking in or hostile to cultural values
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PHLEGMATIC
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calm, stoic
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PICARESQUE
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involving clever rogues or adventurers
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PIED
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multi-colored
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PILLORY
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to punish, public scorn
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PIQUANT
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pungent, spicy
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PIQUE
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resentment
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PITH
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the essential or central part
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PLACATE
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to appease
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PLAINTIVE
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mournful
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PLANGENT
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pounding, thundering
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PLATITUDE
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a superficial or trite remark
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PLETHORA
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a surplus
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PLUCK
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courage
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