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46 Cards in this Set
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GRANDILOQUENT
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A LOFTY, EXTRAVAGENTLY COLORFUL, POMPOUS, OR BOMBASTIC STYLE, MANNER, OR QUALITY ESPECIALLY IN LANGUAGE
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PROLIX
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UNDULY LONG OR DRAWN OUT; MARKED BY OR USING AN EXCESS OF WORDS
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TURGID
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EXCESSIVELY EMBELLISHED IN STYLE OR LANGUAGE; BOMBASTIC, POMPOUS
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SLAKE
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CRUMBLE; SATISFY, QUENCH; HYDRATE
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EUPHONIOUS
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PLEASING TO THE EAR
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SONOROUS
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PRODUCING SOUND; FULL OR LOUD IN SOUND; IMPOSING OR IMPRESSIVE IN EFFECT OR STYLE
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ESURIENT
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HUNGRY, GREEDY
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IMPECUNIOUS
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HAVING VERY LITTLE OR NO MONEY USUALLY HABITUALLY
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ENCOMIUM
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GLOWING AND WARMLY ENTHUSIASTIC PRAISE
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FEY
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EXCESSIVELY REFINED; QUAINTLY UNCONVENTIONAL, CAMPY; MARKED BY AN OTHERWORLDLY AIR OR ATTITUDE
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PERSPICACIOUS
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OF ACUTE MENTAL VISION OR DISCERNMENT, KEEN
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DISCONSOLATE
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CHEERLESS; DEJECTED, DOWNCAST
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ELEGIAC
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OF, RELATING TO, OR COMPRISING ELEGY OR AN ELEGY; ESPECIALLY SORROW OFTEN FOR SOMETHING NOW PAST
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THRENODY
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A SONG OF LAMENTATION FOR THE DEAD; ELEGY
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RECALCITRANT
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OBSTINATELY DEFIANT OF AUTHORITY OR RESTRAINT; DIFFICULT TO MANAGE OR OPERATE; NOT RESPONSIVE TO TREATMENT; RESISTANT
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RENITENT
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RESISTING PHYSICAL PRESSURE; RESISTING CONSTRAINT OR COMPULSION
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ANTECEDE
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PRECEDE
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ANTEDATE
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A DATE ASSIGNED TO AN EVENT OR DOCUMENT EARLIER THAN THE ACTUAL DATE OF THE EVENT OR DOCUMENT
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PUSILLANIMOUS
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LACKING COURAGE AND RESOLUTION; MARKED BY CONTEMPTIBLE TIMIDITY
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RECREANT
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CRYING FOR MERCY; COWARDLY; UNFAITHFUL TO DUTY OR ALLEGIANCE
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TIMOROUS
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OF A TIMID DISPOSITION; FEARFUL; EXPRESSING OR SUGGESTING TIMIDITY
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PROBITY
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ADHERENCE TO THE HIGHEST PRINCIPLES AND IDEALS
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VERACIOUS
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TRUTHFUL, HONEST; MARKED BY TRUTH, ACCURATE
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ITINERANT
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TRAVELING FROM PLACE TO PLACE
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DISCURSIVE
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MARKED BY ANALYTICAL REASONING; OF OR RELATING TO DISCOURSE
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PEREGRINATION
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TO TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ON FOOT; WALK; TRAVERSE
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PERIPATETIC
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OF, RELATING TO, OR GIVEN TO WALKING; MOVING OR TRAVELING FROM PLACE TO PLACE
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STULTIFY
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TO CAUSE TO APPEAR TO BE STUPID, FOOLISH, OR ABSURDLY ILLOGICAL; TO IMPAIR, INVALIDATE, OR MAKE INEFFECTIVE
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VITIATE
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TO MAKE FAULTY OR DEFECTIVE; TO DEBASE IN MORAL OR AESTHETIC STATUS; TO MAKE INEFFECTIVE
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APHORISM
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A CONCISE STATEMENT OF A PRINCIPLE; A TERSE FORMULATION OF A TRUTH OR SENTIMENT
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APOTHEGM
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A SHORT, PITHY, AND INSTRUCTIVE SAYING OR FORMULATION
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BROMIDE
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A COMMONPLACE OR TIRESOME PERSON, BORE; A COMMONPLACE OR HACKNEYED STATEMENT OR NOTION
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EPIGRAM
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A CONCISE POEM DEALING POINTEDLY AND OFTEN SATIRICALLY WITH A SINGLE THOUGHT OR EVENT AND OFTEN ENDING WITH AN INGENIOUS TURN OF THOUGHT; A TERSE, SAGE, OR WITTY AND OFTEN PARADOXICAL SAYING
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PLATITUDE
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THE QUALITY OR STATE OF BEING DULL OR INSIPID; A BANAL, TRITE, OR STALE REMARK
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SENTENTIOUS
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TERSE, APHORISTIC, OR MORALISTIC IN EXPRESSION; PITHY
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ABEYANCE
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TEMPORARY INACTIVITY
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ABNEGATION
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DENIAL, ESPECIALLY SELF-DENIAL
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ABROGATE
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TO ABOLISH BY AUTHORITATIVE ACTION; ANNUL; TO TREAT AS NONEXISTENT
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DECAMP
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TO DEPART SUDDENLY; ABSCOND; TO BREAK UP A CAMP
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DEMUR
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TO TAKE EXCEPTION; OBJECT (TO OR AT)
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RECIDIVISM
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A TENDENCY TO RELAPSE INTO A PREVIOUS CONDITION OR MODE OF BEHAVIOR
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ABERRANT
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BEING DIFFERENT FROM THE USUAL OR NATURAL TYPE
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INDIGENCE
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A LEVEL OF POVERTY IN WHICH REAL HARDSHIP AND DEPRIVATION ARE SUFFERED AND COMFORTS OF LIFE ARE WHOLLY LACKING
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QUALM
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A FEELING OF UNEASINESS ABOUT A POINT, ESPECIALLY OF CONSCIENCE OR PROPRIETY; A SUDDEN ATTACK OF ILLNESS, FAINTNESS, OR NAUSEA; A SUDDEN ACCESS OF USUALLY DISTURBING EMOTION, AS DOUBT OR FEAR
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BUCOLIC
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OF OR RELATING TO SHEPHERDS OR HERDSMEN, PASTORAL; RELATING TO OR TYPICAL OF RURAL LIFE; IDYLLIC
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ESPY
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TO CATCH SIGHT OF
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