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56 Cards in this Set
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stygian
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dark or gloomy
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singularity
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unusualness or exceptionalness
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austere
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bare or unadorned
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plumed
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adorned
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equivocation
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speech used to hedge one's point or to avoid getting pinned down
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valedictory
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someone who says goodbye
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peroration
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very long speech
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homily
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sermon which gives a moral lesson
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exhortation
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speech used to encourage an audience
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harridan
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a scolding, shrewish woman
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magistrate
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legal administrator
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regent
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someone who helps rule
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tyro
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a beginner
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penurious
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stingy or poor
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quarry
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the goal of a hunt
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accolade
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statement of praise
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guerdon
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a reward
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asperity
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harshness in tone or manner
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empressement
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extreme cordiality
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reproach
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blame
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impeccable
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faultless
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interminable
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endless
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sojourn
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breif stay
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quagmire
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impenetrable
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demit
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give up
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ratify
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formally approve
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unfetter
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liberate
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mercenary
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hired soldier
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amanuensis
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a hired stenographer
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soubrette
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maid
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luculent
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clear or easy to understand
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recondite
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difficult to understand
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countenance
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face or visage (noun)
to tolerate or approve (verb) |
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inveigh
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to protest strongly
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interdict
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prohibit or forbid
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cozen
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trick
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panegyrize
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bestow praises upon him or herself
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churl
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rude and boorish person
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petrify
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to turn into stone
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intransigence
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refusal to compromise or abandon an extreme position
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cloying
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being excessively sweet
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cantankerous
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being excessively non-affable
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arduous
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hard to accomplish or achieve
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fortitude
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strength in facing adversity
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mercurial
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changing moves
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daunt
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intimidate
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carp
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to find fault or complain querulously
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profligate
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immoral or wasteful
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perfidious
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deliberately faithless
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gaucherie
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lack of social grace
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urbane
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reflecting elegance and social properness
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guileless
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sincere, honest
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chicanery
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trickery
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conniving
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to cooperate secretly
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imposture
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deception
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plutocracy
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a government in which power derives from affluence
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