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74 Cards in this Set
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attenuate
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reduce the force, effect, or value of
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slag
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cinder; waste left over after the re-sorting of coal
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peremptory
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leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative
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salacious
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Lustful, lecherous; obscene
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ruminate
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to think deeply about something
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prosaic
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dull and unoriginal; mundane
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ascetic
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sever and without luxuries; austere
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precis
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shortens or simplifies; an abstract
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mince
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to walk taking tiny steps (foolishly)
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simper
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to smile foolishly
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munificent
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very generous
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impecunious
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penniless; poor
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ambivalent
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uncertain
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deference
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a type of respect
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condescension
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patronizing arrogance
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diurnal
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daily, of or active in the day time
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prosody
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versification
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epigram
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witty, ingenious; a short, often satirical, witty poem
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solecism
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nonstandard or ungrammatical usage; error, impropriety, inconsistency
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profligate
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a licentious, dissolute person; reckless extravagance
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perfunctory
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carried out with minimum effort; superficial
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mellifluous
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sweet or musical; pleasant to hear
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contrition
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sincere penitence or remorse
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paucity
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shortage, scarcity, scantiness
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avouch
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affirm or assert
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persnickety
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fussy
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capacious
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roomy, having a lot of space
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indomitable
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impossible to subdue or defeat
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clement
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favorable, mild; merciful
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sibilant
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characterized by a hissing sound
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hidebound
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unwilling or unable to change because of tradition or convention
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providence
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divine, godly, benevolent
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penitent
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felling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant
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captious
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tending to find fault or raise petty objections
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platitude
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an unoriginal saying
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glaucous
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of a pale grayish or bluish green
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fatuous
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silly and pointless
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pernicious
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having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way
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tendentious
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expressing or intending to promote a particular point of view
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moribund
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at the point of death; lacking vitality
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limpid
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unclouded; clear
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embullient
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cheerful and full of energy
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buoyant
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optimistic and happy
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venal
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susceptible to bribery
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placatory
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serving, tending, or intended to placate
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prescient
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having or showing knowledge of events before they take place
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coalesce
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to grow together or into one body; unite
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canalize
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convert into a navigable canal
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hortatory
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marked by exhortation or strong urging: a hortatory speech
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ineluctable
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unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable
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preponderant
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predominant in influence, number, or importance
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inquietude
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a disturbed state; restlessness or uneasiness
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stolid
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calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation
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excision
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the act of removal
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diaphanous
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Light, delicate, and translucent
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temerity
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excessive confidence or boldness; audacity
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punctiliousness
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strictly attentive to minute details of form in action or conduct
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modish
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in fashion
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capricious
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given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior
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treacly
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too sentimental
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serpentine
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convoluted and winding
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pulchritude
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beauty
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senescence
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aging
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perspicacious
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insightful
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upshot
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outcome; final result
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magnanimous
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very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful
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declivity
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a downward slope
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dither
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a state of indecisive agitation
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grate
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annoy
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ellipsis
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an error of omission
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tautology
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rhetoric redundancy
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epistaxis
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nosebleed
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eschew
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deliberately avoid using; abstain from
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prepossess
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to preoccupy; influence beforehand
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