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59 Cards in this Set
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lachrymose
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showing sorrow
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laconic
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brief and to the point
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lassitude
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weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
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laudatory
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full of or giving praise
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libel
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written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action
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libertine
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a dissolute person, usually a man who is morally unrestrained
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lien
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a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm, produces cells involved in in immune responses
the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged |
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limn
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to make a portrait of
to trace the shape of |
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lithe
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gracefully slender
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loquacious
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full of trival conversation
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bubricious
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characterized by lust
having a smooth or slippery quality |
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lucubrate
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add details, as to an account or idea
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luculent
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transparently clear, easily understandable
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lugubrious
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excessively mournful
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luminary
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a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
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machination
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a crafty and involved plot to achieve usually sinister ends
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magnanimous
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generous and understanding
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malapropism
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the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
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malign
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speak unfavorably about
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manacle
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shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist
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matriculation
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admission to a group
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maudlin
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effusively or insincerely emotional
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mellifluous
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pleasing to the ear
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mendacious
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given to lying
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mendacity
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tendancy to be untruthful
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mendicant
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a pauper who lives by begging
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meretricious
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based on pretense, deceptively pleasing
tastelessly showy |
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middling
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any commodity of intermediate quality or size
of no execeptional quality or ability |
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minatory
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threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
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misanthrope
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somemone who dislikes people in general
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mollify
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make less rigid or softer
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morose
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showing a brooding ill humor
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multifarious
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having many aspects
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myriad
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a large indefinite number
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nadir
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an extreme state of adversity
the lowest point of anything |
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nascent
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coming into existence
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nebulous
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lacking definition or definite content
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neophyte
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any new participant in some activity
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nexus
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a connected series or group
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noisome
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offensively malodorous
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nonplussed
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filled with bewilderment
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nostrum
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hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
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obdurate
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shoing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
stubbornly persistant in wrongdoings |
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obfuscate
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make obscure or unclear
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obloquy
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a malicious attack
state of disgrace resulting from public abuse |
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obsequious
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attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner
attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery |
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obstreperous
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boisterously and noisily aggressive
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obviate
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prevent the occurence of
do away with |
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occluded
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taken into and retained in another substance
closed off |
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odious
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unequivocally detestable
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odium
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hate coupled with disgust
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officious
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intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
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onerous
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not easily borne, wearing
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opprobrious
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deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
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ossify
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become bony or hard
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ostensible
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appearing as such, but not necessarily so
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ostentation
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pretentious, showy, or vulgar display
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ostentatious
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intended to attact notice and impress others
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overweening
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presumptuously arrogant
unrestrained in, especially feelings |
