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50 Cards in this Set
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nascent
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incipient; coming into being or existence; Ex. nascent ability in music
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rend
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split; tear apart; N. rent; CF. heartrending: causing deep sorrow
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cater
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provide food and drink (for); cater to: try to satisfy (desires of a bad kind)
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acumen
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mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well; Ex. business acumen
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lionize
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treat (a person) as a celebrity
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narrative
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related to telling a story; N: narrated account; story; V. narrate: tell (a story); CF. narration
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subtlety
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perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy; ADJ. subtle: delicate; so slight as to be difficult to detect; able to make fine distinctions; clever; Ex. subtle mind/differences in meaning
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ominous
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threatening; of an evil omen
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nettle
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irritate; annoy; vex; ADJ. nettlesome
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tardy
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slow; sluggish; not on time; late; Ex. tardy arrival
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sere
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sear; parched; dry
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dirge
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funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person)
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victuals
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food; provisions; V. victual: provide with food
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lunatic
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insane; Ex. lunatic asylum
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compulsive
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resulting from compulsion
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barb
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sharp projection from fishhook, arrow, or other object; openly cutting remark
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ideology
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system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture
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approbation
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approval
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embody
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give a bodily form to; incorporate; include
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unwitting
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not knowing; unaware; unintentional; Ex. She was their unwitting accomplice; Ex. unwitting insult; CF. wit: know
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din
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continued loud noise; V: make a din; instill by wearying repetition
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obfuscate
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confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex; make so confused as to be difficult to understand
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unassailable
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not open to attack; impregnable; not subject to question
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mar
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spoil the appearance of
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covetous
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avaricious; desirous of (someone else's possessions); V. covet: desire eagerly (someone else's possessions)
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sedition
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conduct or language inciting rebellion; rebellion; resistance to authority; insubordination; ADJ. seditious
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importune
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beg persistently; make repeated requests (in an annoying way)
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muted
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silent; muffled; toned down; Ex. muted traffic noise
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expedient
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suitable (for a particular purpose although not necessarily morally correct); practical; politic(prudent); N: something expedient
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retrieve
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recover; put right; find and bring in; regain; Ex. retrieve the situation
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness without reluctance
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premonition
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forewarning; presentiment; foreboding
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rickety
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(of buildings) likely to break or fall apart; of rickets; CF. rickets; CF. vitamin D
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tacit
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understood (without actually being expressed); not put into words; Ex. tacit agreement
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disdain
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treat with scorn or contempt
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sophist
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teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning; N. sophism: plausible but fallacious argument
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pretext
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excuse
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undermine
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weaken gradually; sap; dig a mine beneath
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errant
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wandering (esp. in search of adventure); straying from proper moral standards; Ex. knight-errant
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sidereal
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relating to stars; Ex. sidereal day
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engulf
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surround and swallow up
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incur
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bring upon oneself
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diaphanous
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sheer; transparent
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knave
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untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel; jack; N. knavery
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plaintive
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expressing sorrow; mournful; Ex. plaintive song
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parched
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extremely dry; very thirsty; V. parch: make or become extremely dry (by exposure to heat)
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clapper
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striker (tongue) of a bell
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bombast
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grandiloquent, pompous speech
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industrious
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diligent; hard-working; N. industry
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embellish
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adorn; ornament; enhance as a story (by adding fictitious details)
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