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50 Cards in this Set
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compulsion
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compelling; strong desire that is difficult to control; irresistible impulse
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alloy
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mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; V: mix; make less pure; lower in value or quality; spoil; CF. unalloyed: not in mixture with other maetals; pure; complete; unqualified; Ex. unalloyed happiness
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casual
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happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; Ex. casual reader/labor/remark
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limbo
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region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison (slang); Ex. Purgatory and Limbo
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hallucination
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delusion; false idea; false perception of objects with a compelling sense of their reality; objects so perceived; V. hallucinate; ADJ. hallucinatory
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conformist
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person who uncritically conforms to the customs of a group; OP. nonconformist: one who does not conform to accepted beliefs of norms
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indulgent
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humoring; yielding; lenient; showing indulgence
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onerous
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burdensome
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oscillate
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vibrate pendulumlike; waver
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chortle
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chuckle with delight; N.
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high-flown
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highly pretentious or inflated
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comprise
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include; consist of
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eventual
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happening at last as a result; Ex. eventual victory
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perspicuity
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clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity
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sophisticated
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worldly wise and urbane; refined; complex; N. sophistication; V. sophisticate
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suspense
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state of being undecided; anxiety or apprehension resulting from uncertainty
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dissection
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analysis; cutting apart in order to examine
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blighted
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suffering from a disease; destroyed
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nubile
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marriageable; of marriageable age; CF. connubial
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martial
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warlike; of war; Ex. martial art/law
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fritter
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waste (time or money on unimportant things)
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turbid
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(of a liquid) having the sediment disturbed; muddy; thick
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snub
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ignore or behave coldly toward; Ex. I made a suggestion but she snubbed me; N.
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ignite
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kindle; light; catch fire or set fire to
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memento
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token; reminder of the past; keepsake; Ex. memento of your visit
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trepidation
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fear; nervous apprehension
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repercussion
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rebound; reaction; reverberation; Ex. serious repercussion
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epicurean
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believing that pleasure is good and suffering is bad and should be avoided; N.
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oblivious
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inattentive or unmindful; unaware; wholly absorbed; forgetful(having the habit of forgetting)
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dilate
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expand; dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject)
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embargo
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ban on commerce or other activity
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scavenge
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hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food; search, especially for food; N. scavenger: one who scavenges; animal that feeds on refuse and carrion
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boon
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blessing; benefit; something very helpful
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whorl
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ring of leaves around stem; ring; circular arrangement; Ex. whorls on the fingers
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pry
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inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs); use leverage to raise or open something; prize; N. pries: tool for prying
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impregnate
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make pregnant; fill thoroughly; saturate
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luster
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shine; gloss (of a polished surface)
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concatenate
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link as in a chain
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avow
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declare openly; N. avowal
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insidious
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treacherous; stealthy; sly; working or spreading harmfully in a stealthy manner; Ex. insidious spreading of dry rot
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wring
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twist (to extract liquid); extract by twisting; wrench painfully (necks or hands)
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caulk(calk)
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make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)
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trident
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three-pronged spear
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hereafter
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life after death
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coin
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make coins; invent or fabricate (a word or phrase); N. coinage: word or phrase recently invented
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auroral
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pertaining to the aurora borealis; CF. aurora australis
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insatiable
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not easily satisfied; unquenchable; Ex. insatiable appetite
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espionage
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spying
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insuperable
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insurmountable; unbeatable; Ex. insuperable difficulties
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divine
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perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic); foresee the future; foretell; dowse; ADJ. N. divination
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