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50 Cards in this Set
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vagrant
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homeless wanderer
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immolate
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offer or kill as a sacrifice (by fire)
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vile
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despicable; unpleasant; disgusting; Ex. vile slander
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inclined
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tending or leaning toward; bent; V. incline: slant; dispose; be disposed; tend
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anguish
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acute pain; extreme suffering
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cantankerous
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ill-humored; irritable
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pinnace
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small boat
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defeatist
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resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat or failure as a natural outcome; N. CF. defeatism
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dubious
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questionable; (of something) causing doubt; (of someone) filled with doubt; N. dubiety
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pummel
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pommel; beat or pound with fists
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scurvy
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contemptible; despicable; N: disease caused by deficiency of Vitamin C
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invidious
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designed to create ill will or envy; tending to rouse ill will or envy; Ex. invidious comparison
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potential
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expressing possibility; latent; N: capacity for growth
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humdrum
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dull; monotonous
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potentate
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monarch; sovereign
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institutionalize
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make into an institution; put or confine in an institution
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slovenly
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untidy; careless in work habits; slipshod; N. sloven: one who is habitually untidy or careless
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generality
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vague statement; general statement which is not detailed; quality of being general; greater part; most; Ex. generality of people
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debonair
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(of men) friendly, charming, and fashionably dressed; aiming to please; CF. of good disposition
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connivance
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pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend; V. connive: feign ignorance (of a wrong); cooperate secretly in an illegal action; conspire
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squash
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crush; quash; suppress
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seclusion
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isolation; solitude; V. seclude: set apart from others; isolate
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fester
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rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days.
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representational
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(of a style of art) showing things as they actually appear in real life
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stymie
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thwart; present an obstacle; stump
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colossal
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huge
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clavicle
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collarbone
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parallel
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similar; analogous; corresponding; N: parallel line; person or thing that is parallel (to another); similarity; Ex. know of no parallel to the case; Ex. without parallel; V: be similar to; make parallel; Ex. Your experience parallels mine; CF. unp
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buxom
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full-bosomed; plump; jolly
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turpitude
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depravity; baseness; Ex. moral turpitude
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luminary
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celebrity (in a specific field); dignitary; object that gives light (as a celestial body)
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forswear
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renounce under oath; abandon; make a solemn promise to give up; CF. abjure
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vagary
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capricious happening; caprice; whim; CF. wander
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carillon
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a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played
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provocative
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arousing anger or sexual interest; annoying; Ex. provocative in tight jeans; V. provoke: incite to anger; cause (an unpleasant action or feeling); N. provocation
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scurrilous
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abusive; obscene; indecent; Ex. scurrilous remark
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asylum
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place of refuge or shelter; protection (religious or political)
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enduring
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lasting; surviving; V. endure: bear (pain or suffering) for a long time; remain alive (in spite of difficulties); last; survive
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unprecedented
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having no previous example; novel; unparalleled
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figure
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written symbols; number; amount represented in numbers; outline or silhouette of a thing or human body; person (well-known); impression; diagram; pattern; group in a dance; Ex. figure of speech; V. calculate with numbers; adorn with figures; app
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nonsense
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speech or writing with no meaning; foolish behavior or language; Ex. make (a) nonsense of: spoil; cause to fail
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dispatch
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speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed; V: send to a specified destination; finish promptly; kill
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wry
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(esp. of an expression of the face) twisted; with a humorous twist (expressing displeasure)
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reinstate
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restore to a previous condition or position
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bandy
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discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with
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sanguinary
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bloody; with much bloodshed
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malefactor
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evildoer; criminal
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jostle
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shove; bump; push against (someone) rather roughly; Ex. jostled by the crowds
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corroborate
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confirm; support; strengthen
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susceptible
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impressionable; easily influenced; sensitive; having little resistance as to a disease; likely to suffer; receptive to; capable of accepting; Ex. susceptible to persuasion/colds; Ex. The agreement is not susceptible of alteration; N. susceptibility
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