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50 Cards in this Set
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harbor
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give protection (by giving food and shelter); provide a refuge for; hide; keep in mind (thoughts or feelings); Ex. harbor a grudge/criminal; N: place of shelter; refuge
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gracious
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kind in a generous way (to someone less important)
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flagrant
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conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive; blatant; outrageous
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belie
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contradict; give a false impression; disguise; Ex. The poor sales belied our high hopes; Ex. Her smile belies her true feeling of displeasure.
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lank
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long and thin; Ex. Lank, gaunt, Abraham Lincoln
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flowery
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full of flowers; full of ornate expressions
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molecule
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the smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance
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disconsolate
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hopelessly sad (at the loss of something)
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accoutre
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equip; N. accoutrement
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testator
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maker of a will; CF. testatrix
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consecrate
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dedicate; sanctify; declare as sacred; Ex. consecrate one's life to helping the poor
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turgid
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swollen; distended (as from liquid)
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foreshadow
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give an indication beforehand; be a sign of (what is coming); portend; prefigure
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elope
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run away secretly with the intention of getting married
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rotundity
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roundness; sonorousness of speech
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paucity
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scarcity; dearth
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secession
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withdrawal; V. secede: withdraw formally from membership
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requisition
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formal demand or request; Ex. requisition for more computing equipment; V.
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invocation
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prayer for help (used in invoking); calling upon as a reference or support; act of invoking
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dismember
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cut into small parts; cut (a body) apart limb from limb
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espouse
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adopt; support (an idea or aim); marry; N. espousal
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resumption
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taking up again; recommencement; V. resume: begin or take up again; take or occupy again; Ex. Kindly resume your seats.
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scintilla
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trace; minute amount; shred; least bit; Ex. There is not a scintilla of truth; CF. spark
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vitiate
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spoil the effect of; make inoperative; corrupt morally
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explicate
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explain in detail; interpret; clarify; CF. explicable
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counterpart
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thing that completes another; things very much alike; thing that has the same purpose in a different system
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maul
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handle roughly; batter; injure by beating; Ex. mauled by his overexcited fans; N: heavy long-handled hammer
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concave
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hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex
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ceremonious
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marked by formality; extremely formal and polite; CF. ceremony: conventional social courtesy
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potent
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powerful; convincing; persuasive; greatly influential
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choreography
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art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
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jollity
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gaiety; cheerfulness; ADJ. jolly: merry; gay
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stipple
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paint or draw with dots or short strokes
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cog
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tooth projecting from a wheel
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injurious
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harmful; causing injury
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virus
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disease communicator
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bizarre
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fantastic; violently contrasting; noticeably odd; strikingly unconventional
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hibernate
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sleep throughout the winter; N. hibernation
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contaminate
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pollute
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practical
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based on experience; of or acquired through practice (rather than theory); useful; Ex. practical man
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patrimony
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property inherited from a father
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lancet
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small surgical tool for making incisions
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undulating
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moving with a wavelike motion; V. undulate; CF. und: wave
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flush
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redden; blush; flow suddenly and abundantly; wash out by a rapid brief flow of water; N: reddish tinge; blush; brief rush; rush of strong feeling; Ex. flush of pride; ADJ: having surfaces in the same plane; even; blushing
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unscathed
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unharmed; Ex. escape the accident unscathed
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dulcet
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sweet sounding; pleasing to the ear; melodious
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hoary
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white with age
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overthrow
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topple; N.
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avuncular
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of or like an uncle
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venue
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location; place (of a crime, trial, gathering, etc.); CF. come
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