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44 Cards in this Set
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Abstruse |
Difficult to comprehend |
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Bemusing |
Confusing |
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Esoteric |
Understood only by few people |
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Recondite |
Beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding |
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Turbid |
Unclear |
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Altruistic |
Selfless |
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Beneficent |
Performing acts of kindness and charity |
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Clement |
Lenient, forgiving |
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Munificent |
Giving money or gifts |
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Unstinting |
Generous and kind |
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Antecede |
Go before in time, order, rank; precede |
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Antedate |
Precede in time |
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Diurnal |
Pertaining to day time |
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Eon |
A long period of time |
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Epoch |
A period of time marked by notable events |
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Fortnight |
A period of 14 days |
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Millennium |
A period of 1000 years |
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Penultimate |
Next to the last |
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Synchronous |
Existing or occurring at the same time |
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Temporal |
Daily |
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Despotic |
Tyrannical, to take over |
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Dogmatic |
Expressing opinions or beliefs last they are facts, opinionated |
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Hegemonic |
Socially or politically dominant |
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Peremptory |
Insisting immediate attention or obedience |
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Conjugal |
Relating to marriage or a married couple |
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Consanguine |
Relating to people descended from the same ancestor |
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Distaff |
Of or concerning women |
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Endogamous |
Pertaining to marriage within a specific tribe or social unit |
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Filial |
Relating to a son or daughter |
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Fratricide |
Killing of ones brother or sister |
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Progenitor |
A person who begins or creates something |
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Scion |
A descendent of a notable family |
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Expatiate |
To speak or write at length or detail |
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Itinerant |
Traveling from place to place |
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Peregrination |
A pilgrimage, often by foot |
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Peripatetic |
Roaming from place to place |
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Sojourn |
A temporary stay |
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Avaricious |
Having extreme greed for wealth or material gain |
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Covetous |
Having a great desire to possess something, often something belonging to someone else |
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Mercenary |
Having eager selfish greed |
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Miserly |
Giving or sharing as little as possible |
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Penurious |
Extremely stingy |
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Rapacious |
Greedy |
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Venal |
Willing to do or say something dishonest in exchange for money |
