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66 Cards in this Set
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limerick
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a short amusing poem
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ballad
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a song that tells a story
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beguile
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seduce, fascinate
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wiles
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tricks, lures
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incantations
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prayers, spells, chants
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delude
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deceive
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ingenuous
[in-jen-yoo-uhs] |
adjective
1. free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere. 2. artless; innocent; naive. |
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opacity
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: the quality or state of being mentally obtuse
2. cannot let light through |
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translucence
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ability to let light through
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virulent
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poisonous, dangerous
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satirize
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ridicule
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grandiloquent
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not simple, complicated
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circumlocutory
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not straightforward; long winded
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soporific
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sleep inducing
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palatial
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suitable to a palace
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surreal
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unreal
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obstreperous
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noisy and boisterous
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limpid
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a : marked by transparency : pellucid <limpid streams>
b : clear and simple in style <limpid prose> |
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dappled
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marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background <a dappled fawn>
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list (v)
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to tilt to one side
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unpalatable
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difficult to eat; unpleasant, disagreeable
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redolent
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full of a specified fragrance : scented <air redolent of seaweed>
b : evocative, suggestive <a city redolent of antiquity> |
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Rectitude
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moral uprightness
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mirth
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: gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter
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Ignominy
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shame
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periphrasis
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1 : use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter form of expression
the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution. |
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becloud
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: to obscure with or as if with a cloud
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panache
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style or showy attitude
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variegated
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: having discrete markings of different colors <variegated leaves>
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abnegate
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to deny
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genuflect
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to be servilely obedient or respectful
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repine
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to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain
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gustatory
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: relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste
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hallow
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to respect greatly
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obdurate
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stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
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consanguine
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of the same blood or origin
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meretricious
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of or relating to a prostitute; false beauty
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conciliate
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bring sides together in a dispute
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iterate
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repeat
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ruminate
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to think deeply
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woeful
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1 : full of woe : grievous <woeful prophecies
3 : lamentably bad or serious : deplorable <woeful ignorance> |
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garish
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: tastelessly showy : flashy
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amorous
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1 : strongly moved by love and especially sexual love <amorous couples>
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profundity
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depth
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inviolate
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unharmed
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fitful
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not continuous
coming, appearing, acting, etc., in fits or by spells; recurring irregularly. |
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forswear
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to give up
to reject or renounce under oath: "to forswear an injurious habit". |
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abrogate
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; to cancel
1 : to abolish by authoritative action |
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embroil
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involved in
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concatenate
[kon-kat-n-eyt] |
join together
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contumacious
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stubborn
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wan
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pale, colorless or lifeless
showing or suggesting ill health, fatigue, unhappiness, etc.: "a wan look; a wan smile". |
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pallid
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deficient in color : wan <a pallid countenance>
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defunct
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no longer in existence
no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning: "a defunct law; a defunct organization". |
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meteoric
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b : resembling a meteor in speed or in sudden and temporary brilliance <a meteoric rise to fame>
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insentient
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incapable of feeling.
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propinquity
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closeness
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moiety
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a : one of two equal parts : half
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festoon
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decorate
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supercilious
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: coolly and patronizingly haughty
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fettle
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: state or condition of health, fitness, wholeness, spirit, or form —often used in the phrase in fine fettle
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attrition
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erosion or wearing away from the surface of something
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rend
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to tear apart
to tear apart, split, or divide: "a racial problem that is rending the nation". |
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heterodox
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unorthodox
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husbandry
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implies careful management of resources
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miscible
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: capable of being mixed
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