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85 Cards in this Set
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INCENDIARY |
TENDING TO SET THINGS ON FIRE |
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INCENSE |
SMOKE FRIM A BURNING OBJECT |
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INFLAMMATORY |
TENDING TO STIR UP WRATH; INTENSIFY |
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FLAMBOYANT |
BRILLIANTLY COLORFUL |
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LUSTER |
QUALITY OF SHINING CAUSED BY LIGHT REFLECTION |
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ILLUSTRIOUS |
FAMOUS |
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ILLUSTRATIVE |
EXPLANATORY |
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FULMINATE |
TO VERBALLY CENSURE |
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REFULGENT |
SHINING BRIGHTLY |
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FLAGRANT |
OBVIOUS |
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CONFLAGRATION |
A DANGEROUS FIRE |
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SEMANTIC |
OF THE DIFFERENT MEANINGS |
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SEMIOTIC |
RELATING TO SIGNS OF WORDS & PATTERNS |
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PARADIGM |
AN EXAMPLE OF COMMUNICATION |
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PHRASEOLOGY |
STYLE OF VERBAL EXPRESSION |
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METAPHRASE |
A LITERAL TRANSLATION; LANGUAGE |
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PARAPHRASE |
TO RESTATE A PASSAGE W/ DIFFERENT WORDING |
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DEMONSTRATIVE |
EXPLANATORY |
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REMONSTRATIVE |
TO OBJECT IN DISAPPROVAL |
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OMINOUS |
THREATENING |
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ABOMINABLE |
HATEFUL |
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ABOMINATION |
SOMETHING DETESTABLE |
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DETRIMENTAL |
HARMFUL |
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CONTRITE |
HAVING DEEP FEELINGS OF REGRET |
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TRITE |
STALE FROM CONSTANT USE |
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DETRITUS |
WASTE OR DEBRIS |
USUALLY FROM NATURE |
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ATTRITION |
STATE OF WEARING DOWN |
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LENIENT |
TOLERANT |
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LENITIVE |
ABLE TO RELIEVE PAIN; GENTLE |
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MOLLIFY |
TO SOFTEN |
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RUDIMENT |
AN UNDEVELOPED FORM |
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RUDIMENTARY |
UNDEVELOPED; BASIC |
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IMPLICIT |
IMPLIED |
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INEXPLICABLE |
UNABLE TO BE EXPLAINED |
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DIVERGE |
TO DIFFER |
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CONVERGE |
TO MEET AT A COMMON POINT |
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ACCLIVITY |
UPWARD SLOPE |
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DECLIVITY |
DOWNWARD SLOPE |
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PROCLIVITY |
INCLINATION TOWARDS STH, ESPECIALLY STH OBJECTIONABLE |
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CONTORT |
TO BECOME TWISTED PHYSICALLY |
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DISTORT |
TO TWIST OUT OF SHAPE ARTISTICALLY |
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SINUOUS |
HAVING MANY CURVES |
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INSINUATE |
TO MAKE A SUGGESTION INDIRECTLY |
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DESULTORY |
AIMLESS/DISCONNECTED FROM MAIN IDEA |
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RESILIENT |
ABLE TO RETURN TO ORIGINAL FORM |
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EXULTANT |
SHOWING JOY OVER SUCCESS |
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EXPENDABLE |
ABLE TO BE GIVEN UP |
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IMPENDING |
ABOUT TO HAPPEN |
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APPEND |
TO ATTACH |
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SUBJECTIVE |
BASED ON PERSONAL FEELINGS |
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INTERJECT |
TO THROW IN B/T OTHER THINGE |
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UNDULATE |
TO MOVE IN WAVELIKE MOTION |
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INUNDATE |
TO FLOOD |
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REDOUND |
TO RESULT |
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DISSEMINATE |
TO SPREAD WILDLY |
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SEMINAL |
INFLUENCING FUTURE DEVELOPEMENT |
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FLORID |
FLOWERY; ORNATE; OVER THE TOP |
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FLOURISH |
TO BE SUCCESSFUL; TO THRIVE |
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DERACINATE |
TO UPROOT |
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IRRADICABLE |
NOT ABLE TO BE ROOTED OUT |
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ERADICATE |
TO DESTROY UTTERLY |
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GERMINATE |
TO BEGIN TO GROW |
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GERMINAL |
IN THE EARLIEST STAGE OF GROWTH |
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GERMANE |
CLOSELY RELATED |
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DECORUM |
MANNERS |
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DECOROUS |
SHOWING PROPER MANNERS |
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ADORN |
TO ENHANCE ATTRACTIVENESS; TO DECORATE OR DRESS |
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SUBORN |
TO SECRETLY BRIBE SOMEONE TO COMMIT A CRIME |
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ORNATE |
HEAVILY DECORATED |
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FORMULAIC |
CREATED W/ A FORMULA |
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FORMALITY |
CONDITION OF BEING FORMAL; STH TRADITIONALLY REQUIRED |
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FORMULATE |
TO EXPRESS IN A FORMULA; TO PUT TOGETHER |
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INORDINATE |
DISORDERLY |
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ORDAIN |
TO GIVE ORDERS; TO SET APART FOR A SACRED PURPOSE |
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PREORDAIN |
TO GIVE ORDERS BEFOREHAND |
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MUNIFICENT |
VERY GENEROUS |
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REMUNERATE |
TO PAY FOR WORK |
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COMMUNAL |
SHARED BY A COMMUNITY |
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EXCOMMUNICATE |
TO EXPEL FROM MEMBERSHIP |
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INCOMMUNICADO |
HAVING NO COMMUNICATION WITH OTHERS |
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APPRECIABLE |
CONSIDERABLE |
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APPRAISE |
TO DETERMINE THE VALUE OF |
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MERITORIOUS |
PRAISEWORTHY |
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DEMERIT |
A MARK FOR A PERSON'S FAULT |
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MERETRICIOUS |
INSINCERE |
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