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90 Cards in this Set
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Regret strongly |
Bewail |
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Completely wanting or lacking |
Destitute |
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Take away a part from |
Detract |
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free from slavery or servitude |
Emancipate |
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praise, glorify, or honor |
Extol |
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richly and brilliantly colorful |
Flamboyant |
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a force that moves something along |
Impetus |
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impossible to surmount |
Insuperable |
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stopping and starting at regular intervals |
Intermittent |
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A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits |
Maxim |
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Morally or legally constraining or binding |
Obligatory |
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Exactly vertical |
Plumb |
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wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community |
Vagabond |
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The human face |
Visage |
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influence or urge by gentle urging |
Wheedle |
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make a reference to |
Allude |
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Solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose |
Consecrate |
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cause to become widely known |
Disseminate |
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Shower with love |
Dote |
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Force or impel in an indicated direction |
Exhort |
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generally incompetent |
Feckless |
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impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
Implicate |
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a cry of sorrow and grief |
Lament |
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relating to or involving money |
Monetary |
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persistently or morbidly thoughtful |
Pensive |
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ceremonial elegance and splendor |
Pomp |
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artificially formal |
Stilted |
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force to submit or subdue |
Subjugate |
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a physical/emotional wound often having long-lasting effects |
Trauma |
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indulge in a carefree or voluptuous life |
Wanton |
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Young and inexperienced, immature |
Callow |
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A person living in the same period as another |
Contemporary |
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Doubtful of the sincerity of others' motives |
Cynical |
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A ruler with absolute power |
Despot |
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To pronounce clearly |
Enunciate |
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Anything that gets in the way; an obstacle |
Impediment |
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To make poor |
Impoverish |
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Indulging in ease; lazy |
Indolent |
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Showing sound judgement; wise |
Sagacious |
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Worldly; not connected with religion |
Secular |
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To think about or make guesses |
Speculate |
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Conflict or struggle |
Strife |
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To show great respect for |
venerate |
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Ravenous; desiring and eating a large amount of food |
Voracious |
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To get smaller, dimmer, or weaker |
Wane |
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Fitting the occasion; suitable |
Apropos |
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Controlling influence; domination |
Ascendancy |
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To analyze and determine the nature, value, or importance of |
assess |
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To declare positively; to state as the truth |
aver |
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To admit to be true; to grant or let have |
Concede |
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Lacking |
Deficient |
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An unproven principle or belief held to be true |
Dogma |
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To put into a form that can be seen |
Embody |
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To make known; disclose; bestow |
Impart |
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The art of public speaking |
Oratory |
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To reproduce; cause to reproduce; foster the spread of |
Propagate |
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Someone who proposes or supports an idea; an advocate |
Proponent |
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Not yet fully developed; basic |
Rudimentary |
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A visit or temporary stay |
Sojourn |
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Making ones feelings known in a loud way |
Vociferous |
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Expressing love or the state of being in love |
Amorous |
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To present or speak of as unimportant or of little value |
Belittle |
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To blame or find fault with |
Censure |
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To consider; to believe |
Deem |
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To make known something secret; to reveal |
Divulge |
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Exceeding normal bounds; greater or more than seems reasonable |
Exorbitant |
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To argue earnestly in an attempt to dissuade or show strong disapproval |
Expostulate |
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Having great/significant consequences |
Fateful |
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An ungrateful person |
Ingrate |
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An order or command; a court order prohibiting someone from doing something |
Injunction |
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Close to death; dying |
moribund |
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A theme or idea that is developed or repeated; a figure or design repeated in teh decoration of something |
Motif |
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To support by giving financial aid |
Subsidize |
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Extravagantly splendid and costly |
Sumptuous |
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Characterized by a ready low of words; talkative |
Voluble |
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Clever at dealing with difficult situations; skillful |
Adroit |
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To insult or to offend deliberately |
Affront |
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An activity pursued for pleasure; a hobby |
Avocation |
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A prolonged struggle for what is believed to be a just cause |
Crusade |
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Supply a final answer; conclusive |
Definitive |
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Behavior; bearing |
Demeanor |
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Having or demonstrating extensive knowledge; learned |
Erudite |
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To install in office; to admit to a society or to military service |
Induct |
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To fall or slip from a certain level of conduct; to come to an end; a minor mistake; a pause or interval |
lapse |
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Ready to fight, especially for a cause |
Militant |
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A social outcast |
Pariah |
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A person who shows remarkable talent at an early age; an amazing or extraordinary thing or event |
Prodigy |
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One whose training or career is helped along by another |
Protege |
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Rough and unpleasant to the ear |
Raucous |
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Expressed without words; implied |
Tacit |