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10 Cards in this Set
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embellish - v.
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adorn, amplify, array, beautify, color, enhance, enrich, exaggerate, grace, magnify, ornament, trim.
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embroil - v.
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complicate, compromise, confound, confuse, disorder, disturb, encumber, implicate, mire, muddle, perplex, snarl, tangle, trouble.
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emulate - v.
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challenge, compete, contend, ditto, follow, imitate, mimic, mirror, rival.
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enervate - v.
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debilitate, exhaust, fatigue, paralyze, sap, tire, vitiate.
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engender - v.
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arouse, beget, breed, bring about, create, develop, excite, foment, generate, incite, induce, instigate, make, muster, precipitate, propagate, provoke, rouse, spawn, stimulate, stir.
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enhance - v.
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adorn, aggrandize, amplify, appreciate, augment, beautify, boom, boost, complement, elevate, enlarge, exaggerate, exalt, heighten, increase, intensify, lift, magnify, raise, reinforce, strengthen, swell, upgrade.
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enigma - n.
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bewilderment, conundrum, crux, knot, mystery, parable, problem, question, riddle, secret.
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ephemeral - adj.
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brief, evanescent, fleeting, momentary, passing, short, temporary, transient, volatile.
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equanimity - n.
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aplomb, assurance, calmness, composure, confidence, cool, levelheadedness, patience, peace, poise, serenity.
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equivocate - v.
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con, dodge, elude, escape, eschew, evade, lie, prevaricate, pussyfoot, shuffle.
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