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20 Cards in this Set
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Embellish
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to decorate; to elaborate upon, add beauty to
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Embroil
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to involve in a quarrel
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Emulate
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to try to equal or surpass
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Enervate
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to weaken, to lessen the strength of, debilitate
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Engender
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to cause, produce, bring into being
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Enhance
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to add to; to make greater in value, heighten
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Enigma
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a puzzle; a baffling situation, a riddle
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Ephemeral
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lasting for only a short time, very short lived
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Equanimity
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evenness of temper, calmness
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Equivocate
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to use double meanings in order to mislead; to be shifty; to quibble, to be ambiguous
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Profusion
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abundance, a great or generous amount, extravagance, plenty
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Ponderous
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very heavy; bulky; labored and dull or tiresome, unwieldy
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Pragmatic
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practical; opinionated; concerned wit actual practice rather than with theory or speculation, utilitarian
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Preclude
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to make impossible; to shut out; to prevent, restrict
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Precocious
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having or showing much more ability or knowledge than is usual at such a young age; early or prematurely ripe or developed, ripening before its time
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Prestigious
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honored, having on illustrious name or reputation, influential
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Pretentious
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claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit; showy, self-important, boastful
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Procrastinate
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to put off doing something until a later time; delay, defer
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Prodigious
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enormous, extraordinary; marvelous, immense
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Profane
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secular, not holy, not connected with religion, irreverent, temporal
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