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45 Cards in this Set
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Effusive
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Gushing; emotionally demostrative
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Exude
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To give off; secrete; radiate
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Mawkish
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Sickly sentimental
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Harbinger
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Forerunner
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Ruminate
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To think; ponder; consider
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Agrarian
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Rural; agricultural, relating to farmers
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Apogee
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Highest of most exalted point
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Callow
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Inexperienced; untried; immature
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Antithesis
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exact/direct opposite, variance, opposition
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Amenities
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Social niceties and courtesies; agreeableness; things that make life more confortable.
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Codicil
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An addition, supplement, or modification (usually for a will).
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Querulous
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Peevish; irritable, fretful, whining; constantly complaining
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Fecundity
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Fertility; ability to reproduce; fruitfulness.
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Accolade
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A salutation; an award.
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Probity
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Honesty; integrity
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Equable
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Evenly disposed in temperament; steady; tranquil; serene
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Modicum
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Small amount
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Colloquy
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A talking together, conversation, or conference.
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Funereal
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Morbid; gloomy; sad.
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Subterfuge
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A ruse; deception; evasion trick.
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Stuporous
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Lethargic; dazed; stunned or confused and slow to react.
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Copious
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Abundant; plentiful; large in quantity or number.
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Dilatory
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delaying; slow; procrastinating
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Succinct
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Brfied; short; to the point; concise
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Chary
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Cautious; hesistant; wary; careful; watchful; suspecting
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Sunder
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To separate, spilt, or part.
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Myriad
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N. an indefinitely great number of persons or things.
A. of an indefinitely great number; innumerable. |
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Facade
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Face or front of a building, or of anything; superficial appearance or illusion.
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Hoary
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White or gray with age; ancient.
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Assuage
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To soothe; lessen; ease; relieve; soften.
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Conjecture
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V. To surmise or guess; to predict.
N. a guess |
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Comity
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Courtesty; politeness; civility; kindness; respect.
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Tumid
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Swollen; enlarged; distended; bloated.
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Verisimilitude
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Appearance of truth, likelihood, probability; the quality or state of appearing to be true.
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Cache
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V. to hide or stow away goods in a cache.
N. A hiding place for goods (ammunition, food, treasures). |
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Conjecture
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V. To surmise or guess; to predict.
N. a guess |
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Conjecture
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V. To surmise or guess; to predict.
N. a guess |
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Comity
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Courtesty; politeness; civility; kindness; respect.
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Comity
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Courtesty; politeness; civility; kindness; respect.
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Tumid
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Swollen; enlarged; distended; bloated.
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Tumid
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Swollen; enlarged; distended; bloated.
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Verisimilitude
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Appearance of truth, likelihood, probability; the quality or state of appearing to be true.
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Verisimilitude
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Appearance of truth, likelihood, probability; the quality or state of appearing to be true.
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Cache
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V. to hide or stow away goods in a cache.
N. A hiding place for goods (ammunition, food, treasures). |
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Cache
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V. to hide or stow away goods in a cache.
N. A hiding place for goods (ammunition, food, treasures). |
