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20 Cards in this Set
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Abridge
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To shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents
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Emendation
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A correction or change, as of a text
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Finality
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The state, quality, or fact of being final
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Garrulous
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Exessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters
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Impromptu
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Made or done without previous preparation
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Invoke
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To call on (a deity, Muse, etc.), as in prayer or supplication
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Lucrative
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Profitable; moneymaking
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Shrew
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A woman of violent temper and speech
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Supercilious
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Haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression
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Verbose
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Characterized by the use of many or too many words
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Bolster
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To support
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Expletive
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An interjectory word or expression, frequently profane
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Furor
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A general outburst of enthusiasm, exitement, controversy, or the like
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Idiomatic
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Peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect
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Intangible
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Incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch
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Laconic
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Using few words; expressing much in few words
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Reciprocate
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To give, feel, etc. in return
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Subterfuge
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An artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
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Tawdry
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Showy and cheap
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Wistful
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Characterized by melancholy
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