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50 Cards in this Set
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Monotony
noun |
no variation; tediously the same
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Aggrandize
verb |
to increase in power, influence, and reputation
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Xenophobia
noun |
a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers
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Scintilla
noun |
trace amount
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Pugilism
noun |
boxing
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Waver
verb |
to fluctuate between choices
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Zephyr
noun |
a gentle breeze; something airy or unsubstantial
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Banal
adj |
predictable; cliched; boring
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Impious
adj |
not devout in religion
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Oblique
adj |
indirect or evasive; misleading or devious
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Occlude
verb |
to stop up; prevent the passage of
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Abate
verb |
to reduce in amount, degree, or severity
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Abdicate
verb |
to give up a position, right, or power
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Exponent
noun |
one who champions or advocates
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Expurgate
verb |
to censor
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Fallow
noun |
dormant; unused
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Fanatical
adj |
acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion
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Fatuous
adj |
stupid; foolishly self-satisfied
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Fawn
verb |
to grovel
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Fecund
adj |
fertile; fruitful; productive
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Fervid
adj |
intensely emotional; feverish
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Fetid
adj |
foul-smelling; putrid
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Enumerate
verb |
to count, list, or itemize
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Ephemeral
adj |
lasting a short time
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Epicure
noun |
person with refined taste in food and wine
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Dyspeptic
adj |
suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable
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Ebullient
adj |
exhilarated; full of enthusiasm and high spirits
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Glib
adj |
fluent in an insincere manner; offhand; casual
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Rhetoric
noun |
effective writing or speaking
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Livid
adj |
discolored from a bruise; pale; reddened with anger
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Loquacious
adj |
talkative
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Keen
adj |
having a sharp edge; intellectually sharp; perceptive
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Kindle
verb |
to set fire to or ignite; excite or inspire
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Connoisseur
noun |
a person with expert knowledge or discriminating tastes
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Contumacious
adj |
rebellious
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Contrite
adj |
deeply sorrowful and repentant for a wrong
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Malediction
noun |
a curse; a wish of evil upon another
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Yoke
verb |
to join together
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Bilk
verb |
to cheat; defraud
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Bifurcate
verb |
to divide into two parts
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Peripatetic
adj |
wandering from place to place, especially on foot
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Permeate
verb |
to penetrate
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Augury
noun |
prophecy; prediction of events
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Lassitude
noun |
a state of diminished energy
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Lapidary
adj |
relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them
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Larceny
noun |
theft of property
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Largess
noun |
generous giving (as of money) to others who may seem inferior
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Zenith
noun |
the point of culmination; peak
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Noisome
adj |
stinking; putrid
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Nettle
verb |
to irritate
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