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71 Cards in this Set
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galvanize
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to shock; to arouse awareness
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gamely
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spiritedly, bravely
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gauche
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lacking social refinement
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grandiloquence
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pompous talk; fancy but meaningless language
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gregarious
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outgoing, sociable
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grotto
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small cave
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harange
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to give a long speech
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hedonist
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one who pursues plasure as a goal
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hegemony
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the domination of one state or group over its allies
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heretical
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departing from accepted beliefs or standards, oppositional
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hiatus
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a gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity
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histrionics
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deliberate display of emotion for effect; exaggerated behavior calculated for effect
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hubris
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excessive pribe or self-confidence
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husband
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to manage economicalled; to use sparingly
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ignoble
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having low moral standards, not noble in character
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illusory
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producing illusion, deceptive
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imbibe
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to recieve into the mind and take in
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impassive
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absent of any external sign of emotion, expressionless
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imperious
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commanding, domineering; urgent
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imperturbable
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unshakably calm and steady
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implacable
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inflexible; not capable of being changed or pacified
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importunate
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troublesome urgent; extremely persistent in request or demand
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imprecation
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a curse
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impudent
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marked by cocky boldness or disregarded for others
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impugn
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to call into question; to attack verbally
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impute
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to lay the responsibility or blame for, often unjustly
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incandescent
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shining brightly
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incarnadine
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red, expecially blood red
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inchoate
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being only partly in existent; imperfectly formed
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incipent
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beginning to exist or appear; in an intial stage
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incorrigible
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incapable of being corrected or amended; difficult to control or manage
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incredulous
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unwilling to accept what is true, skeptical
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indomitable
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incapable of being conquered
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ingratiate
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to gain favor with another by deliverate effort, to seek to please somebody so as to gain an advantage
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inherent
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involving the seential character of something, built-in, inborn
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inquest
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an investigation, an inquiry
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insenate
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lacking sensibility and understanding, foolish
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insolent
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insltingly arrogant, overbearing
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insular
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characteristic of an isolated people, especially having a narrow viewpoing
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insuperable
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incapable of being surmounted or overcome
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inter
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to bury
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interlocutor
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ones who takes part in conversation
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internecine
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mutually destructive; equally devastating to both sides
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interregnum
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a temporary halting of the usualy operations of government or control
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intimation
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a subtle and indirect hint
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intractable
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not easily managed or manipulated
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intransient
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uncompromising, refusing to abandon an extreme position
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intrepid
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fearless, resolutely conrageous
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inundate
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to cover with a flood; to overwhelm as if with a flood
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inveterate
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firmly established, especially with respect to a habit or attitude
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irascible
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easily angered, hot tempered
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ironic
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poignantly contrary or incongrous to what was expected
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irreverent
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disrespectful in a gently or humorous way
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itinerant
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wandering from place to place; unsettled
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jettison
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to discard, to get rid of as unneseccary or encumbering
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jocular
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playful, humorous
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junta
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a small governing body, especially after a revolutionary seizure of power
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kismet
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destiny, fate
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lampoon
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to ridicule with satire
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largess
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generous giving (as in money) to others who may seem inferior
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laudable
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deserving of praise
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lax
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not rigid, loose; negligent
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levity
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an inappropriate lack of seriousness, overly casual
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lexicon
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a dictionary; a stock of terms pertaining to a particular subject or vocabulary
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libertarian
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one who advocates indivudual rights and freedoms
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libertine
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a free thinker, usually used disparaginly; one without moral restraint
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licentious
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immoral; unrestrained by society
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lilliputian
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very small
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limber
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flexible, capable of being shaped
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lithe
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moving and beding with ease; marked by effotless grace
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loquacious
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talkative
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