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67 Cards in this Set
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Accoutrements
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n. equipment.
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Alacrity
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n. cheerful promptness.
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Vacillation
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n. fluctuation; wavering
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Proviso
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n. stipulation; condition.
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Impunity
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n. freedom from punishment.
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Arroyo
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n. gully.
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contrite
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penitent; repentant.
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Paean
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n. song of praise or joy.
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Incredulous
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adj. withholding belief; skeptical.
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Cognizance
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n. knowledge .
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Imminent.
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adj. impending; about to happen.
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Stipulate
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v. make express conditions; specify.
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Savant
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n. scholar; learned person; erudite.
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Cataclysm
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n. deluge; upheaval; disaster.
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Emolument
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adj. salary; compensation.
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Vernacular
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n. living language; natural style; colloquial; informal speech.
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Auspicious.
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adj. favoring success; favorable.
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Incipient
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adj. beginning; in early stage.
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Connivance
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n. collusion; conspire.
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Reticent
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adj. reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence.
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Prevaricate
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v. lie.
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Conundrum
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n. riddle; difficult problem.
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Bellicose
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adj. war like.
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Latent
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adj. dormant; hidden.
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Macabre
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adj. gruesome; grisly.
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Astute
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adj. wise; shrewd.
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Jettison
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v. throw overboard.
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Expunge
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v. cancel; remove.
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Deduce
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v. infer.
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Gamut
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n. entire range.
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Ambulatory
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adj. able to walk.
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Limpid
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adj. clear.
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Blandishment
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n. flattery.
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Epitome
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n. summary; concise abstract.
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Plenary
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adj. complete; full.
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Specious
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adj. seemingly reasonable but incorrect; deceptive.
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Beatific
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adj. giving bliss; blissful.
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Obviate
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n. cessation.
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Sebaceous
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v. make unnecessary; get rid of.
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Recondite
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adj. oily; fatty.
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Dissimulate
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adj. abstruse; profound; secret.
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Vitiate
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v. pretend; conceal by feigning.
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Adventitious
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v. spoil the effect of; make inoperative; contaminate.
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Descry
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v. catch sight of.
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Turgid
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adj. swollen; distended.
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Ethnology
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n. study of man.
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Panoramic
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comprehensive view ,unobstructed view in all directions.
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Apposite
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adj. appropriate; fitting.
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Disparage
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v. belittle.
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Derisive
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adj. expressing ridicule.
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Avid
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adj. greedy; eager for.
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Hiatus
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n. gap; pause.
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Extirpate
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v. root up; eradicate.
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Recompense
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v. reward; make amends.
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Sanguine
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adj. cheerful; hopeful.
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Sentient
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adj. capable of feeling.
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Truncheon
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n. baton; club carried by a police officer.
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Dilatory
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adj. delaying.
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Redolent
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adj. fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor.
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Sublime
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adj. exalted; noble; uplifting.
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Sedulous
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adj. diligent.
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Curvet
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v. leap.
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Animus
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n. hostile feeling or intent.
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Recondite
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adj. abstruse; profound; secret.
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Descry
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v. catch sight of.
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Redolent
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adj. fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor.
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Sentient
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adj. capable of feeling.
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