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31 Cards in this Set
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Apiary
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Place where bees are kept
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Aviary
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Place where birds are kept
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Lionize
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Treat as highly important
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Ornithology
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Study of Birds
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Parasite
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Animal, plant, or person living on others
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Astringent
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Substance that shrinks tissues and checks flow of blood
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Benign
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Not dangerous (ant. malignant)
Gentle; kindly |
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Convalesce
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Recover health after illnes; recuperate
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Hypochondriac
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One who is morbidly anxious about personal health, or suffering from imagined illness
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Immunize
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Make immune (resistant to a disease)
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Lesion
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Injury; hurt
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Malignant
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Threatening to cause death (ant. benign)
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Pestilential
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Morally harmful
Pertaining to a pestilence (plague) |
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Sebaceous
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Greasy; secreting sebum (fatty matter secreted by the glands of the skin)
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Viral
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Used by a virus
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Acclaim
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Welcome with approval; applaud loudly
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Encomium
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Speech or writing of high praise; tribute; eulogy
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Eulogize
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Praise; extol; laud; glorify (ant. vilify)
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Laudatory
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Expressing praise, eulogistic
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Plaudit
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(used mainly in the plural) applause; enthusiastic praise
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Derogatory
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Expressing low esteem; belittling; disparaging (ant. complimentary)
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Libel
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False and defamatory printed (or written) statement
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Malign
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Speak evil of; vilify; traduce
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Stigma
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Mark of disgrace
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Banter
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Playful teasing; joking; raillery
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Harlequin
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Buffoon; clown
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Hilarity
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Noisy gaiety; mirth; jollity; glee
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Ironic or Ironical
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Containing or expressing irony
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Sarcasm
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Sneering language intended to hurt a person's feelings
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Satire
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Language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them up to ridicule
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Travesty
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Imitation that makes a serious thing seem ridiculous; mockery
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