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78 Cards in this Set
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obtrude
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push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intriude, butt in, extrude. obtrusive is the adjective, obtrusion the noun
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obeisance
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bow. She made an obeisance as the king entered the room
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nugatory
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futile, worthless. The agreement is nugatory since no court will enforce it
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natation
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swimming
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nadir
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lowest point
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munificent
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very generous
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multifarious
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varied, greatly diversified
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mountebank
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charlatan, boastful pretender
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mottled
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blotched in coloring, spotted. His face became mottled when he was embarrassed, pink and purple and red
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misapprehension
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error, misunderstanding
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mendicant
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beggar
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mercurial
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capricious, changing, fickle
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menagerie
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collection of wild annimals
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mealymouthed
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indirect in speech, hypocritical
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maudlin
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effusively sentimental
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manumit
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emancipate, free from bondage
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malefactor
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evildoer, criminal
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malediction
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curse
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maelstrom
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whirlpool
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madrigal
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pastoral song
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machinations
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evil schemes or plots
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lugubrious
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mournful
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lout
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clumsy person
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lascivious
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lustful, salacious, prurient
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largess
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generous gift
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larder
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pantry, place where food is kept
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legerdemain
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sleight of hand. strategm
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kismet
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fate
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knell
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tolling of a bell, especially to indicate a funeral or disaster
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jingoist
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estremely agreesive and militant patriot, warlike chauvinist
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irresolute
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uncertain how to act, weak
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inveigle
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lead astray, wheedle. She was inveigled into joining the club despite initial reluctance
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insuperable
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insurmountable, unbeatable
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improvident
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thriftless
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imprecation
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curse
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importune
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beg persistently
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impetuous
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violent, rash, hast
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immolate
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offer as a sacrifice
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imbroglio
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complicated situation, painful or complex misunderstanding, entanglement
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histrionic
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theatrical
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hoary
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white with age. the man was hoary and wrinkled when he was 70
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husbandry
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frugality, thrift, agriculture
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halcyon
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calm, peaceful. in those halcyon days, things were peaceful
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hermetic
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sealed so as to be airtight
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gossamer
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sheer, like cobwebs. Nylon can be woven into gossamer or thick fabrics
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genuflect
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bend the knee as in worship
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gambit
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opening in chess in which a piece is sacrified
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functionary
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official. as his case was transferred from one functionary to another, he began to despair of ever reaching a settlmeent
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frond
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fern leaf, palm or banana leaf
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flotsam
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drifting wreckage
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fecundity
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fertility, fruitfulness
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febrile
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feverish. in his febrile condition, he was subject to nightmares
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fete
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honor at a festival
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factitious vs. factious
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factious is inclined to form factions, causing dissension.factitious is artificail, sham
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expurgate
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clean, remove offensive parts of a book
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rxpatiate
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talk at length
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exiguous
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small, minute
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exegesis
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explanation, especially of biblical passages
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ethereal
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light, heavenaly, unusuallyrefined. In shakespeares's the tempest, the spirit ariel is an ethereal creature, tooair and unearthly for our mortal world
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epicure
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connoisseur of food and drink
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epaulet
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ornament worn on the should of a uniform
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equipoise
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balance, balancing force, equilibrioum
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episodic
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loosely connected. Though he tried to follow the plot of the book, john found the novel too episodic
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fulsome
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disgustingly excessive
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fulminate
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thunder, explode
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encomiastic
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praising, eulogistic
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effluvium
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noxious smell
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effete
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worn out, exhausted
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effervescence
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inner excitement or exuberance, bubbling from fermentation or carbonation
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edify
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instruct, correct morally
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dossier
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file of documents on a suject
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dormer
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window projecting from roof
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doff
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take off. A gentleman doffs his hat at a lady.
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dyspeptic
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suffering from indigestion
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earthy
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unrefined, coarse. his earthy remarks embarrassed women
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disport
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amuse
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disaffected
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disloyal
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diaphanous
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sheer, transparent
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