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98 Cards in this Set
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stanch
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V. to stop the flow of
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staunch
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adj. firm and steadfast
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extant
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adj. still in existence; not destroyed
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restive
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adj 1. Resisting authority; difficult to control 2. restless; fidgity
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apropose
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prep. With regard to
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depose
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v. to remove from office or power
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static
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adj. having no motion or change
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ecstasy
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n. intense joy or delight
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stasis
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n. condition in which there is no change
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entity
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n. a bieng
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essence
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n. the most important ingredient; the cruscial element
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quintenssential
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the most typical ideal, or important
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verdure
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n. greenery; fresh ripe vegetation
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verdant
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adj. green; lush with vegetation
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viridity
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n. lack of experience; innocence
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candid
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adj. open and silence
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candor
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n. frankness or sincerity of expression; openness
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incandescent
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adj. shining brilliantly
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pallor
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n. extreme or unnatural paleness
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pallid
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adj. lacking color; dull
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appall
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v. to fill with horror or disapproval
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livid
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adj. enraged; furious
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denigrate
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v. To attack the chareacter of; to mock
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peccadillo
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n. A small sin or fault
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impeccable
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adj. having no flaws
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peccant
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adj. violating a moral law; sinful
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pejorative
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adj. negative and critical; insulting
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impair
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v. to cause to diminish, as in strength, value, or quality
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malign
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v. to speak or maliciously insult
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malinger
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v. to pretend to be sick in order to avoid something
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malaise
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n. Asense of unease; depression
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negligent
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adj. not properly attentive
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negligble
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adj. unimportant; insignificant
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negate
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v. to cancel the effect of; nullify
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jocose
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adj. cheerful; merry
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jocular
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adj. characterized by joking
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festoon
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v. To drape or adorn festively
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fete
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v. To honor with a banquet or feast
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bacchic
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adj. Of or related to a wild celebration
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bacchanal
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n. a drunken party or celebration
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plaintive
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adj. sorrowful; expressing or evoking mourning or sadness
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plaint
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n. a lament or complaint
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elegy
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n. a song or poem memorializing something or someone
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elegiac
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adj. Mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful
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somnolent
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drowsy; sleepy
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soporific
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adj. causing sleep or fatigue
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sopor
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n. sleep; drowsiness
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languid
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adj. lacking energy; weak
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languish
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v. to waste away
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langour
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n. lack of physical or mental energy
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vigilant
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adj. on the alert; watchful
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vigilante
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n. someone who takes law enforcement into his own hands
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acquiesce
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v. to give in
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requiem
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n. a song or religios service for the dead or lost
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quittance
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n. a repayment; compensation
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fortuitous
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adj. happening by lucky accident or chance; fortunate
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fortuity
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n. chance or accident
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auspices
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n. protection or support; patronage
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auspicous
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adj. followed by favorable circumstances
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predestination
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n. the belief that one's fate has been determined in advance by a higher power
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destine
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v. intend for a specific end or purpose
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consortium
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n. a group of companies or institutuions
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consort
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v. to keep company; associate
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propitious
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adj. lucky; favorable
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propitiate
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v. to soothe or satisfy; to appease
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importune
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v. to urge or beg without enf
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importunate
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adj. extremely demanding; insistent
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rapport
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n. a posotive relationship
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insufferable
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adj. impossible to bear; intolerable
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preferential
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giving or showing an advantage to one over another
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conferment
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n. the act of bestowing; a formal offer
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periphery
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n. the outermost part or boundary
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euphoria
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n. a feeling of great happines or well being
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congested
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adj. overcrowded; to tightly packed
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gestate
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v. to conceive and develop in the mind or body
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gesticulate
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v. to make gestures for emphasis
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solipsism
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n. the theory that the self is the only reality
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desolate
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adj. deserted and lonely
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soliloquy
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n. a literary or dramatic speech spoken by a solitary character
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monotonous
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adj. unvarying; lacking in variety
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monosyllabic
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adj. having only one syllable
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monotone
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n. sameness of sound, stlye, manner, or color
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divulge
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v. to make public
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vulgar
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adj. of the common people
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polymath
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n. a person with knowledge of many subjects
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hoi polloi
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n. the common people; the masses
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polyglot
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n. a person with a knowledge of several languages
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totalitarian
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adj. having to do with a government in which one person, group, or party controls everything
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totality
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n. completeness
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holistic
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adj. concerning the whole rater than the parts
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catholic
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adj. covering a broad range; universal
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consummate
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adj. perfect or ideal, especially in skill or accomplishment
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summation
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n. accumulation; total result
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trenchant
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adj. sharply effective or insightful
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truncate
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v. to cut short in the middle
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parcel
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v. to divide into parts and distribute
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parse
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v. to examine or analyze
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repartee
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n. quick, witty conversation
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