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30 Cards in this Set
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DESPOTIC
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characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule
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EFFUSION
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TO OVERFLOW
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ENSCONCE
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To settle (oneself) securely or comfortably
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FRIVOLOUS
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Inappropriately silly
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GUILE
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cunning
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JUNCTURE
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The act of joining or the condition of being joined
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MAGNANIMITY
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extremely liberal and generous of spirit
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MENAGERIE
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A zoo
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PRECARIOUS
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fraught with danger
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SINUOUS
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series of graceful curving motions
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SOLILOQUY
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A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener
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IMPUDENT
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rude; disrespectful
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INUNDATE
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to flood
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PERENNIAL
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Lasting an indefinitely long time
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PORTENT
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omen of something about to happen
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CONJECTURE
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guess; speculation
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CLANDESTINE
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Kept or done in secret
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ALLUSION
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passing reference or indirect mention
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BLANCH
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To take the color from; bleach
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ADHERENT
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sticking; clinging;
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ZEPHYR
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The west wind.
A gentle breeze |
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PALPABLE
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capable of being touched or felt
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EDIFYING
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to worship
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ODIOUS
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highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting.
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OPULENCE
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wealth, riches, or affluence
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OSTENTATIOUS
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behaving, done etc in such a way as to be seen by other people and to impress them
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DERISION
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contemptuous laughter
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VENERATE
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to honour greatly
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SUBLIME
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Inspiring awe; impressive
Something sublime. |
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TRIFLING
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unimportant
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