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20 Cards in this Set
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carouse
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verb: to drink excessively
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pastiche
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noun: product of borrowed fragments or motifs from various sources; a dramatic or literary work
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acrimony
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noun: sharpness or harshness
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bifurcate
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verb: divided into two branches or parts
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spurious
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adjective: not genuine, not authentic
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asperity
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noun: rough, ill-tempered, irritability, and sharpness of tone
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sycophant
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noun: apple polisher, kiss up
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clairvoyant
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noun: to have a clear mental image of things that others cannot see, or to know of events that have not yet happened.
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carnal
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adjective:marked by sexuality
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anthology
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noun:collection of literary works
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harass
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verb: to torment without letup
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mordant
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adjective: caustic, sharp, bitter
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debilitate
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verb: to enfeeble, to weaken
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manifest
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adjective: easily understood or readily perceived by the senses
verb: to make obvious noun: a list of cargo carried by a truck, train, or ship |
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decadent
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adjective: a period of ecline or decay
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vicarious
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adjective: substitution, either real or imaginary
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trepidation
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noun: a state of alarm or dread, apprehension, fear
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melee
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noun: a confused struggle, turmoil, a jumble
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implacable
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adjective: not able to calm
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nexus
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noun: a means of connecting or link
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