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50 Cards in this Set
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fortitude
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n. courage in facing difficulties
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insidious
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sly
treacherous adj. intended to deceive or entrap |
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stolid
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dull
unresponsive adj. not easily moved mentally or emotionally |
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cursory
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adj. hasty
not thorough |
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duplicity
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n. treachery
deceitfulness |
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sojourn
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n. temporary stay
v. to stay for a time |
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urbane
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suave
adj. refined in manner or style |
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cogent
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adj. forceful
convincing relevant |
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invulnerable
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adj. not able to be wounded or hurt
shielded against attack |
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supercilious
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adj. proud and contemptuous
showing scorn with superiority |
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uncanny
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adj. strange, mysterious, weird
beyond explanation |
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venial
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adj. easily excused
pardonable |
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clemency
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n. humaneness
mildness |
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dearth
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n. scarcity
a famine |
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repose
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v. to rest
n. relaxation |
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temerity
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n. rashness, boldness
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extirpate
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v. to tear up by the roots
to destroy totally |
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officious
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adj. meddling
excessively forward in offering services or assuming authority |
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venal
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adj. open to or marked by bribery or corruption
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buffet
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v. to slap or cuff
to strike repeatedly n. a slap, blow |
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martinet
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n. a strict disciplinarian
a stickler for the rules |
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obviate
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v. to anticipate and prevent
to remove, dispose of |
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renegade
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n. a deserter, outlaw
adj. traitorous |
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ingenuous
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adj. naive
guileless |
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multifarious
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adj. varied
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recalcitrant
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adj. obstinate
ornery unruly |
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stultify
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v. cripple
dull |
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indemnity
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compensation
reparation restitution |
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limpid
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lucid
adj. clear, transparent |
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contentious
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adj. quarrelsome
argumentative |
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exponent
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n. advocate
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insuperable
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adj. invincible
insurmountable |
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respite
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breather
intermission n. a period of relief or rest |
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retribution
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n. a repayment
a deserved punishment |
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vanguard
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n. forefront
the leading position in the army or in any field |
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abjure
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v. to renounce, repudiate under oath
to avoid, shun |
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compunction
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n. remorse, regret
scruple |
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inveterate
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adj. firmly established, long-standing
habitual chronic |
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platitude
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cliche
truism bromide n. a comonplace, stale, or trite remark |
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trenchant
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adj. incisive, keen
forceful, effective cutting, caustic distinct, clear-cut |
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imbibe
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v. to drink
to take in, absorb digest |
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stipulate
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v. to arrange specifically
to require as a condition of agreement |
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droll
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zany
adj. amusingly odd |
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laud
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v. to praise
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loll
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v. to act in a lazy manner
to lounge to recline, droop loiter |
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magnanimous
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bighearted
adj. generous in forgiving, above small meanness |
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phlegmatic
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lethargic
adj. slow-moving, sluggish unemotional |
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chagrin
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vexation
n. irritation or humiliation caused by disappointment or frustration |
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somnolent
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soporific
adj. sleepy, drowsy inducing sleep |
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voluble
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adj. glib, fluent
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