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41 Cards in this Set
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Revive |
To bring back to life |
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Vociferous |
Crying out noisily |
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Revoke |
To withdraw |
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Prescient |
Having knowledge of things before they happen |
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Omniscient |
Knowing everything |
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Nescient |
Lacking knowledge, ignorent |
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Resilient |
Able to spring back to its original form after compression |
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Insolent |
Bodily rude or disrespectful |
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Exult |
To feel enormous joy |
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Desultory |
At random, unmethodical |
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Sacrilege |
The violation of anything sacred |
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Sacrament |
Something regarded as possessing sacred character |
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Dirigible |
That can be directed or steered |
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Arrogate |
To claim without warrant or presumptuously |
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Abrogate |
To abolish by formal means |
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Risible |
Able to laugh or inclined to laugh |
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Derision |
The act of mockery |
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Deride |
To make fun of, ridicule |
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Quiescence |
The state of being quiet, at rest |
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Acquiesce |
To comply, givein, quieten down easily |
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Reprobate |
A wicked person |
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Probity |
Honesty, high-mindedness |
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Opprobrium |
The disgrace incurred by shameful conduct |
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Approbation |
To praise, consideration |
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Provident |
Having or showing foresight |
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Propound |
To set forth for consideration |
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Prolific |
Highly fruitul |
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Profuse |
Spending or given freely |
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Prodigious |
Extraordinary in size, amount |
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Reprisals |
Retaliation against an enemy |
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Reprehensible |
Deserving rebuke or censure |
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Enterprise |
A project undertaken |
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Apprehend |
To take into custody |
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Precedent |
An act that serves as an example for subsequent |
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Precocious |
Unusually advanced or mature in mental development |
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Precarious |
Dependent on circumstances beyond one's control |
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Post facto |
After the fact |
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Posterity |
Succeeding in future generations collectively |
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Posthumous |
After death |
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Importune |
To urge or press with excessive persistence |
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Disport |
To divert or amuse oneself |
