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54 Cards in this Set
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adroit
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adept
dexterous |
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arcane
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mysterious
esoteric knowable only to initiates |
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artless
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completely without guile
natural w/out nartificiality |
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apprise
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give notice to
inform |
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beatify
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to bless
make happy to reagrd as saintly |
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belie
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to give a fals eimpression of
to misrepresent |
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bilge
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bulge
the protuberance of a cask |
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boisterous
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loud
noisy lacking restraint |
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boor
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a rude or insenstive person
lout yokel |
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burnish
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to polish
rub to a shine |
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cajole
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to inveigle
coax wheedle sweet talk |
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caret
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an insertion mark used by editors and proofreaders
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chauvinist
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a blindly devoted patriot
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coda
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conclduing section to a musical or literary peice
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consequential
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pompous
self-important |
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corrigible
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capable of being set right
correctable reparable |
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countenance
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to approve of or tolerate
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daunt
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to cow or dismay
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decorous
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correct
formal marked by decroum |
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denigrate
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blacken
belittle sully defame |
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din
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loud sustained noise
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derivative
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unoriginal
obtianed from another source |
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detraction
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slandering
verbal attack aspersion |
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digress
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to stray from a point
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discomfit
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to defeat
put down |
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doggered
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triviality
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dross
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slag
waste or foreign matter impurity |
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dynamo
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generator
forceful energetic person |
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dulcet
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melodious
harmonious melifluous |
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edifying
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enlightnening
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effrontery
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boldness
arrogance impudence |
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egress
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exit
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engender
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to cause, produce
give rise to |
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enormity
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excessive wickedness
evilness |
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episodic
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loosely connected
not flowing logically |
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evince
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to show clearly
to indicate |
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fetid
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stinking, smelly, malodorous
noisome |
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florid
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ruddy
ornate |
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foment
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to incite
to rouse |
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forbearance
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patience
willingness to ask |
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garner
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to agther and save
to store up |
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gauche
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crude
awkward tasteless |
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gossamer
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delicate
insubstantial or tenuous insincere |
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hallow
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to make holy
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idyll
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a carefree, light hearted orm pastroal episode
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inherent
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ingrained within one's nature
intrinisc innate |
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jibe
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to aggree
to be in accord |
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inscrutable
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incapable of being discovered or understood
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insensible
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unconscious
unresponsive numb |
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insular
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parochial
narrowminded |
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limn
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to draw
delineate outline ind etail describe |
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limpid
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transparent
serene clear pellucid |
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mettle
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strength of spirit
courage stamina |
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mettlesome
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courageous
high-spirited |