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14 Cards in this Set
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EMULATE
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TO TRY TO EXCEL OR EQUAL
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ENCOMIUM
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PRAISE; ACCOLADES; ADULATIONL EULOGY
ANTONYMS: ANATHEMA; DIATRIVE; EXECRATION |
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ENGENDER
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TO CAUSE, TO BRING INTO BEING; BEGET
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ENHANCE
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TO INCREASE, TO ADD UP(SOMETHING ALREADY GOOD OR POSITIVE); AUGMENT
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ENIGMA
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A PUZZLE OR PUZZLING SITUATION
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ENJOIN
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1) TO PROHIBIT FROM DOING SOMETHING
2) TO ORDER TO DO SOMETHING |
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EPHEMERAL
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SHORT-LIVED; EVANESCENT
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EPICURE
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A LOVER OF LUXURIOUS LIVING
ANTONYMS: ASCETIC(a person who denies himself pleasure) |
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EPITAPH
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INSCRIPTION ON A GRAVESTONE
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EPITHET
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DESCRIPTIVE NAME, USUALLY DEROGATORY(BELITTLING)
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EPITOME
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1) A SUMMARY OR PART THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE; COMPENDIUM
2) A PERFECT OR CONSUMMATE EXAMPLE OR A TYPE OF PERSON OR THING |
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EQUABLE
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1) EVEN; STEADY(SAID OF A PERSON)
ANTONYM - CAPRICIOUS(CHANGEABLE) 2) CALM; SERENCE ANTONYM - CANTAKEROUS, CHOLERIC(ILL- TEMPERED 3) MILD; NOT FLUCTUATING OR CHANING MUCH |
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EQUANIMITY
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CALMNESS OF TEMPERAMENT; POISE
ANTONYM: DISCOMFITURE(EMBARRASSMENT) |
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EQUITABLE
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JUST; FAIR
ANTONYMS: ARBITRARY; BIGOTED(BIASED) |
