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76 Cards in this Set
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encomium
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glowing and enthusiastic praise
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philippic
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discourse or declamation of bitter condemnation
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effulgent
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of radiant splendor, brilliant
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fracas
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noisy quarrel
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reticent
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inclined to be silent, reserved
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specious
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having deceptive attraction or allure
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ablactate
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to gradually deprive, ween
ab-away, lactate |
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forbear
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to hold oneself back from
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recalcitrant
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obstinate, difficult to manage
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demarcate
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delimit, to set apart
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raiment
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clothing, garments
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legerdemain
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slight of hand, display of skill
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rebus
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representation of words by pictures or objects
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chicanery
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deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry
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agog
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full of intense interest or excitement
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capitulation
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act of surrender or set of terms comprising agreement between countries
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contumely
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harsh language or treatment arising from from haughtiness or contempt
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debauch
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to make disloyal, to lead away from virtue
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tendentious
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biased; having a tendency
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sententious
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given to aphoristic expression, pithy or terse
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pertinacious
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adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose or design
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waggish
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humorous
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cloying
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disgusting or distasteful for reason of excess
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palimpsest
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something with many layers, reused for writing
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suffuse
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to spread through or over in the manner of fluid or light
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manumit
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to release from slavery
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recumbent
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lying down
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fractious
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quarrelsome, unruly
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Apollonian
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harmonious
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Dionysian
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frenzied or orgiastic in nature
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diaphanous
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characterized by fineness or extreme delicacy
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repletion
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eating to excess, condition of being filled up
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providence
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divine guidance or care
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condole
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to express sorrow
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imprudent
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not prudent, lacking wisdom/discretion
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eminence
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person of high stature
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cajolity
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happiness
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impendence
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something that is about to happen
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magniloquent
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speaking in bombastic language
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wroth
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intensely angered
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predilection
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disposition in favor of something
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conspicuous
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evident
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astringent
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severe, biting
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propinquity
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kinship
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vagary
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whimsical idea
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obfuscate
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deliberately make confusing
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privation
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state of lacking basic necessities or comforts in life
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canard
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false, baseless report
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prescience
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foreshadowing, pre-knowledge
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prolix
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verbose
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stentorian
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loud
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chastened
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reprimanded, depressed
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ennui
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dissatisfaction, restlessness
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vituperate
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to use harsh language to censure, abuse
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surfeit
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to satiate or fill to excess
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bailiwick
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area of concern or business
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pixilated
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eccentric, possessed,
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kaleidoscope
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series of changing events
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distrait
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preoccupied, absent-minded
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miasma
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toxic fume
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confute
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to disprove
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sultry
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sweltering
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avow
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to declare
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ductile
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stretchable
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expiate
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to atone, to make amends for
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adventitious
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accidental, extrinsic, causal
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martinet
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disciplinarian
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arrogate
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to seize without right
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surreptitious
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secret, furtive, sneaky, hidden
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pernicious
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very destructive
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pertinent
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suitable, to the point
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pertinacious
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stubborn, persistent
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perspicacious
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having insight, penetrating, astute
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edify
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to instruct, correct morally
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endue
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to provide with some quality, to endow
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impertinent
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insolent, rude
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