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134 Cards in this Set
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Cloying
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sickly sweet; excessive
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Frenetic
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frantic, frenzied
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Hoary
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very old; whitish or gray from age
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Inexorable
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inflexible; unyielding
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Inter
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To bury
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Maelstrom
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whirlpool; turmoil; agitated state of mind
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Mannered
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artificial or stilted in character
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Maudlin
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overly sentimental
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Missive
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a written note or letter
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Monastic
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extremely plain or secluded
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Fulsome
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complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree; of large size or quantity; generous or abundant
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Corybantic
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adj. wild; frenzied
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Sepulcher
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v. llay or bury in or as if in a sepulcher
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Bathetic
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adj. effusively or insincerely emotional
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Saccharine
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adj. excessively sweet or sentimental.
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Self-abnegating
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adj. renunciant: used especially of behavior
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Mores
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n. fixed customs or manners; moral attitudes
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Opine
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v. to express an opinion
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Plebeian
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adj. crude or coarse; characteristic of commoners
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Politic
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adj. shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with things; diplomatic
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Mantic
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adj. divinatory: resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
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Raconteur
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adj. witty, skillfull storyteller
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Redress
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n. relief from wrong or injury
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Rejoinder
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n. response
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Sacrosanct
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adj. extremely saved; beyond critcism
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Rubicund
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adj. possessing a red complexion
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Sedition
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n. behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state
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Indemnity
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a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
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Riposte
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n. a thrust given in return after parrying an attack; a quick and usually witty response to a taunt; an answer or reply, rapidly uttered
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Seraphic
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adj. angelic; sweet
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Syncopation
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temporary irregularity in musical rhythmn
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Tenderfoot
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n. an inexperienced person
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Verdant
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green with vegetation; inexperienced
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Wanton
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undisciplined; unrestrained; reckless
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Winsome
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charming; happily engaging
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Yoke
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v. to join together
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Amortize
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v. to diminish by installment payments
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Arrogate
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v. to claim without justification; to claim for oneself without right
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Bilk
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v. to cheat, defraud
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Canard
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n. a lie
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Circumspect
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adj. cautious; aware of potential consequences
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Contumacious
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adj. rebellious
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Cosset
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v. to pamper, treat with great care
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Cupidity
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n. greed; strong desire for material things
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Declivity
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n. downward slope
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Distaff
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n. the female branch of the family
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Diurnial
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adj. existing during the day
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Dyspeptic
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adj. gloomy and irritable
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Ersatz
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adj. fake
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Exponent
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n. one who champions or advocates
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Bowdlerize
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v. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
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Surreptitious
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adj. stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert
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Hapless
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adj. unfortunate; having bad luck
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Husband
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v. to manage economically, to use sparingly
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Indigent
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adj. destitute: poor enough to need help from others
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Imprecation
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n. a curse
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Incarnadine
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adj. blood-red in color
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Acerb
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adj. sour or bitter in taste
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Inculcate
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v. to teach; to impress in the mind
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Investiture
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n. ceremony conferring authority
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Jingoism
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n. belligerent support of one's country
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Jaundiced
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adj. showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste
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Lapidary
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adj. relating to precious stones or the art of cutting them
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Largess
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generous giving to others who may seem inferior
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Legerdemain
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n. trickery
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Lissome
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adj. easily flexed; limber; agile
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Lugubrious
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adj. sorrowful; mournful, dismal
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Magnate
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n. powerful or influential person
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Malediction
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n. a curse, evil wish upon another
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Luminary
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n. a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
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Nabob
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n. someone of great wealth or importance
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Potentate
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n. dictator: a ruler who is unconstrained by law
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Martinet
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n. strict disciplinarian, one who rigidly follows the rules
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Molt
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v. to shed skin, hair or an outer layer periodically
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Nettle
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v. to irritate
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Numismatics
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n. coin collecting
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Orotund
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adj. pompous
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Palliate
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v. to make less serious; ease
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Panopoly
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n. impressive array
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Pare
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v. to trime off excess, reduce
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Pastiche
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n. piece of literature or music imitating other works
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Precis
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n. short summary of facts
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Profligate
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adj. corrupt, degenerate
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Propitiate
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v. to conciliate, to appease
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Replete
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adj. abundantly supplied, complete
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Sobriquet
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n. nickname
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Desquamate
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To shed or peel
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Aureate
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adj. elaborately or excessively ornamented
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Declamatory
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adj. bombastic: ostentatiously lofty in style
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Extenuate
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v. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
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Euphuistic
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adj. artificially elegant style of language
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Solecism
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n. grammatical mistake, blunder in speech
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Sybarite
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n. person devoted to pleasure and luxury
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Vicissitude
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n. a change or variation; ups and downs
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Vim
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n. vitality and energy
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Vituperate
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v. to abuse verbally; berate
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Voluble
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adj. talkative; speaking easily; glib
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Jettison
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v. to discard, to get rid of as unnecessary or encumering
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Invectives
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n. abusive language
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Knell
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n. sound of a funeral bell; omen of death
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Overwrought
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adj. agitated; overdone
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Panache
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n. flamboyance or dashing style and action; verve
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Pejorative
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adj. having bad connotations; disparaging
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Phalanx
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n. a compact or close body of people; animals or things
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Philistine
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n. a person who is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectual or moralistic values
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Sentient
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adj. aware; conscious; able to perceive
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Sportive
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adj. frolicsome; playful
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Unconscionable
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adj. unscrupulous, shocking unfair or unjust
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Diminution
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n. decline: change toward something smaller or lower
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Proselytize
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v. convert to another faith or religion
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Cephalic
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adj. of or relating to the head
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Windjammer
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n. a large sailing ship
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Locomotive
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n.a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
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Undergird
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v. lend moral support to
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Rapprochement
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n. reconciliation: the reestablishing of cordial relations
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Executrix
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n. a woman executor
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Interminable
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adj. Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending
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Abandon
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n. the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
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Logy
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adj. dazed: stunned or confused and slow to react
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Cede
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v. To give up, give way, give away
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Collar
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v. take into custody
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Ambulatory
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adj. relating to or adapted for walking
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Purblind
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adj. dim-sighted: having greatly reduced vision; obtuse
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Canting
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adj. departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal;
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Febrile
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adj. of or relating to or characterized by fever
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Insidious
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working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
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Unguent
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n. a salve or ointment
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Emolument
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n. Payment for an office or employment; compensation for a job, which is usually monetary
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Fatalist
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n. anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
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Parochial
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adj. insular: narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
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Prosaic
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adj. commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting
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Denude
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v. to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest
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Potable
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adj. Good for drinking without fear of poisoning or disease
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Sedulity
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adj. the quality of being constantly diligent and attentive
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