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33 Cards in this Set
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Omnipresent |
Universally present, ubiquitous |
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Omniscient |
All-knowing |
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Omnivorous |
Eating both plant and animal food, devouring everything |
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Onerous |
Burdensome |
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Onset |
Beginning, attack |
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Onus |
Burden, responsibility |
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Opalescent |
Iridescent, lustrous |
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Opaque |
Dark, not transparent |
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Opiate |
Medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain, something that relieves emotion or causes inaction |
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Opportune |
Timely, will chosen |
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Opportunist |
Individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances |
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Optimist |
Person who looks on the good side, positivity |
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Optimum |
Most favorable |
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Optional |
Not obligatory |
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Opulence |
Extreme wealth, luxuriousness, abundance |
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Opus |
Work |
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Oracular |
Prophetic, uttered as if with divine authority, mysterious or ambiguous |
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Orator |
Public speaker |
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Ordain |
Decree or command, grant holy orders, predestine |
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Ordeal |
Severe trial or affliction |
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Ordinance |
Decree |
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Ordination |
Ceremony making someone a minister |
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Orgy |
Wild, drunken revelry, unrestrained indulgence in a tendancy |
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Orient |
Get ones bearings, adjust |
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Orientation |
Act of finding oneself in society |
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Ornate |
Excessively or elaborately decorated |
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Ornithology |
Study of birds |
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Orthodox |
Traditional, conservative in belief |
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Oscillate |
Vibrate pendulumlike, wave |
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Ossify |
Change or harden into bone |
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Ostensible |
Apparent, professed, pretend |
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Ostentatious |
Showy, pretentious, trying to attract attention |
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Ostracize |
Exclude from public favor, ban |
