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48 Cards in this Set
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EBULLIENCE
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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings,
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ECCENTRIC
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departing from norms or conventions,
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ECLECTIC
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composed of elements drawn from various sources,
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EDIFYING
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enlightening, informative,
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EFFRONTERY
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extreme boldness; presumptuousness,
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EFFUSIVE
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gushing; excessively demonstrative,
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EGRESS
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exit,
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ELEGY
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a mournful poem, especially one lamenting the dead; any mournful writing or piece of music,
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ELOQUENT
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well-spoken; expressive; articulate,
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EMOLLIENT
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soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying,
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EMPIRICAL
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based on observation or experiment,
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ENCOMIUM
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glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric, tribute, eulogy,
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ENDEMIC
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characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people; restricted to or peculiar to that region; indigenuous,
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ENERVATE
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to weaken; to reduce in vitality,
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ENGENDER
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to cause, produce, give rise to,
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ENIGMATIC
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mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand,
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ENNUI
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy,
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ENORMITY
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excessive wickedness; evilness,
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EPHEMERAL
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brief; fleeting, short-lived,
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EPICURE
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one devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in food and drink; gourmand, sybarite,
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EPISODIC
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loosely connected, not flowing logically, occurring at intervals,
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EPITHET
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disparaging word or phrase,
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EPITOME
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embodiment (living example, model); quinessence,
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EQUANIMITY
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composure, self-possesion,
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EQUIVOCATE
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent,
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ERRANT
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traveling, itinerant, peripatetic,
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ERUDITE
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very learned; scholarly,
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ESCHEW
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to shun or avoid,
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ESOTERIC
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intended for or understood by a small, specific group,
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ESSAY
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to test or try; attempt, experiment,
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ESTIMABLE
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worthy, formidable,
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EULOGY
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a speech honoring the dead,
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EVANESCENT
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tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing,
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EVINCE
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to show clearly, to indicate,
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EXACERBATE
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to make worse or more severe,
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EXACT
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to demand, call for, require, take,
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EXCORIATE
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to censure scathingly, to upbraid,
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EXCULPATE
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exonerate; to clear of blame,
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EXEMPLAR
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typical or standard specimen; paradigm, model,
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EXHORT
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to incite, to make urgent appeal,
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EXIGENT
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urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention,
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EXONERATE
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to remove blame,
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EXPATIATE
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discuss or write about at length; to range freely,
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EXPIATE
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to atone or make amends for (make up for),
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EXPURGATE
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to remove obscenity, purify, censor,
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EXTANT
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existing, not destroyed or lost,
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EXTEMPORANEOUS
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improvised; done without preparation,
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EXTIRPATE
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to destroy, exterminate, cut out, pull out by the roots,
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