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73 Cards in this Set
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Abjure, to
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to renounce
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Ablative
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removal or direction away from
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abstemious
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temperate; sparing in eating or drinking
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abstruse
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obscure, profound
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aggregate
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sum, total
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amalgamate, to
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to combine
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ambivalance
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contradictory or conflicting (torn between)
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ameliorate, to
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to improve
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Anachronism
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an error involving time in a story
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anathema
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solemn curse
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animus
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hostile feeling or intent
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anomalous
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abnormal, irregular
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antipathy
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adversion, dislike
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apocryphal
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unauthentic, a sham
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apostate
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a convert from religion to another
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apothegm
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pithy, compact saying
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apposite
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appropriate, fitting
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arbitrary
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definite, imperious, premptory (no questions asked)
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arresting
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attracting attention
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artifice
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deception, trickery
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assidous
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diligent
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atavism
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genetic characteristic that skips generations
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atelier
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workshop, studio
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attenuate, to
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to weaken; to make thin
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auspicious
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favoring success
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bedeck, to
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to adorn, to grace, to deck out
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belie, to
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to contradict
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beneficient
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do-gooder
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Bilious
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peevish, irritable
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bombastic
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pompous; using inflated language
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churlish
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boorish, rude
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chimerical
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fantastic, highly imaginative, illusory, unreal
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boorish
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rude, clownish
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brook, to
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to tolerate; endure
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bugaboo
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object of baseless terror
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bumptious
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self-assertive (show off)
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burgeon, to
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to grow forth
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cabal
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secret special interest group
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calignious
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murky
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callow
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youthful, immature
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canard
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unfounded or exaggerated rumor
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canny
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shrewd; thrifty
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canorous
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melodious; euphoniously sonorous
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capacious
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fault-finding (hyper-critical)
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carillon
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a set of bells capable of being played
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casuistry
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nit-picking justification (rationalization)
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catharsis
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purging, cleansing
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catholic
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universal in extent or broad minded
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cavil, to
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to nit-pick
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celerity
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speed
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centripetal
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tending toward the center
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cerebration
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thought
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charlatan
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pretender to knowledge, impostor
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chauvinist
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blindly devoted patriot
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cipher
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worthless person or thing; secret code
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circumscribe
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limit, confine
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circumspect
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discreet, prudent, cautious
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clarion
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shrill, trumpetlike sound
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clime
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region; climate
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cloying
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excessively sweet
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coda
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concluding section of a musical or literary composition
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coeval
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contemporary (living at the same time as...)
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cogent
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convincing
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cogitate, to
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to think over
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cognitive
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having to do with knowing or perceiving (awareness)
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cognomen
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surname
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collate, to
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to examine, to verify, authenticity
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collation
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a light meal
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collier
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coal worker or coal ship
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comely
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attractive, agreeable (person)
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comity
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courtesy
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compact
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contract
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complacent
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self-satisfied
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