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47 Cards in this Set
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strident
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having a harsh or shrill sound
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malinger
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to pretend illness, esp. to avoid work or shirk duties
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soporific
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causing sleep or sleepiness
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noisome
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offensive or disgusting, as an odor
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beseech
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to implore urgently
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supplicate
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to make a humble request or prayer
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lascivious
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inclined to lustfulness; arousing sexual desire
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ignominious
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disgraceful or contemptible
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penury (n)
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extreme poverty or destitution
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sagacious
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having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense
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regale (v.)
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to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight
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countenance (v.)
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to permit or tolerate
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evince (v.)
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to show clearly, make evident, or manifest
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belie (v.)
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to show to be false; contradict
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posture (v.)
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to adopt an attitude or official position; to act in an affected or artificial manner, as to create a certain impression
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diffident (adj.)
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lacking confidence in one's own ability; restrained or reserved
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mendacious (adj.)
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telling lies; habitually dishonest
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surreptitious (adj.)
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characterized by stealth; secret or unauthorized
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subreption
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the concealment of pertinent facts; a fallacious representation
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consonant (adj.)
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in agreement; consistent; harmonious
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salutary (adj.)
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healthful; promoting or conducive to some beneficial purpose; wholesome
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prosaic (adj.)
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commonplace or dull; unimaginative; having the character or form of prose rather than poetry
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excoriate (v.)
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to denounce or berate severely; to strip off or remove the skin from
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candor (n.)
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the quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; freedom from bias; impartiality
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banal (adj.)
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devoid of freshness or originality; trite
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hackneyed (adj.)
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made commonplace or trite; banal
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dubious (adj.)
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doubtful; of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable; of uncertain outcome
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lampoon (v. or n.)
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to mock or ridicule; sharp, virulent satire directed against an individual or an institution
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ineluctable (adj.)
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inescapable; incapable of being evaded
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invidious (adj.)
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hateful; injurious; causing animosity, resentment, or envy
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plangent (adj.)
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resounding loudly, esp. with a plaintive sound, as a bell
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nugatory (adj.)
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of no real value; of no force or effect; trifling; worthless
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denouement (n.)
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the final resolution of a plot; the outcome or resolution of a doubtful series of occurrences
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plaintive (adj.)
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expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful
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antediluvian (adj.)
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very old, old-fashioned, or out-of-date; primitive; belonging to the period before the Flood
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pusillanimous (adj.)
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lacking courage or resolution; cowardly
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jejune (adj.)
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without interest or significance; lacking in knowledge or experience; dull; juvenile; uninformed
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ludology (n.)
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the study of games and other forms of play
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filigree (n.)
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delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires; anything very delicate or fanciful
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tautology (n.)
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unnecessary repetition; in logic, a compound propositional form, all of whose instances are true
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peregrination (n.)
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a course of travel, journey, esp. on foot
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prestidigitation (n.)
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a sleight of hand; legerdemain (trickery, deception)
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peroration (n.)
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a long speech characterized by lofty and even pompous language
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ichthyology (n.)
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the branch of zoology dealing with fishes
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herpetology (n.)
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the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians
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superannuate (v.)
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to discard as obsolete or old-fashioned; to allow to retire on a pension
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senescence (n.)
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growing old; aging
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