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30 Cards in this Set
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arabesque
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n. complex design
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arcane
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adj. mysterious, secrets
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archaic
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adj. outdated
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arrant
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adj. completely
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asperity
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adj. severe, harsh, acrimony
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aspersion
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n. unfavorable remark
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astringent
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adj. tightening effect on skin, harsh, severe
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augury
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n. omen, reading of omens
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auspice
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n. protection, patronage
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In order to have a vocation of artist during the renaissance, you must have had an auspice with someone of money
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auspicious
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adj. favoring success
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aver
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v. state as fact, confirm, support
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axiom
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n. universal principle, common saying
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axiomatic
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adj. taken as given, possessing self-evident truth
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appease
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v. pacify, soothe, relieve
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baleful
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adj. sinister, deadly
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bane
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adj. cause of injury/frustration
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beatify
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v. bless, make happy, regard as saintly
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bedizen
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v. adorn
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bent
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n. leaning, tendency
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blandish
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v. flatter
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blithe
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adj. carefree, merry
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broach
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v. announce, bring up
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brook
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v. tolerate
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bucolic
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adj. rustic, pastoral, rural
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burgeon
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v. rapid growth, flourish
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burnish
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v. polish
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byzantine
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adj. complex
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banal
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adj. commonplace, unoriginal
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beneficent
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adj. kindly, doing good
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buttress
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v. support
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