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65 Cards in this Set
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to make better or tolerable.
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ameliorate
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to increase in intensity, power, or prestige.
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aggrandize
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to combine several elements into a whole.
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amalgamate-
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dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful.
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aesthetic
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a projecting part of a fortification; a fortified area or position.
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bastion
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obscene, lewd: boisterously or humorous indecent.
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bawdy
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to confuse with strong light; to impress forcibly; enchant.
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bedazzle
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to procreate as the father: sire: to produce as an effect or outgrowth.
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beget
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a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch: one ship accompanying another: a group of instruments of the same family, as viols, played in concert
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consort
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to associate; keep company: to agree or harmonize
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consort-
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a concluding passage of a musical composition
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coda
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-handwriting; penmanship
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chirography
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characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through: characterized by extreme delicacy of form: ethereal
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diaphanous
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to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one’s superiority that is involved; to condescend to give or offer
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deign
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the scum that forms on the surface of molten metal; waste or foreign matter: impurity; something that is base, trivial, or inferior
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dross
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having a heavy offensive smell
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foetid or fetid
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to utter or send out with denunciation: to cause to explode
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fulminate
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a foliated metamorphic rock corresponding in composition to granite or some other feldsparic plutonic rock
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gneiss
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poisonous distillation of a herb, possibly henbane
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hebenon
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to go about usually ostentatiously or indiscreetly with members of the opposite sex.
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gallivant
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not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty.
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inexorable
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unwilling to admit or accept what is offered.
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incredulous
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taking on values arbitrarily close but greater than 0.
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infinitesimal
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using or involving Spartan reputation for terseness of speech: using or involving the use of a minimum of words: concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
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laconic
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showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit.
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magnanimous
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a beverage of wine, hot water, sugar, lemon juice and spices: used as a title of the sovereign of Ethiopia
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negus
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One that purveys; victualler; caterer.
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purveyor
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An ornamental tuft on a helmet.
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panache
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Characterized by the assumption of dignity, importance. Artistic distinction. Making unjustified or excessive claims.
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pretentious
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bitter resentment, or ill will: malice
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rancor
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lying down, reclining, leaning, reposing
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recumbent-
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a structure built along a the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place
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quay
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obsequious flattery
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sycophancy
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born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn: cold and steady in mood: slow to act or change.
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saturnine-
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terse, aphoristic or moralistic in __expression: pithy, epigrammatic
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sententious
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to decrease in size, extent, or degree: dwindle
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wane
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deserving to be venerated-used as a title for an Anglican archdeacon or for a Roman Catholic who has been accorded the lowest of the
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venerable
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fatty, oily: smooth and greasy in texture or appearance
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unctuous
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locality in “Kubla Khan”, a poem by Samuel T. Coleridge: a place (as a town or village) of idyllic beauty
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Xanadu
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Time past and esp. long past usu. used in the phrase “of yore”
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yore
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eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something: fervor
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zeal
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totero: bullfighter
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toreador
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a substance that colors, dyes, or stains
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tincture
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a servant slave: bondman: serf: a person in moral or mental servitude
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thrall
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a surveyor’s instrument for measuring horizontal and usually vertical angles
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theodolite
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lying down, reclining, leaning, reposing
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recumbent-
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a structure built along a the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place
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quay
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obsequious flattery
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sycophancy
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born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn: cold and steady in mood: slow to act or change.
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saturnine-
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terse, aphoristic or moralistic in __expression: pithy, epigrammatic
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sententious
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to decrease in size, extent, or degree: dwindle
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wane
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deserving to be venerated-used as a title for an Anglican archdeacon or for a Roman Catholic who has been accorded the lowest of the
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venerable
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fatty, oily: smooth and greasy in texture or appearance
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unctuous
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locality in “Kubla Khan”, a poem by Samuel T. Coleridge: a place (as a town or village) of idyllic beauty
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Xanadu
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Time past and esp. long past usu. used in the phrase “of yore”
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yore
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eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something: fervor
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zeal
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totero: bullfighter
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toreador
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a substance that colors, dyes, or stains
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tincture
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a servant slave: bondman: serf: a person in moral or mental servitude
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thrall
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a surveyor’s instrument for measuring horizontal and usually vertical angles
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theodolite
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foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action
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quixotic
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asinine
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marked by inexcusable failure to exercise intelligence or sound judgment; of or relating to, or resembling an ass
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aquiline
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of or relating to, or resembling an eagle; curved like an eagles beak
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inscrutable
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not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood: mysterious
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hubris
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exaggerated pride or self-confidence often resulting in retribution
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