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50 Cards in this Set
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Stationary |
Not moving |
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Shambles |
Utter disorders |
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Oracle |
A person of prophecy |
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Eddy |
A current |
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Unseemly |
Not decent |
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Conception |
Formation of an idea |
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Reverberate |
To reecho |
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Disabuse |
To free from error |
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Deem |
To have as an opinion |
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Capcious |
Tending to notice trivial mistakes |
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Crass |
Unrefined |
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Pugilist |
A boxer |
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Cite |
To refer or quote |
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Bungle |
To handle badly |
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Subsequent |
Happening afterward |
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Impertinent |
Rude |
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Gambit |
A calculated risky opening move |
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Lucid |
Easily understood |
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Exorbitant |
Excessive |
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Desideratum |
Something needed |
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Circumspect |
Showing discretion |
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Macabre |
Suggesting the horror of death |
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Disciple |
Follower of another |
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Ewe |
Female sheep |
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Incipient |
Beginning to appear |
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Lament |
To grieve |
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Vocation |
Regular occupation |
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Weather |
To survive |
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Collateral |
Parallel |
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Affected |
Behaving in an artificial way |
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Obstinate |
Unreasonably stubborn |
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Colloquial |
Appropriate to speak |
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Foible |
A minor weakness |
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Tract |
An area of land or water |
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Distraction |
Mental distress |
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Paucity |
Smallness in number |
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Proletariat |
Working class |
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Anachronism |
Something not belonging to a certain time period |
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Insensible |
Not able to feel |
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Salutary |
Beneficial |
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Just |
Honorable |
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Exemplary |
Worthy to serve as a model |
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Salient |
Important |
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Blandishment |
Flattering act |
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Malady |
A disease |
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Capitulate |
To surrender |
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Groggy |
Confused |
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Venue |
A location where something takes place |
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Lionize |
Treat as a celebrity |
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Excruciating |
Secretly painful |
