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100 Cards in this Set
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Correlate |
To correspond |
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Chaos |
Complete disorder |
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Jest |
To be playful in speech, to joke |
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Pernicious |
Very harmful |
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Profess |
To declare |
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Edifice |
A building |
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Cynical |
Distrusting others from the sense that everyone is selfish |
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Fray |
A fight |
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Sadistic |
Getting pleasure |
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Burnish |
To polish |
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Epiphany |
A sudden flash of understanding |
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Pauper |
One who is extremely poor |
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Irk |
To irritate |
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Deficient |
Lacking an essential quality |
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Hearsay |
Rumor |
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Intercept |
To stop something from reaching the destination |
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Dregs |
The worst part |
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Orthodox |
Accepting the usual belief |
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Calumny |
False statement |
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Ascetic |
Person who denies him or herself luxuries |
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Surfeit |
Excess |
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Resolute |
Firmly determined |
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Petulant |
Impatient |
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Furtive |
Characterized by secretive behavior |
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Obese |
Very fat |
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Insolent |
Boldly disrespectful |
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Benefactor |
One who helps |
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Quash |
To suppress completely |
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Profuse |
Giving freely |
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Ruthless |
Having no compassion |
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Primordial |
Existing from the beginning |
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Naive |
Simple |
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Mare |
Female horse |
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Despoil |
To deprive something of value |
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Teeming |
Overfilled |
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Glutton |
One who eats too much |
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Leeway |
Margin |
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Martinet |
One who is strict in discipline |
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Paroxysm |
Sudden increase in symptoms |
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Dally |
To waste time |
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Concur |
To agree |
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Precept |
Rule of action |
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Spendthrift |
One who spends money wastefully |
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Diligent |
Steady |
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Exhume |
To dig up our of the ground |
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Querulous |
Inclined to find fault |
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Impel |
To push something into motion |
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Overweening |
Excessively arrogant |
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Turbulence |
Commotion |
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Eulogy |
Speech in praise of someone who died |
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Abstruse |
Difficult to understand |
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Dissonant |
Harsh |
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Advocate |
To speak in support of something |
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Hubris |
Excessive pride |
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Fiasco |
Major disaster |
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Philanthropic |
Donating to charity |
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Disdain |
Feeling of contempt |
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Resolve |
To make a firm dicision |
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Wield |
To handle |
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Rankle |
To cause persistent |
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Aegis |
A protection |
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Advent |
A coming |
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Shoddy |
Cheap |
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Alleviate |
To reduce pain |
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Prone |
Tending to do something |
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Progeny |
Children |
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Ethic |
Standard |
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Novel |
Strikingly new |
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Plastic |
Capable of being shaped |
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Savor |
To taste door smell |
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Demote |
To reduce |
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Daunt |
To make afraid |
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Scathing |
Very harsh |
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Rout |
An overwhelming defeat |
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Malign |
To talk badly |
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Mimic |
To copy closely |
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Inadvertent |
Unintentional |
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Beckon |
To signal or summon |
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Bizarre |
Very odd in manner |
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Resonent |
Strong and deep in tone |
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Neologism |
New word or phrase |
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Badger |
To nag |
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Libertine |
One who lives an immoral life |
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Prestige |
Fame |
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Stifle |
To interrupt |
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Articulate |
Able to express oneself clearly |
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Grandiloquent |
Using excessively fancy |
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Trifle |
Something that lacks significance |
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Prospect |
Outlook for the future |
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Confer |
To consult |
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Conspicuous |
Easy to notice |
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Deadlock |
A tie |
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Debilitated |
Showing impairment |
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Douse |
To eat thoroughly |
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Predicament |
A troublesome situation |
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Autonomy |
Self government |
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Cognition |
Process of knowing |
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Catharsis |
Purging of emotions |
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Flourish |
To blossom |
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Elocution |
Art of public speaking |
