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23 Cards in this Set
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Paucity |
Scarcity, dearth |
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Penury |
Extreme poverty, destitution |
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Precarious |
Insecure, risky |
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Raucous |
Making a very harsh noise |
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Recant |
Disavow, renounce |
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Remission |
Cancellation of debt, penalty |
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Respite |
Short period of rest or relief |
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Resplendent |
Splendid, glittering, magnificent |
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Soporific |
Inducing sleep, drowziness |
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Spurious |
False, fake |
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Stolid |
Calm, dependable, showing little emotions |
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Strident |
Grating, harsh |
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Stupefy |
Astonish, stun |
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Supplant |
Supercede and replace |
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Surfeit |
Surplus, superfluous |
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Tantamount to |
Equivalent in seriousness to |
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Terrestrial |
Relating to earth |
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Tirade |
Long angry speech of criticism |
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Torpor |
Sluggish |
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Voluble |
Eloquent |
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Abase |
Lower, humiliate |
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Abash |
Embarrass |
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Abdicate |
Renounce one's throne |
