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40 Cards in this Set
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acrimony
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n. words or behavior filled with harshness, anger or bittnerness
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affable
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adj. friendly, easygoing
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avarice
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n. greed
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bequeath
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v. to leave behind or hand down throught a will; transmit
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cacophony
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n. a collection of sounds or voices that don't blend well; harshness of sound
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capacious
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adj. large; roomy; spacious
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choler
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n. anger
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deprecate
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v. disapprove; belittle
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desultory
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adj. lacking a plan; aimless
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enervate
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v. to sap the strength; weaken
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eulogize
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to praise highly, extol
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foment
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v. to stir into action;rouse;incite
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hackneyed
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adj. unoriginal;trite
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heed
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v. to notice; pay attention to
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impetuous
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adj. making quick decisions and taking sudden action; hasty; implusive
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indigent
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adj. very poor
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innocuous
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adj. harmless; inoffensive
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jaunty
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adj. lively; perky; sprightly
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juxtapose
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v. to place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast
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laconic
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adj. quiet; of few words; terse
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lament
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v. to express sorrow; complain
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lofty
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adj. of a great height; noble
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malign
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v. to say evil or harmful things about someone; defame; vilify
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myriad
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adj. a large number; many
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nefarious
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adj. extremely evil
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obviate
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v. to eliminate the need for something; to make unnecessary
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onerous
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adj. burdensome; oppressive
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parity
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n. equality or equivalence; balance among a group of rivals
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phlegmatic
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adj. calm; unemotional
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precocious
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adj. mature at a young age
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querulous
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adj. constantly complaining
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redolent
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adj. strongly scented; fragrant
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salubrious
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adj. promotiong health
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seditious
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trying to incite a revolt against an authority figure
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specious
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having a false or misleading appearance; seemingly true, but actually false
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tangent
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n. a comment that is off the main topic
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tenuous
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adj. thin; flimsy
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undulate
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v. to move in a wavy manner
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vacuous
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adj. empty; stupid; purposeless
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zenith
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n, the highest point; apex
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