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27 Cards in this Set
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Abase
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(v) to lower humilitate
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Badinage
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(n) teasing conversation
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Cabal
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(n) small groups of people secretly united to promote their own interests
The Fantastic Four are a cabal whose mission is to provide justice. |
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Dais
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(n) raised platform for guests of honor
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Earthy
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(adj) unrefined, coarse
Dane Cooke's makes earthy jokes ALL the time |
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Facade
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(n) front of a building; superficial appearance
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Gadfly
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(n) animal biting fly;
an irritating person |
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Hackneyed
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(adj) commonplace, trite
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Iconoclastic
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(adj) attacking cherished traditions
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Jaundiced
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(adj) prejudiced (envious, hostile, or resentful);
yellowed |
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Kleptomaniac
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(n) a person who has a compulsive desire to steal
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Labyrinith
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(n) maze
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Machinations
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(n) evil schemes or plots
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Nadir
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(n) lowest point
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Obdurate
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(adj) stubborn
Megan is very obdurate; she gets what she wants. |
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Paean
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(n) song of joy or praise
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Quack
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(n) charlatan, impostor
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Raconteur
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(n) a storyteller
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Saccharine
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(adj) cloyingly sweet
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Tacit
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(adj) understood, not put into words
He agreed to my plan in a tacit manner, not by words, but by a handshake. |
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Ubiquitous
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(adj) being everywhere
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Vacilitate
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(v) waver, fluctuate
Unsure of who to marry, the princess vacilitates, saying now one, now the other. |
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Waffle
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(v) speak equivocally (dance around the subject)
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Xenophobia
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(n) fear or hatred of foreigners
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Yen
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(n) longing, urge
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Zeal
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(n) eager, ambition
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Cloying
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adj
distasteful; excessively sweet or sentimental |
