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86 Cards in this Set
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Accolade
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Praise
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Allusion
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Indirect reference
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Ambivalence
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Uncertainty; having 'mixed' feelings
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Ambivalent
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Unable to decide
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Analogy
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Comparison
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Anecdote
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Short account of something interesting; story
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Anomalous
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Odd; not fitting to the pattern
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Apparition
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Ghost; something that 'appears'
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Aspersion
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Negative feeling; damaging remark
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Belligerence
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Aggression
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Bombastic
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Too elaborate; exaggerated
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Candid
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Truthful
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Capricious
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Changeable; fickle
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Cherished
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Cared for; firmly-held
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Cliche
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Over-used expression
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Conception
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1) Idea; view
2) Beginning of pregnancy |
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Convoluted
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Complicated or long-winded
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Credence
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Belief
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Cryptic
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Hidden
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Currency
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1) Widespread acceptance
2) Money |
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Decorous
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Good and correct (Used of behavior)
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Derailed
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Thrown off course
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Derivative
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Unoriginal
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Despotic
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Acting like a tyrant
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Detritus
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Rubbish
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Diaphanous
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Very thin and transparent
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Dictum
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Often-used saying
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Dilettante
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Person who dabbles in the arts
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Disdained
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Showed contempt for
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Dispassionate
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Unbiased; fair
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Dowager
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An elderly woman of elevated social status
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Dubious
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Doubtful
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Egalitarian
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Equal; believer in equality
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Elicit
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Draw out (used mainly for information or feelings)
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Elliptical
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1) Shaped like an ellipse
2) Indirect |
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Epitomizes
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Acts as a typical example of
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Equivocate
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Speak ambiguously/vaguely
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Evasiveness
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Trying to avoid something
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Explicitly
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Very clear; nothing hidden
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Foraging
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Searching for food
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Hypothetical
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Based on guesswork; not proven
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Iconoclast
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Person who goes against accepted authority
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Idiosyncratic
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Quirky; unique to an individual
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Imponderable
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Cannot be understood
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Indecorous
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Not well-behaved; lacking in dignity
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Indigence
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Extreme poverty
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Inept
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Clumsy
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Inherent
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Inbuilt; genetic
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Intricate
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Complicated
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Irrefutable
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Cannot be proved wrong
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Jingoism
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Using words to stir up exaggerated patriotism
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Jubilant
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Joyful
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Judicious
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Fair and equal
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Lament
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Express regret over something
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Loquacious
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Talkative; using too many words
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Mendicancy
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Begging
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Milieu
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Environment; surroundings
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Mitigated
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Made less severe
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Nascent
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Just begun; in an early stage of development
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Nostalgia
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Longing for the past
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Obtrusive
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Easily seen
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Orthographical
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Concerned with writing and spelling
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Ossified
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Become fixed and rigid
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Ostentatious
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Showy
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Palpable
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Can be felt
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Pastoral
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1) Concerned with the countryside
2) Concerned with the care a pastor gives to someone |
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Pedestrian
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1) Boring (adj)
2) Person who walks (n) |
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Perfidy
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Treachery; betrayal
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Profligacy
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Wasteful and immoral behavior
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Prohibitive
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Very expensive
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Prudence
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Wisdom; caution
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Pugnacious
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Aggressive
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Purveyor
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One who sells something or causes something to spread
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Resonance
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Echo
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Respite
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Break (from work, etc)
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Resurgence
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Revival
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Sparse
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Thin; Not thick
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Stringent
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Strict
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Succumbing
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Giving in to; Falling under the influence of
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Supercilious
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Arrogant
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Tenacity
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Firmness of purpose
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Transcend
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Go beyond a limit
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Variegated
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Multicolored
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Venerable
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Worthy of respect
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Viable
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Workable; Able to live or grow
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Visceral
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Concerned with the 'guts'; physical rather than mental
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