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30 Cards in this Set
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felicity
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(n) a state of happiness
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foible
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(n) a personal weakness or failing; a minor flaw in character or behavior
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furtive
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(adj) stealthy or sly, like the actions of a theif
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galvanize
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(v) to stimulate as if by shock; startle; excite to imbue with life or animation
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gamut
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(n)the whole range or sequence
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garner
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(v) to get or earn
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garrulous
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(adj) given o talking too much, esp. about unimportant things
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genteel
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(adj) well bred or refined
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germane
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(adj) relevant
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gesticulate
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(v) to make or use gestures, as in speaking, or in place of speech
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gourmand
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(n) a connoisseur in the delicacies of the table; one who is heartily interested in good food and drink
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grandiloquent
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(adj) using high-flown, pompous, bombastic words and expressions
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gratuitous
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(adj) without cause or justification; uncalled for
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gregarious
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(adj) fond of the company of others; sociable
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grotesque
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(adj) incongruously composed or ill-proportioned; bizarre; departing markedly from the natural, the expected or the typical
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guile
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(n) slyness and cunning; craftiness
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hackneyed
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(adj) made trite and commonplace by overuse
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haggard
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(adj) worn and gaunt in appearance
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harangue
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(n) a long, blustering, noisy, or scolding speech; a tirade
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harbinger
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(n) a person or thing that comes before to announce or give an indication of what follows
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hibernal
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(adj) pertaining to winter
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hindrance
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(adj) an obstacle
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hypocrisy
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(n) a pretending to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; esp. a pretense of virtue
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hypocritical
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(adj) practicing hypocrisy
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iconoclast
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(n) anyone who attacks or ridicules traditional or venerated institutions or ideas regarded by him as erroneous or based on superstition; an image-breaker
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idiosyncrasy
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(n) a mental quality or habit peculiar to an individual; a personal peculiarity
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ignoble
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(adj) low in character or purpose
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ignominious
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(adj) characterized by disgraced or shame; deserving of shame or infamy
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imbroglio
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(n) a misunderstanding attended by ill feeling, confusion, strife
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immaterial
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(adj) of no essential consequence; not pertinent; unimportant
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