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45 Cards in this Set
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A VERY HANDSOME MAN
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ADONIS
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BOOK OF MAPS
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ATLAS
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A GUIDEBOOK OR HANDBOOK
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BAEDEKER
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TO CLEAR OF PASSAGES OR WORDS THOUGHT TO BE OBJECTIONABLE.
SYN:EXPURGATE |
BOWDLERIZE
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TO JOIN WITH OTHERS TO REFUSE
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BOYCOTT
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A FANATICAL PATRIOT.
SYN:JINGO |
CHAUVINIST
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A GUIDE WHO EXPLAINS TO TOURISTS THE HISTORY OR FEATURES OF A PLACE
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CICERONE
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INVOLVING IMMINENT DISASTER [INEVITABLE]
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DAMOCLEAN
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SOUNDS LIKE DAMAGE
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ENORMOUS, GIGANTIC
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GARGANTUAN
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CRAFTY, CUNNING, DECEITFUL
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MACHIAVELLIAN
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SOUNDS LIKE VILLAIN
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HUMOROUS MISUSE OF WORDS [SOUNDING ALIKE] BY A PERSON UNAWARE OF THE ERROR
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MALAPROPISM
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WISE AND TRUSTED ADVISOR OR TEACHER
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MENTOR
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TO HYPNOTIZE, SPELLBIND, ENTHRALL
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MESMERIZE
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LONG, WANDERING JOURNEY
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ODYSSEY
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BITTER, DENUNCIATORY SPEECH
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PHILIPPIC
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FLIP OUT
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IMPRACTICALL IDEALISTIC
[SYNONYM]:VISIONARY |
QUIXOTIC
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DON QUIXOTE
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TRAITOR, COLLABORATOR
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QUISLING
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DERIVING PLEASURE FROM INFLICTING PAIN ON OTHERS
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SADISTIC
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SAD; SAW; SATAN; STICK
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AN ANNOUNCER
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STENTORIAN
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MAGIC POWER;
FORM OF CHEMISTRY PRACTICED IN THE MIDDLE AGES |
ALCHEMY
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CHEM
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A GIFT OF MONEY
SYN:TIP, GRATUITY |
BAKSHEESH
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CASH WITH A K
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INCLINED TO FIGHT OR QUARREL
SYNONYM: WARLIKE, PUGNACIOUS |
BELLICOSE
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INCLINED TO FIGHT OR QUARREL
SYN:WARLIKE,PUGNACIOUS |
BELLLICOSE
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BELL-WAR
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TO FAULT UNREASONABLY, COMPLAIN IN A PETTY WAR
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CARP
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CRAP.
HARP [ON SOMETHING] |
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A LIGHT MEAL
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COLLATION
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[ATE]
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TO PICK OUT, SELECT
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CULL
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CULL-ECT
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TO OBJECT
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DEMUR
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DE-AWAY FROM
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CONDITION OF NO LONGER BEING USED
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DESUETUDE
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DISUSE
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TO AMUSE, ENTERTAIN, GIVE PLEASURE TO
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DIVERT
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MAKE REPEATED, INSISTENT DEMANDS FOR PAYMENT
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DUN
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DUN DUN DUN DUN
GET IT DONE. |
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RELYING SOLELY ON OBSERVATION OR EXPERIENCE
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EMPIRICAL
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TO BE DELIBERATELY AMBIGUOUS, USING MISLEADING TERMS SO AS NOT TO COMMIT ONESELF
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EQUIVOCATE
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EQUAL
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BASED ON A HYPOTHESIS OR SUPPOSITION
SYN:CONJECTURAL |
HYPOTHETICAL
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APPROVAL
SYN:AUTHORIZATION, SANCTION |
IMPRIMATUR
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INNOCENT AND SIMPLE, NAIVE
SYN:ARTLESS |
INGENUOUS
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GENUINE
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LYING, DECEITFUL, UNTRUE
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MENDACIOUS
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MEN
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FORMAL SPEECH OR WRITING IN HIGH PRAISE OF A PERSON ORE THING
SYN:TRIBUTE, EULOGY |
PANEGYRIC
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DRESS ONESELF CAREFULLY
SYN:PRIMP |
PRIMP
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PROM QUEEN
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LACKING IN COURAGE, COWARDLY
SYN:TIMID |
PUSILLANIMOUS
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MOUSE
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WET, BOGGY GROUND; DIFFICULT SITUATION
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QUAGMIRE
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FEEL REMORSE FOR, WISH UNDONE
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RUE
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RUIN
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UNCOMMUNICATIVE, SILENT. DISINCLINED TO TALK
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TACITURN
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DRASTIC OR SEVERE
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DRACONIAN
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DRACO MALFOY
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"BEFORE THE GREAT FLOOD"
[A LONG TIME AGO] |
ANTEDILUVIAN
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EXCESSIVELY OPTIMISTIC
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POLLYANA
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