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21 Cards in this Set
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Anathema |
N a cursed, detested person |
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Calumny |
N an attempt to spoil someone else's reputation by spreading lies |
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Credulity |
N readiness to believe |
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Effulgent |
Adj radiant, splendorus |
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Extol |
V to praise, rever |
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Fetid |
Adj having a foul odor |
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Hackneyed |
Adj one original, trite |
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Imperious |
Adj commanding, domineering |
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Invective |
N an angry verbal attack |
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Inveterate |
Adj stubbornly established by habit |
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Largess |
N the generous giving of lavish gifts |
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Manifold |
Adj diverse, varied |
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Obfuscate |
V to render incomprehensible |
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Odious |
Adj instilling hatred or intense displeasure |
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Palliate |
V to reduce the severity of |
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Prurient |
Adj eliciting or possessing an extraordinary interest in sex |
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Recalcitrant |
Adj defiant, unapologetic |
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Surmise |
V to infer with little evidence |
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Transmute |
V to change or alter in form |
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Verdant |
Adj green in tent or color |
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Wistful |
Adj full of yearning; musingly sad |
