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60 Cards in this Set

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talisman
charm, amulet
travail
labor, work
cavil
whine, complain
vacuous
empty, hollow, repetitive, fatuous
taxonomy
nomenclature, classification
correlate
combine, connect
pendulous
swinging, swaying
verve
vigor, enthusiasm, vivacity
goad
prod, coerce
reprisal
counter-attack, vendetta, retaliation
gossamer
lacy, silky
bigot
raist, supremacist
stoical
unemotional, serious
stamina
endurance, persistance, longevity
tendentious
unyielding, steadfast, unwavering
vendetta
revenge, vengeance, retribution
parable
fable, allegory
extenuation
unforeseen
heretic
blasphemer
putative
tentative, plausible, alleged, suspected
genealogy
lineage, ancestry, heritage
wayward
impish
mountebank
quack, charlatan, bunko
quell
subdue, stifle, supress
pernicious
dangerous, harmful
generic
common, ordinary, unoriginal
syllogism
transitive
cerebration
consideration, thought, pondering, musing
tepid
temperate, lukewarm
tabloid
magazine, yellow journalism
hoary
white-haired, snowy, frosty
hoax
farce, joke, mockery, scam
holocaust
fire, conflagration
nomenclature
naming system, taxonomy, classification
logistics
blueprint, schematics, strategy
amortize
extend, prolong, finance
eschew
shun, avoid, ostracize, forgo
maladroit
klutz, unskilled, awkward, uncoordinated
disconsolate
upset, distraught
junket
journey, trip, peregrenation
juxtapose
contrast, antithesis
denigrate
criticize, censure
hybrid
cross, fusion, halfblood, bred
satire
mockery, sarcasm
bifurcated
separate, divide
argot
code, lingo, jargon, cant
espouse
support, endorse, advocate
plethora
cornucopia, array, abundance
pliant
malleable, flexible
adumbrate
collateral
collateral
ransom, equity
fortitude
courage
rescind
retract, recant
pompous
bombastic, arrogant
posterity
descendants, future
stipend
payment, salary, remuneration
obfuscate
circumlocute
default
automatic, original
provenance
origin, heritage, value
prowess
skill, savvy, finesse