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30 Cards in this Set
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maudlin
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(adj) weakly sentimental
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alacrity
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(n) eagerness speed
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transmute
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(v) to change or alter in form
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evanescent
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(adj) fleeting, momentary
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salient
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(adj) significant, conspicuous
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diffident
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(adj) shy, quiet, modest
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parsimony
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(n) frugality, stinginess
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ubiquitous
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(adj) existing everywhere, widespread
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querulous
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(adj) whiny, complaining
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pejorative
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(adj) derogatory, uncomplimentary
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panacea
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(n) a remedy for all ills or difficulties
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viscous
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(adj) not free flowing, syrupy
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inchoate
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(adj) unformed or formless, in a beginning stage
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hackneyed
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(adj) unoriginal, trite
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repudiate
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(v) to reject, refuse to accept
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aspersion
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(n) a curse, expression of ill-will
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rancor
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(n) deep, bitter resentment
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effrontery
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(n) impudence, nerve, insolence
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prurient
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(adj) eliciting or possessing an extraordinary interest in sex
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inure
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(v) to cause someone or something to become accustomed to a situation
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portent
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(n) an omen
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spurious
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(adj) false but designed to seem plausible
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fallacious
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(adj) incorrect, misleading
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vicarious
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(adj) experiencing through another
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turgid
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(adj) swollen, excessively embellished in a style or language
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officious
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(adj) offering one's services when they are neither wanted nor needed
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desiccated
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(adj) dried up, dehydrated
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largess
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(n) the gnerous giving of lavish gifts
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buttress
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(v) to support, hold up
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torpid
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(adj) lethargic, dormant, lacking motion
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