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74 Cards in this Set
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chimera
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(n) a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail;any similarly grotesque monster having disparate parts
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eschew
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(v) to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid
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delegate
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(n) a person designated as a representative
(v) to appoint as representative; to commit power/function to another as representative |
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secern
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(v) to discriminate or distinguish in thought
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affable
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(adj) pleasantly easy to approach/talk to; friendly; showing warmth and friendliness; benign
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olfactory
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(adj) of or pertaining to the sense of smell
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pensive
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(adj) dreamily/wistfully thoughtfull; expressing or revealing thoughtfullness
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corpulence
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(n) bulkiness or largeness of body; fatness, portliness
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succulent
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(adj) juicy; rich in desirable qualities
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cerebral
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(adj) of or pertaining to the cerebrum/brain; characterized by the use of intellect rather than intuition; analytical
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redolent
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(adj) having a pleasing odor; smelling of; reminiscent
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debacle
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(n) a total failure; a sudden disastrous collapse/defeat
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thwart
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(v) to prevent the occurrence or attainment of
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implement
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(n) an article of equipment/instrument
(v) to fulfill, carry out; to put in effect by means of a plan/procedure |
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harangue
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(n) a scolding or long intense verbal attack; diatribe; a long speech or lecture
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intemperate
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(adj) immoderate in indulgence of appetite/passion; unrestrained, not temperate
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conciliate
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(v) to win over, placate, overcome distrust/hostility; to make compatible, reconcile; to become agreeable/reconciled
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facile
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(adj) easily done, done with ease; easy or unconstrained; agreeable, affable, complaisant, easily influenced
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penurious
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(adj) extremely poor, stingy, unwilling to spend money; poorly or inadequately supplied
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ethereal
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(adj) light, airy, tenuous; extremely delicate/refined; heavenly or celestial
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imperious
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(adj) domineering in a haughty manner, dictatorial; urgent, imperative
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imperative
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(adj) absolutely necessary/required; commanding
(n) an unavoidable obligation/requirement; necessity; a command |
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haughty
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(adj) disdainfully proud, snobbish, scornfully arrogant, supercilious
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inscrutable
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(adj) incapable of being investigated; not easily understood, unfathomable; incapable of being seen through
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convivial
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(adj) friendly, agreeable; festive; jovial, fond of feasting/merry company
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histrionic
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(adj) of or pertaining to acting; overly dramatic in behavior/speech
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solicitous
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(adj) anxious, concerned; anxiously desirous; eager; careful or particular
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insular
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(adj) of or pertaining to an island; isolated; narrow-minded or illiberal, provincial
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autocrat
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(n) a person/ruler with unlimited power or authority
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adulate
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(v) to show excessive admiration/devotion to
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connoisseur
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(n) a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgements in an art
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sycophant
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(n) a servile self-seeker who uses flattery to win favor
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arable
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(adj) suitable for farming
(n) land that can be or is cultivated |
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intonation
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(n) the pattern/melody of pitch changes in connected speech; the act of intonating; something that is intoned or chanted
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profound
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(adj) having deep insight/understanding; originating in the depths of one's being; going far beneath what is external/obvious; persuasive or intense, thorough
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reprehensible
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(adj) deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy
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palliate
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(v) to relieve or lessen without curing, alleviate, mitigate; to try to conceal the gravity of an offense by excuses/apologies, extenuate
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depreciate
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(v) to lessen the value/price of; to belittle, represent as of little value; to decline in value
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litigate
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(v) to make the subject of a lawsuit; to dispute; to carry on a lawsuit
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compendious
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(adj) containing the substance of a subject, often exclusive, in a brief form; concise
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dearth
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(n) an inadequate supply, scarcity; famine
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perish
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(v) to die or be destroyed; to pass away or disappear; to suffer destruction/ruin
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brevity
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(n) shortness of time or duration, briefness; the quality of expressing much in few words, terseness
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opaque
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(adj) not transparent or translucent; not clear or lucid, obscure; dull
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irrepressible
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(adj) incapable of being repressed or restrained; uncontrollable
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magnanimous
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(adj) generous in forgiving, free from petty resentfulness/vindictiveness; high-minded, noble; revealing generosity or nobility
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idiosyncratic
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(n) a characteristic/mannerism that is peculiar to an individual
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devoid
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(adj) not possessing, untouched by, void, destitute
(v) to deplete/strip of some quality or substance |
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disparage
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(v) depreciate, belittle; to bring reproach/discredit upon, to lower the estimation of
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vacuity
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(n) the state of being with out contents, vacancy, emptiness; absence of thought/intelligence, inanity; time/state of dullness, something senseless/stupid
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dalliance
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(n) a trifling away of time, dawdling; amorous toying, flirtation
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pragmatism
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(n) character/conduct that emphasizes practicality
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boorish
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(adj) unmannered, crude, insensitive
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fastidious
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(adj) excessively particular/critical/demanding; hard to please; characterized by excessive car/delicacy, painstaking
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sedulous
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(adj) diligent in application/attention, persevering, assiduous; persistently/carefully maintained
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petulant
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(adj) showing sudden, impatient irritation
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treacle
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(n) unrestrained sentimentality
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cursory
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(adj) going rapidly over something without noticing details, hasty, superficial
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prosaic
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(adj) commonplace,dull; matter-of-fact,unimaginative
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consecrate
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(v) to declare sacred; to make an object of honor/veneration
(adj) sacred |
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conflagration
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(n) a destructive fire
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ineffable
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(adj) incapable of being expressed or described in words, inexpressible; not to be spoken because of its sacredness, unutterable
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deleterious
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(adj) injurious or harmful
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vacillate
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(v) to waver in opinion, to be indecisive/irresolute; to sway unsteadily, totter, stagger; to oscillate or fluctuate
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fidelity
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(n) duties; loyalty; accuracy, exactness
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steadfastness
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(adj) fixed in direction, unwavering, firmly established
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discerning
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(adj) showing good judgment and understanding
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animosity
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(n) a feeling of strong dislike/enmity that tends to display itself in action
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propensity
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(n) a natural inclination or tendency
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ambiguous
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(adj) open to several interpretations/meanings; difficult to comprehend; lacking clearness/definiteness, obscure, indistinct
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opportune
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(adj) appropriate, favorable, suitable; well-timed
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intermittent
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(adj) alternately ceasing and beginning again; alternately functioning and not functioning
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dubious
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(adj) doubtful; questionable; of uncertain outcome; wavering in opinion, inclined to doubt
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inane
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(adj) lacking sense/significance, silly; empty, void
(n) something that is empty/void |
