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78 Cards in this Set
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Boor
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a rude person
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Prodigious
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remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree
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Perfunctory
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(of an action or gesture) carried out with a minimum of effort or reflection
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Impudent
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not showing due respect for another person; impertinent
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Arduous
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involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring
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Opulence
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great wealth or luxuriousness
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Incongruous
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not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something
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Deft
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skillful; adept
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Dolt
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an obtuse person
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Dupe
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to trick
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Fawn
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to flatter subserviently
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Garb
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clothing; attire
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Glib
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easeful with speaking; storytelling
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Hale
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healthy
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Iota
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a very small amount
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Laud
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to praise; to adulate
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Adulate
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praise (someone) excessively or obsequiously
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Loom
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to come into view, usually in a threatening manner
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Mire
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a swamp pit; mud; a quagmire
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Molt
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to shed hair, feathers, shell, or horns
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Onus
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dirty or broken
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Opus
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a great work, usually of music
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Oust
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to forcibly remove a ruler from power
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Tact
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finesse in dealing with people; diplomacy
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Tome
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a very big book
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Tout
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to flaunt
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Tyro
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a beginner; a neophyte; a fledgling
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Whet
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to sharpen; to stimulate an interest in
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Wily
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crafty; sly
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Aesthete
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one who appreciates and seeks beauty, art, or pleasure
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Alacrity
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cheerful readiness
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Aphorism
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a wise saying; an adage; a maxim
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Appropriate
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to take another’s property as one’s own
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Arboreal
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relating to trees
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Aspersion
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misleading or false rumor; gossip
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Avant-garde
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cutting-edge; new; experimental
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Behemoth
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a huge animal; something of great size or power
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Bequest
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a gift upon one’s death
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Brook
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to endure; to put up with
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Bungle
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to botch; to mess up
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Byzantine
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ornate; fancy
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Calumny
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slander; defamation
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Celerity
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cheerful speed
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Chagrin
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embarrassment
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Cloying
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oversweet; saccharine
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Confound
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to confuse; to perplex; to befuddle
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Constituents
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voters
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Curtail
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cut short; abridge
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Debased
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morally low; base
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Decorous
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having property
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Denuded
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make ineffective or infertile
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Desultory
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aimless; lacking a plan or purpose
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Diaphanous
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sheer; gauzy; see-through; transparent
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Didactic
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relating to instruction; lecturing
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Dilatory
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lacking goals; aimless
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Din
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noise
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Dirge
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a funeral song
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Discomfited
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embarrassed; disconcerted
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Disingenuous
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dishonest; crafty
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Egregious
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blatantly wrong
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Emollient
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soothing lotion
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Enervate
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to drain of energy; to weaken
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Enfranchise
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to free from slavery; to bestow the right to vote
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Epitaph
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words inscribed on a tomb
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Espouse
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to support
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Facile
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easy
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Felicitous
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suitable; pleasant
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Feral
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savage; wild
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Flotilla
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fleet of ships
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Flotsam
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wreckage; debris floating around
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Gaunt
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thin; haggard
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Hapless
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ill fated; unfortunate; unlucky
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Harbinger
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a messenger; an omen
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Hermetic
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sealed in an airtight manner
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Incantation
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a calling out for inspiration or guidance; an invocation
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Inchoate
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not fully formed
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Incisive
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harsh; cutting; vitriolic
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Incumbent
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one who holds political office
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