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98 Cards in this Set
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impinge
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to hinder; interfere with
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lament
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to express grief for; mourn
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melancholy
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sadness; depression
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sanction
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an economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
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truncated
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shortened; cut off
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aesthetic
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having to do with the appreciation of beauty
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anthology
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a collection of literary pieces
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contemporary
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current, modern; from the same time
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dilettante
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one with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge
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eclectic
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made up of a variety of sources or stles
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excerpt
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a selected part of a passage or scene
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genre
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describing a category of artistic endeavor
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medly
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an assortment or a mixture, especially of musical pieces
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mural
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a large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface
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narrative
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characterized by the telling of a story; a story
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parody
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an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for a comic effect
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realism
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artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy
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virtuoso
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a tremendously skilled artist
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decorous
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proper; marked by good taste
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equanimity
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the quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure
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modest
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quiet or humble in manner or appearnce
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propriety
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appropriateness of behavior
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prudent
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exercising good judgment or common sense
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serene
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calm
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staid
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unemotional; serious
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stoic
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indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive
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condemn
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to express strong disapproval of; denounce
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discredit
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to cause to be doubted
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disparage
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to speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle
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perjorative
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describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone
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plagiarism
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the act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own
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vilify
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to make vicious statements about
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brittle
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easily broken when subjected to pressure
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brusque
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rudely abrupt
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caustic
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bitingly sarcastic or witty
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feral
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savage; untamed
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fractious
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quarrelsome; unruly
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incorrigible
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unable to be reformed
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ingrate
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an ungrateful person
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insolent
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insulting in manner or speech
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notorious
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known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
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pugnacious
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combative; belligerent
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reprehensible
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worthy of blame
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deleterious
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having a harmful effect; injurious
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enmity
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mutual haterd or ill will
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heinous
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hatefully evil; abominable
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malfeasance
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misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official
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malice
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extreme ill will or spite
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putrid
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rotten
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rancorous
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hateful; marked by deep-seated ill will
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toxic
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poisonous
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archaic
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characteristic of an earlier period; old-fashioned
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hackneyed
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worn-out through overue; trite
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medieval
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referring to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned
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obsolete
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no longer in use; old-fashioned
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austere
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without decoration; strict
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mediocrity
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the state or quality of being average; of moderate to low quality
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mundane
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commonplace; ordinary
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ponderous
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extremely dull
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prosaic
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unimaginative; dull
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sedentary
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not migratory; settled
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apprehension
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anxiety or fear about the future
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harbinger
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something that indicates what is to come; a forerunner
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ominous
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menacing; threatening
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premonition
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a feeling about the future
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timorous
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timid; fearful about the future
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trepidation
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uncertainty; apprehension
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innovative
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introducing something new
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naive
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lacking sophistication
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nascent
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coming into existence; emerging
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novel
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strikingly new or unusual
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novice
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a beginner
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candor
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sincerity;; openness
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frank
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open and sincere in expression; straightforward
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arid
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describing a dry, rainless climate
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conflagration
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a widespread fire
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nocturnal
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of or occurring in the night
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sonorous
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producing a deep or full sound
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catalog
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to make an itemized list of
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exemplary
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commendable; worthy of imitation
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facile
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done or achieved with little effort; easy
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fastidious
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possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
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hierarchy
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a group organized by rank
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idealize
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to consider perfect
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laudatory
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giving praise
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meticulous
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extremely careful and precise
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paramount
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of chief concern or importance
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pragmatic
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practical
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solvent
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able to pay one's debts
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venerated
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highly respected
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abstract
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not applied to actual objects
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apparatus
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equiptment; a group of machines
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paradigm
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an example or model
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phenomenon
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an unusual, observable event
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rational
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logical; motivated by reason rather than feeling
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theoretical
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lacking application or practical application
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cartographer
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one who designs or makes maps
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vocation
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an occupation or profession
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