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52 Cards in this Set
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Sublime |
Lofty, Grand, exalted |
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Surmise |
To infer with little evidence |
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Surrogate |
One acting in place of another |
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Timorous |
Timid, fearful |
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Vindictive |
Vengeful |
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Zenith |
The highest point, culminating point |
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Knell |
The solemn sound of a bell often indicating a death |
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Lavish |
Given without limits |
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Maxim |
A common saying expressing a principal of conduct |
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Mendacity |
Having a lying, false character |
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Nurture |
To assist the development of |
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Obdurate |
Unyielding to persuasion or moral influences |
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Paramount |
Greatest in importance, rank, character |
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Partisan |
A follower, adherent |
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Prepossessing |
Occupying the ming to the exclusion of other thoughts or feelings |
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Propriety |
The quality or state of being proper, decent |
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Raucous |
Loud, boisterous |
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Rebuke |
To scold, criticize |
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Reclusive |
Solitary, shinning society |
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Relegate |
To assign to an inferior place |
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Solicitous |
Concerned, attentive |
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Absolution |
Freedom from blame |
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Admonish |
To caution, criticize, reprove |
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Aerial |
Somehow relating to air |
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Analogous |
Similar to, so that an analogy can be drawn |
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Artisan |
A craftsman |
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Asylum |
An institution in which the insane are kept |
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Augment |
To add, expand |
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Benign |
Favorable, non threatening, mild |
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Blandish |
To coax by using flattery |
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Caucus |
A meeting usually held by people working towards the same goal |
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Cleave |
To divide into parts |
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Compliant |
Ready to adapt one self to another's wishes |
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Confection |
A sweet, fancy food |
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Contrite |
Penitent, eager to he forgiven |
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Convene |
To call together |
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Culmination |
The climax towards which something progresses |
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Cursory |
Brief to the point of being superficial |
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Didactic |
Overly moralistic |
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Discern |
To perceive, detect |
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Ecstatic |
Intensely and overpowerly happy |
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Embellish |
To decorate, adorn |
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Empathy |
Sensitivity to another's feeling as if they were ones own |
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Execrable |
Loathsome, detestable |
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Expiate |
To make amends for, atone for |
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Foil |
To thwart, frustrate, defeat |
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Frenetic |
Frenzied, hectic, frantic |
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Guile |
Deceitful, cunning, sly behavior |
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Imperious |
Commanding, domineering |
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Implement |
An instrument, utensil, tool |
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Incendiary |
Inflammatory, causing combustion |
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Inimical |
Hostile, enemy like |
