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88 Cards in this Set
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Accolade
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praise
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Allusion
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indirect reference
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Ambivalence
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uncertainty, having 'mixed feelings'
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Ambivalent
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unable to decide
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Analogy
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comparison
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Anecdote
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short account of something interesting, story
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Anomalous
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odd; not fitting the pattern
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Apparition
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ghost, something that 'appears'
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Aspersion
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negative feeling; damaging remark
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Belligerence
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aggression
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Bombastic
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too elaborate; exaggerated
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Candid
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truthful
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Capricious
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changeable; fickle
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Cherished
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cared for; firmly-held
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Cliche
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over-used expression
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Conception
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1. idea; view
2. beginning of pregnancy |
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Convoluted
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complicated
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Credence
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belif
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Cryptic
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hidden
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Currency
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1. widespread acceptance
2. money |
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Decorous
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good and correct (use of behavior)
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Denunciation
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act of speaking out against
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Derailed
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thrown off course
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Derivative
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unoriginal
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Despotic
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acting like a tyrant
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Detritus
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rubbish
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Diaphanous
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very thin and transparent
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Dictum
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often used saying
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Dilettante
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person who dabbles in the arts
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Disdained
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showed contempt for
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Dispassionate
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unbiased; fair
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Dowager
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an elderly woman of elevate social status
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Dubious
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doubtful
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Egalitarian
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equal; believer in equality
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Elict
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draw out (used mainly for information or feelings)
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Elliptical
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1. Shaped like an ellipse
2. Indirect |
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Epitomizes
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acts as a typical example of
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Equivocate
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speak ambiguously/vaguely
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Evasiveness
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trying to avoid something
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Explicity
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very clear, nothing hidden
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Foraging
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searching for food
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Hypothetical
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based on guesswork; not proven
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Iconoclast
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person who goes against accepted authority
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Indiosyncratic
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quirky, unique to an individual
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Imponderable
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cannot be understood
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Indecorous
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not well-behaved, lacking in dignity
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Indigence
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extreme poverty
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Inept
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clumsy
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Inherent
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inbuilt; genetic
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Intricate
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complicated
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Irrefutable
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cannot be proven wrong
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Jingoism
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using words to stir up exaggerated patriotism
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Jubilant
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joyful
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Judicious
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fair and equal
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Lament
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express regret over something
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Loquacious
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talkative; using many words
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Mendicancy
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begging
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Metaphorical
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not literal; figurative
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Milieu
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environment; surroundings
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Mitigated
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made less severe
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Nascent
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just begun; in an early stage of development
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Nostalgia
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longing for the past
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Obtrusive
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easily seen
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Orthographical
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concerned with writing and spelling
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Ossified
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become fixed and rigid
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Ostentatious
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showy
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Palpable
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can be felt
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Pastoral
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1. concerned with the country side
2. concerned with the care a pastor gives to someone |
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Pedestrian
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1. boring 2. person who walks
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Perfidy
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treachery; betrayal
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Profligacy
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wasteful and immoral behavior
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Prohibitive
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very expensive
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Prudence
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wisdom; caution
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Pugnacious
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aggresive
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Purveyor
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one who sells something or causes something to spread
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Resonance
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echo
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Respite
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break (from work, etc.)
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Resurgence
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revival
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Sparse
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thin; not thick
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Stringent
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strict
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Succumbing
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giving in to; falling under the influence of
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Supercilious
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arrogant
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Tenacity
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firmness of purpose
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Transcend
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go beyond a limit
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Variegated
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multicolored
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Venerable
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worthy of respect
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Viable
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workable; able to live or grow
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Visceral
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concerned with the 'guts'; physical rather than mental
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