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50 Cards in this Set
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endorse
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v. promote; recommend
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enervate
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v. sap the strength; weaken
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enhance
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v. intensify; improve
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enigma
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n. mystery; puzzle
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enmity
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n. mutual hatred
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ephemeral
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adj. temporary; short-lived
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eradicate
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v. remove completely and permanently; exterminate
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erratic
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adj. unpredictable; differing from what is normal or expected
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erudition
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n. the knowledge acquired through many years of study
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esoteric
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adj. known to, or understood by, a limited group of people
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ethereal
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adj. heavenly; fine; delicately beautiful
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eulogize
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v. to praise highly; to extol
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euphemism
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n. a word or phrase that's used to make an unpleasant idea sound better
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evasive
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adj. tending to avoid giving direct answers
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exacerbate
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v. to make a bad situation worse
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exalt
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v. raise in rank; elevate; praise
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expunge
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v. erase
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expurgate
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v. to remove offensive words, ideas, or symbols; censor
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extemporaneous
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adj. done without planning; improvised
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extol
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v. praise
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extraneous
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adj. Unnecessary; irrelevant
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extricate
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v. to free from a trap or difficult situation; to disentangle
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exuberant
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adj. uncontrollably joyous
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fallacious
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adj. false; misleading
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fastidious
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adj. difficult to please
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fervor
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n. strong passion
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fickle
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adj. lacking loyalty; unpredictably changeable; erratic
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flaccid
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adj. lacking firmness; soft; limp
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flagrant
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adj. openly and obviously evil; glaring; conspicuous
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fledgling
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n. beginner
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flippancy
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n. treating a serious situation with arrogant humor or disrespect
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foment
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v. to stir into action; rouse; incite
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foresight
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n. the ability to see ahead, anticipate or predict
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frugal
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adj. careful with money; thrifty
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fulminate
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v. to explode, either with sound or anger
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furtive
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adj. sneaky; secretive
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futile
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adj. hopelessly ineffective; useless; in vain
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garbled
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adj. changed so much that the original meaning has been distorted; scrambled
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garish
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adj. flashy; gaudy
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garner
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v. collect; gather; accumulate; earn
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garrulous
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adj. very talkative; loquacious
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genial
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adj. friendly; gracious; kind
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germane
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adj. relevant; fitting
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girth
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n. distance around an object; circumference
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glutton
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n. a person who consumes huge quantities of food or drink; someone with great endurance
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gravity
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n. seriousness
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gregarious
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adj. sociable; extroverted; enjoying companionship
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gullible
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adj. easily deceived
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hackneyed
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adj. unoriginal; trite
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hamper
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v. interfere with movement or progress
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