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65 Cards in this Set
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Prodigal
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adj: reckless with money; wasteful
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Refute
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tr. v.: to disprove
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Relegate
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tr. v.: to banish or to demote someone
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Profusion
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N: abundance
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Provincial
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adj: narrow in sight or relating to provinces
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Prodigious
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adj: enormous
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Prolific
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adj: producing in great quatities (thoughts, products, offspring)
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Profound
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adj: deep in terms of thought
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Provoke
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tr. v.: to incite something or someone into action
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Rectify
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tr. v.: to correct
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Rebuttal
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N.: a response w/ formal evidence; a formal counter argument
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Ratify
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tr. v.: to approve in a formal manner
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Qualified
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adj: limited; restricted
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Redundant
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adj: repetitive
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Prudent
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adj: cautious; careful
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Remourse
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N.: guilt
ADj: remourseful |
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Respite
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N.: a brief rest
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Reprehensible
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adj.: deserving blame
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Reproach
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tr. v.: to express disproval
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Renounce
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tr. v.: to reject or give up a title
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Reprove
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tr.: to find fault with
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Resolution
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N.: determination
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Revere
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tr.v.: to respect; to honor
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Reserved
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adj: self-controlled
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Restraint
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N.: a controlling force
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Repudiate
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tr.: to reject the valitdity or authourity of
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Rescind
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tr.: to cancel
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Resigned
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adj: patiently submissive
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Retaliate
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intr.: to repay in kind(usually for bad treatment)
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Reticence
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N.: a preference or tendency to be silent
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Saturate
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Tr.: to soak
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Sanction
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v: to give official authorization or approval of
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Satire
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N.: irony and sarcasm used to make fun of something
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Solemnity
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N.: seriousness
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Rhetorical
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adj: relating to effective language (rhetorical question)
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Sporadic
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adj: occuring irregularly
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Squander
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tr.: to waste
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Stagnant
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adj: motionless
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Scanty
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adj: meager; insufficient
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Scrupulous
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adj: extremely thorough
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Static
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adj: unchanging; lacking developement
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Subtlety
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n: sometihgn difficult to detect or notice
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Superficial
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adj: shallow; trivial
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Scrutinize
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tr.: to examine closely and critically
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Surreptitious
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adj: secret
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Sycophant
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N:a servile flatterer; a toady
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Taciturn
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adj: habitually silent; talking little
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Trepidation
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N: fear
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Vilify
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tr: to slander
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Tenative
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adj: planned, but not fully worked out
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Tirade
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N: an extended scolding
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Tedious
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adj: boring; tiring
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Virtuoso
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N: a highly skilled artist
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Undermine
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tr: to weaken
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Terse
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adj: abrupt; concise
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Vacillate
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intr.: to waver
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Unobtrusive
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adj: inconspicious
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Thrifty
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adj: careful about money
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Venerate
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tr: to revere
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Viable
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adj: capable of living or developing under favorable conditions
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Virulent
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adj: extremely poisonous
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Wither
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intr: to decay; to shrivel
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Volatile
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adj: explosive tending to violence or evaporating rapidly
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Whimsical
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adj: capricious; unpredictable
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Zeal
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N: excessive devotion
adj: Zealous N: Zealot |