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82 Cards in this Set
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dictate
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to say aloud, speak, utter
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verdict
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judgment, decision, outcome
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abdicate
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relinquish, renounce, resign - as in authority
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edict
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order, command, official announcement of law SYN: PROCLAMATION, DECREE, STATUTE
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dictum
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command, authoritative statement ALSO saying, maxim, motto
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malediction
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curse
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interdiction
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an edict prohibiting something, banning, outlawing
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jurisdiction
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power or right to control (especially territory) - authority
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dignitary
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celebrity, public figure SYN: LUMINARY
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deign
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lower or demean yourself, condescend for, not fit for one's dignity SYN: STOOP
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indignant
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angry, offended, annoyed
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disdain
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contempt, scorn, despise
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disperse
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dissolve, separate, diffuse, scatter
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disseminate
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to publicize, distribute, broadcast
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dissipate
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to squander, disperse, to waste away ALSO dissolve, scatter
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dissuade
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to persuade against, to deter
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diffuse
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to spread out, scatter
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dissension
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disagreement in opinion
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doctrine
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dogma, cannon, policy, set of guidelines
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indoctrinate
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to instruct, teach or even brainwash
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docile
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passive, quiet, submissive, meek
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didactic
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instructive, meant to teach rather than entertain
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induct
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initiate, install
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orthodox
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conventional, traditional, conformist
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dogma
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creed, doctrine, system of belief
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dogmatic
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inflexible, unbending, strict, stubborn, dictatorial
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condolence
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offer of sympathy, comfort
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indolence
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laziness, idleness, lethargic
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doleful
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sad, unhappy, miserable, dejected
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dolorous
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marked by expressive misery or grief
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doldrums
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melancholy, dejection, feeling blue
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condone
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overlook, disregard, pardon, ignore
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antidote
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cure, remedy, solution
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anecdote
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short humorous story, tale, yarn
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endow
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bestow, award, donate
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dubious
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uncertain, unsure, unconvincing
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indubitable
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unquestionable, definited, positive, certain
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endure
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continue, tolerate, suffer
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durable
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hard-wearing, stron, robust
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duress
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under pressure, coercion
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dour
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grim, severe, harsh, sour
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obdurate
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pig-headed, stubborn SYN: OBSTINATE
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epilogue
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conclusion - at the end or play, book, or speech
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epidermis
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outside layer of skin (DERM means skin)
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epistle
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formal or elegant letter
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epistolary
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written in form of series of letters
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epitome
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essence, personificantion, embodiment
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epigram
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short witty saying SYN: AXIOM, QUIP, DITTY
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epithet
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a phase in place of name of person - an abusive term or phase
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epitaph
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inscription on tombstone
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equilibrium
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balance, symmetry
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equity
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evenhandedness, fairness, impartial
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iniquity
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injustice, wickedness, sin
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equivocate
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quibble, beat around the bush SYN: VACILLATE, PREVARICATE
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equivocal
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ambiguous, ambivalent, unsure
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err
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to make a mistake, to blun der
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erratic
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unreliable, unpredictable
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errant
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a person who is wayward, delinquent, misbehaving
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aberrant
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unusual, abnormal anomalous
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iridescent
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sparkling, shimmering, shining, glistening, flickering
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luminescent
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glowing, radiant, luminous
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coalesce
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combine, come together, unionize
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quiescent
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inactive, sluggish, dormant
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acquiesce
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agree quietly, consent without speaking, assent
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effervescent
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fizzing, bubbly - as a personality: lively
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evanescent
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short-live, brief, transitory SYN: EPHEMERAL
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convalescent
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person recovering from illness
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reminiscent
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something that reminds one of a past experience
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evade
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avoid, escape, elude
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extricate
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disentangle, remove, free oneself
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extort
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force from, obtain by threat
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exhort
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urge, encourage, insiste
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extenuate
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to represent crime, fault or mistake as of less importance than it appears
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efface
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obliterate, eradicate
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effusion
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excessively demonstrative
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euphoria
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elation, ectasy, joy
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euphemism
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substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for that may offend
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eulogy
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tribute, acclamation, praise
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euthanasia
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the act or practice of killing for reasons of mercy (long illness suffering etc)
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euphony
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pleasing or sweet sound
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extraneous
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irrelevant, superfluous, extra
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extrapolate
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to infer from given data
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