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51 Cards in this Set
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prolific
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adj. producing a lot
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amiable
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adj. friendly and agreeable; sociable
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bizarre
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adj. very odd in manner; grotesque; strange
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contentious
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adj. always ready to argue;quarrelsome
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parochial
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adj. restricted;limited;narrow;local
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mammoth
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adj. very large; of clumsy or unwieldy size
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sloth
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n. laziness
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liable
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adj. legally obligated;likely (w/reference to an unfavorable outcome)
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petulant
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adj. impatient or irrritable,esp.ove a minor annoyance
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metamorphosis
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n. a transformation, as by magic; a marked change in appearance or function
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trek
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v. to travel or migrate, esp. slowly or with great difficulty
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vernacular
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n. informal speech; native language
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solemn
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adj. serious;grave
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feat
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n. an act or accomplishment showing skill
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intrepid
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adj. bold;fearless
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deploy
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v. to station or assemble troops or forces in position
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scale
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v. to climb
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urban
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adj. relating to a city
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defelct
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v. to bend or turn away
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municipal
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adj. relating to local government
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apt
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adj. appropriate;having a natural tendency
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pedestrian
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adj. done on foot; ordinary; commonplace
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genre
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n. a kind, or type
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sanguine
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adj. optimistic, cheerful
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myraid
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n. an indefinitely large number
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civic
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adj. pertaining to a city or citizen
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pedantic
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adj. putting unnecessary stress on minor or purely academic knowledge
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harass
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v. to bother;torment
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ego
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n. the self; the individual as self-aware; self-love
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congential
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adj. present since birth; being an essential chracteristic
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superfluous
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adj. unnecessary; extra
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belie
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v. to picture fasley; to contradict
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legible
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adj. capable of being read or deciphered
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regiment
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n. a set of rules, usually followed for therapeutic effect
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sullen
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adj. showing silent anger and unwillingness to be pleasant to people
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jurisdiction
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n. the extent of authority or control; the right and power to interpret and apply the law
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effect
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v. to bring about
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pantomime
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n. communication by means of gestures and facial expression
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voluble
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adj. talkative
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undermine
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v. to weaken
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marine
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adj. of the sea or shipping; nautical
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feign
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v. to pretend; to fake
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respite
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n. temporary relief
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obstreperous
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adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant
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harangue
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n. a long pompous speech; a speech or piece of writting expressing strong emotion; a tirade
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ruthless
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adj. having no compassion or pity
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specious
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adj. seeming to be truthful on the surface, but actually fasle
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anecdote
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n. a brief story, often humorous
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intrinsic
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adj. relating to the essential nature of a something
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baroque
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adj. fantastically over-decorated; gaudily ornate
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irony
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n. a use of words in which the intended meaning is very diffrent from the literal sense; an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs, esp. one that suggests a lesson about human folly
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