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50 Cards in this Set
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expunge
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to erase; to remove completly
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extol
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to praise highly
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facilitate
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to make easy; to help bring about
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fallacy
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false idea; mistaken belief
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fastidious
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hard to please; dainty in taste
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fervor
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intense emotion; great warmth of feeling
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fitful
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spasmodic; intermittent
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flagrant
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outregeous; glaringly offensive
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fledgling
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newly developed; little known
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forlorn
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deserted; left alone and neglected; unhappy
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formidable
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hard to oversome; to be dreaded
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fortuitous
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happening by chance
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furtive
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done quickly and with sealth to avoid being noticed
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galvanize
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to arouse suddenly; to startle
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garbled
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confused; mixed up
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garner
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to gather and store away; to collect
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garrulous
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talkative
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gratuidous
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freely given; unnecessary; uncalled-for
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guile
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crafty deceit; cunning
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gullible
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easily deceived
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hackyard
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used too often; trite; commonplace
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haphazard
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not planned; random
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esoteric
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understood by only a select few
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dogmatic
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posistive and emphatic in asserting options
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dormant
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lying asleep; in a state of rest
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duplucity
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decietfulness
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ebb
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to decline
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eclectic
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consisting of selections from various sources
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efface
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to wipe out; to erase
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effervescent
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lively; giving off bubbles
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egregious
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extraordinarily bad
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elucidate
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to make clear
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elusive
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hard to grasp; baffling
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embellish
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to decorate; to elaborate upon
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embroil
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to involve in a quarrel
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emulate
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to try to equal or surpass
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enervate
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to weaken, to lessen the strength of
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engender
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to cause, produce, bring into being
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enhance
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to add to; to make greater in value
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enigma
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a puzzle; a baffling situation
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ephemeral
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lasting for only a short time
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equanimity
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eveness of temper
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equivocate
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to use double meanings on order to mislead; to be shifty; to quabble
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eulogy
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high praise for a deceased person
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euphemism
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use of an indirect expression in place of one that is harsh
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evanescent
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gradually disappearing; fleeting
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exacerbate
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to make a situation worse; to irritate
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exemplary
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serving as a model
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expedient
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useful; advantageous; based to self-interest
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expedite
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to make easy and quick; to speed up
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