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60 Cards in this Set
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acolytes
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A novice in a religous order; attendant or assistant at the altar
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august
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Highly dignified; imposing; eminent; majestic; grandeur
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brio
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Having vigor in life; vivacity. might, strength
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disingenuous
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Not straight forward or honest; deceitful; crafty
Lacking frankness or candor |
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efficacy
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Having adequate power for an intended purpose
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euphemism
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The use of a mild word in place of a possibly offensive one; word substitution
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exemplary
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Serving as a model for others; worthy of imitation
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fastidiious
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hard to please; critical; demanding
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hibernated
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Passed the winter in seclusion; retired; withdrawn
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impugning
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Challenging something as false; criticizing; maligning
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insidious
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OPerating steathily with evil affect or intent; trecharous or deceitful
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logarithms
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Exponents that must be applied to a fixed number to get a given number
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magnanimity
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Generous; high minded; noble; forgiving an injury
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meglomania
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Mania or delusion of wealth or greatness
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obsequious
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Fawning; servile; deferential; psychophantic
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phelgmatic
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Apathetic; unexcitable; pertaining to slugishness
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presumptuous
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Arrogant or overbold; imperious; dictatorial
Take for granted |
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supercilious
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Haughtily contempuous; arrogant; scornful
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vernacular
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Native or common language of a place; colloquial
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viscerally
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Intensely emotional
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aphrodisiacs
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Foods, drugds, etc that arouse sexual desire
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affable
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Pleasently easy to approach and talk to; warm; cordial
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bereft
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deprived of something; lacking; needing; destituted
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cadence
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Rhythmic flow of words or sounds
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catatonic
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A syndrome frequent in schizophrenics, characterized by muscle rigidity and mental stupor
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charades
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A game in which words or phrases are represented in pantonine until they are guessed by other players
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carnal
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pertaining to or characterized by flesh of the body; its passions and appetities, sensual.
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clandestine
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Done in or executed with secrecy for purposes of deception, covert, stealthy, surrptious
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enmity
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A feeling or condition of hostility, animosity, or antagonism
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furtively
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Taken, done, used, etc by stealth
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fortitude
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Mental or emotional strength in facing adversity. Power to endure pain or hardship
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intrepid
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Resolutely fearless; dauntless; invulnerable to intimidation
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innuendoes
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An indirect or subtle implication in expression, an insinuation
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leviathans
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Something unusually large of its kind, usually a ship
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ludicrous
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Causing laughter because of absurdity
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peremptory
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Leavning no opportunity for denial or refusal
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stident
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Making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking
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supplicating
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To pray humnly; to make humble and earnest entreaty
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tremulous
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Characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness; timdid
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wizened
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Withered or shriveled; to dry out
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Assignations
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An appointment between to lovers, typically secret. Designating some with an assisgment or task.
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bellicose
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ready or inclined to quarrel, fight, or go to war with; pugnacious
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bovine
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Relaitng to genus of ruminant animals, cows, oxen
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caterwaul
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To make a loud howling noise; screech; wail
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efficacy
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The ability to produce the desired results, pertaining particularly to politics
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guava
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Tropical fruit used to make jellies
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gumbo and okra
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A stew of fish, poultry, or meat that has been thicked with okra(green pods)
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milieu
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The surroundings or environment that somebody lives in
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impolitic
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Likely to be disadvantageous and not admirable
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incredulous
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Unable to believe something; completely uncnvinced, skeptical
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inert
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Not moving or not able to move; inactive; sluggish
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inarticulateness
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Inability to express oneself clearly with words
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officiously
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Informal, especially in political dealings
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phalaropes
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Small wading bird that is related to the sandpiper
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rapacious
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Greedy, especially for money and willing to use unethical means to obtain what is desired
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resolute
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Possessing determination and purposefulness
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rectitude
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Strong moral integrity in character or actions
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synoptic
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Constituting a general view of the whole of a subject
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turgid
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Pompous, boring, and overcomplicated; bombastic, swollen, distended, timid, inflated
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visceral inchoate
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Instinctively motivated; rudimentry, disorganized
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