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50 Cards in this Set
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1: bucolic
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Rustic; pastoral
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2: buffet
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Strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out; N: table with food set out for people to server themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set
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3: bulwark
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Strong wall built for defense; earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
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4: burlesque
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Give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly
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5: buxom
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Full-bosomed; plump; jolly
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6: cabal
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Small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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7: cadence
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Rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat; regular beat of sound; rhythm
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8: cadge
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To beg or get by begging. [dictionary.com] mooch
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9: callow
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Youthful; immature; inexperienced
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10: calumny
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Malicious misrepresentation; slander
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11: canard
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Unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report
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12: canny
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Shrewd in money matters; thrifty
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13: canon
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Music. consistent, note-for-note imitation of one melodic line by another, in which the second line starts after the first. [dictionary.com]
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14: cant
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Insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special words used by a particular group of people
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15: cantankerous
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Ill-humored; irritable
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16: cantata wl 8
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Story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio)
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17: canto
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Division of a long poem
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18: canvass
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Determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.; go through (a region) to solicit votes or orders; conduct a survey; n.
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19: capillary
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Having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity
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20: chary
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Cautious; unwilling to take risks; sparing or restrained about giving; OP. bold
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21: chasten
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Discipline; punish in order to correct; CF. castigate
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22: cherubic
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Angelic; innocent-looking; n. cherub; CF. seraph: winged angel of the highest order
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23: chide
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Scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong)
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24: chimerical
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Fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; n. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature
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25: chisel
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Swindle or cheat; N: wedgelike tool for cutting
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26: choleric
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Hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera
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27: churlish
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Boorish; rude; n. churl: boor; yahoo
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28: ciliated
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Having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash
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29: cipher
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Nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; v.
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30: circumlocution
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Indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)
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31: circumspect
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Prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought
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32: circumvent
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Outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around
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33: cistern
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Reservoir or water tank
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34: clamber
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Climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble
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35: clandestine
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Secret
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36: clangor
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Loud resounding noise; sound of repeated clanging
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37: clarion
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Shrill, trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times
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38: clavicle
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Collarbone
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39: clime
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Climate
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40: cloister
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Monastery or convent
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41: cloying
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Distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; v. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess
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42: coalesce
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Combine; fuse; n. coalescence
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43: codicil
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Supplement to the body of a will; later addition to a will
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44: codify
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Arrange (laws or rules) as a code; classify; n. code: system of words used instead of ordinary writing; collection of laws, rules, established social customs
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45: coeval
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Living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age
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46: cogitate
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Think over; ponder
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47: cohere
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Stick together
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48: coiffure
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Hairstyle
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49: colander w 10?
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Utensil with perforated bottom used for straining
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50: collate
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Examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (the sheets of a book before they are bound)
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