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50 Cards in this Set
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Acronym |
Initial name |
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Advocate |
To Speak For |
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Analgesic |
Painkiller |
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Bellicose |
Warlike |
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Benediction |
Good Wishes, A Blessing |
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Benefactor |
Helper |
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Cacophony |
Bad Noise |
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Chiromancy |
Palm Reading |
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Circumlocution |
Talking In Circles |
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Circumscribed |
Limited |
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Circumvent |
Get Around |
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Congenital |
From Birth |
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Credible |
Believable |
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Cryptologist |
Code Breaker |
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Demagogue |
Corrupt Politician |
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Depose |
Topple From Power |
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Egocentric |
Self Centered |
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Egomania |
Self Obsession |
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Egregious |
Blatantly Wrong |
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Elucidate |
Explain |
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Enumerate |
To List |
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Epigrams |
Witty Comments |
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Exculpated |
Freed From Blame |
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Gregarious |
Sociable |
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Hemiplegia |
Paralysis On One Side |
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Inanimate |
Lifeless |
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Incredulous |
Unwilling To Believe, Skeptical |
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Intercede |
Mediate |
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Intractable |
Stubborn |
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Loquacious |
Talkative |
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Mollify |
To Make Soft |
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Oligarchy |
Government By A Few |
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Omniscient |
All Knowing |
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Pandemonium |
Demonic Clamor |
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Pellucid |
Crystal Clear |
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Polygot |
Multi- Linguist |
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Prescience |
Foreknowledge |
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Prototype |
First Model |
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Recant |
Retract |
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Resurgence |
Rising Again |
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Retribution |
Revenge |
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Sacrosanct |
Holy, Sacred |
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Soliloquy |
Speech To Oneself |
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Somniferous |
Bring Sleep |
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Stringent |
Binding |
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Superfluous |
More Than Is Needed |
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Supersede |
Replace |
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Tangible |
Touchable |
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Vivacious |
Lively |
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Unilateral |
One- Sided |
