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41 Cards in this Set
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emolument
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the wages or perquisites arising from office, employment, or labor.
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palindrome
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a word, verse, phrase, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward.
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deprecate
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to disapprove of; also, to belittle.
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bivouac
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a usually temporary encampment; also, to encamp.
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umbrage
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offense; resentment.
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incipient
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beginning to exist or appear.
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dapple
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pugnacious
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; combative; quarrelsome.
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capitulate
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; to surrender under agreed conditions.
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susurrus
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; a whispering or rustling sound.
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. thaumaturgy
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; the performing of miracles or magic.
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capacious
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; able to contain much.
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glower
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; to stare angrily or with a scowl.
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canorous
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; melodious; musical.
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repast
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; a meal.
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spoonerism
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; the transposition of usually initial sounds in a pair of words.
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tenebrous
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; dark; gloomy.
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nescience
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; lack of knowledge or awareness.
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gewgaw
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; a trinket; a bauble.
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effulgence
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; the state of being bright and radiant.
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.assuage
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; to soften; to ease, or lessen.
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exiguity
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; smallness; thinness; the quality of being meager.
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seriatim
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; in a series; one after another.
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tmesis
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; in grammar and rhetoric, the separation of the parts of a compound word.
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chthonic
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; dwelling in or under the earth; also, pertaining to the underworld.
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objurgate
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; to scold or rebuke sharply.
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plethora
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; excess.
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lissom
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; supple; nimble.
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badinage
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; light, playful talk.
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exalt
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; to praise, glorify, or honor.
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erroneous
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; containing or characterized by error.
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prescience
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; knowledge of events before they take place.
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ineluctable
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; impossible to avoid or evade.
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obdurate
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; hardened in feelings or in wrongdoing; unyielding.
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bana
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affable
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; easy to speak to; also, gracious.
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noisome
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; offensive or disgusting; also, harmful; unwholesome.
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exacerbate
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; to aggravate; to make worse.
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misnomer
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; a misnaming.
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lackadaisical
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; lacking spirit or liveliness.
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hauteur
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; haughtiness; arrogance.
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