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85 Cards in this Set
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Abjure
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to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
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Abrogate
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to abolish or annul by authority
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Anathema
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a solemn or ecclesiastical curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing
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Apostate
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one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions; a betrayer of a cause
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Apposite
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appropriate, pertinent, relevant, apropos
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Arrant
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impudent; in every way, being completely such, barefaced, utter
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Artless
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completely without guile, natural, without artificiality
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Aspersion
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an act of defamation or maligning
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Augury
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omen, portent, the reading of omens
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Auspice
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protection or support, patronage
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Austere
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without adornment, bare; severely simple; ascetic
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Avarice
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greed, especially for wealth
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Aver
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to state as a fact; to confirm or support
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Axiom
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a universally recognized principle; a generally accepted or common saying
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Axiomatic
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taken as a given, possessing self-evident truth
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Baleful
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sinister, pernicious, ominous
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Beatify
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to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; regard as saintly
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Bedizen
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to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner; festoon, caparison
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Blandish
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to coax with flattery, toady, or fawn
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Blithe
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carefree, merry
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Bombastic
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pompous, grandiloquent
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Brook
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to tolerate, endure, countenance
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Burgeon
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to grow rapidly or flourish
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Burnish
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to polish, rub to a shine
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Cadge
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to sponge, beg, or mooch
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Cajole
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to inveigle, coax, wheedle, sweet-talk
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Calumniate
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to slander, make a false accusation
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Capricious
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inclined to change one's mind impulsively, erratic; unpredictable
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Castigation
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severe criticism or punishment
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Caustic
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burning or stinging; causing corrosion
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Censure
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to criticize severely; to officially rebuke
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Cogent
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convincing
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Commensurate
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matching, corresponding, or proportional in degree, size, amount, or other property
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Complaisance
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the willingness to comply with the wishes of others
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Consequential
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pompous, self-important
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Contemn
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to scorn, or despise
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Contentious
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argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
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Contrite
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regretful, penitent; seeking forgiveness
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Convention
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a generally agreed-upone practice or attitude
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Corrigible
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capable of being set right, correctable, reparable
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Countenance
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to approve of or tolerate
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Cozen
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to deceive, beguile, hoodwink
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Craven
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contemptibly fainthearted, pusillanimous, lacking any courage
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Credulous
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gullible
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Culpable
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deserving of blame
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Daunt
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to intimidate or dismay
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Dearth
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smallness of quantity or number, scarcity, lack
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Demur
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to question or oppose
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Denouement
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an outcome or solution, the unraveling of a plot
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Depredate
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to plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner
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Derision
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scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment
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Desiccate
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to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
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Desultory
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random, thoughtless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose
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Detraction
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slandering, verbal attack, aspersion
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Didatic
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intended to teach or instruct
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Die
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a tool used for shaping
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Diffident
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reserved, shy, unassuming, lacking self-confidence
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Dilatory
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causing delay, procrastinating
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Dilettante
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one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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Disabuse
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to undeceive, to set right
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Discomfit
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To put down, to defeat
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Disinterested
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free from self-interest, unbiased
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Dispartate
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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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Dissemble
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to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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Dissolution
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disintegration, looseness in morals
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Distrait
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distracted; absent-minded, especially due to anxiety
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Doggerel
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trivial, poorly constructed verse
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Dogmatic
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authoritatively and or arrogantly assertive of principles, which often cannot be proved; stubbornly opinionated
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Dross
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slag, waste or foreign matter, impurity, surface scum
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Ebullience
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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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Eccentric
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departing from norms or conventions
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Eclectic
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composed of elements drawn from various sources
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Edifying
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enlightening, informative
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effusive
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gushing; excessively demonstrative
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Egress
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exit
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Encomium
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glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric, tribute, eulogy
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Endemic
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characteristic of or often found in particular locality, region, or people; restricted to or peculiar to that region; indigenous
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Enervate
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to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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Engender
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to cause, produce, give rise to
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Ennui
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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Enormity
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excessive wickedness
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Ephemeral
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brief; fleeting, short-lived
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Epicure
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one devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in food and drink; gourmand, sybarite
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Epithet
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diparaging word or phrase
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Equanimity
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composure, self-
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