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73 Cards in this Set
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Abridge
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To cut down, shorten
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Acrimony
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Harshness of speech or manner, expression of great dislike.
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Aggrandizement
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The process of becoming richer or greater.
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Ambivalence
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Contradictory attitudes; uncertainty about what to do.
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Amenity
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An item that increases comfort
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Antiquated
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Old, out of date
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Bequeath
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Leave something to someone by a will; hand down.
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Beseech
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To beg, plead, implore
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Cajole
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Coax, wheedle, or flatter.
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Commodious
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Spacious, roomy.
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Corroborate
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Confirm, support.
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Credulity
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Willingness to believe; faith.
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Criterion
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Standard used in judging.
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Cryptic
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Mysterious, puzzling, secret.
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Deferential
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showing respect for the authority of another person
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Delineate
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Portray.
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Discordant
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Conflicting or inharmonious.
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Disinclination
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Unwillingness.
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Dissonance
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Discord, disagreement.
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Ebullient
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Excited, exuberant; bubbling or boiling.
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Eclectic
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From a wide variety of types or styles.
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Enigma
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Puzzle, mystery.
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Eradicate
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To completely erase or wipe out.
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Erudite
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Learned
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Esoteric
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Rare, special; known only to a chosen few.
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Execrable
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Loathsome, detestable
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Exorbitant
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Beyond reasonable limits, excessive.
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Expedient
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Suitable, practical, politic, advisable, opportune.
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Goad
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To urge, spur, incite to action
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Gravity
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Seriousness, dignity, or significance.
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Gregarious
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Sociable.
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Histrionic
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Theatrical, overly dramatic.
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Implicit
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Understood but not stated (opposite of explicit).
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Incendiary
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(1) a person who agitates (2) inflammatory, causing combustion
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Incessant
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Uninterrupted, continuous.
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Increment
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An enlargement; the process of increasing
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Indict
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Charge with a crime.
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Infamous
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Notoriously bad.
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Innocuous
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Harmless.
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Intractable
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Unruly, stubborn.
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Ironic
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Resulting in an unexpected situation, often the exact opposite of what is expected.
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Loquacious
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Talkative, wordy, garrulous.
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Maelstrom
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A destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects
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Oblivion
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Forgetfulness or the state of being forgotten.
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Oscillation
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A swinging back and forth, indecision, or wavering.
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Paramount
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greatest in importance, rank, character
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Pedantic
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Showing off knowledge in a narrow and petty way; condescending.
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Perfunctory
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Superficial, cursory, not thorough, routine.
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Pervasive
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Spread throughout; permeating.
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Piety
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Religious devotion; godliness.
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Placate
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Pacify, conciliate, mitigate, appease.
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Preclude
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Make impossible; prevent.
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Profound
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Deep; not superficial.
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Profusion
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Lavish expenditure, large amount.
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Pungent
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Having a pointed, sharp quality; often used to describe smells
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Rebuff
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Snub, reject.
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Reprobate
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One whose conduct is reproachful; scoundrel.
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Reprove
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To scold, rebuke
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Reticence
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Silent, reserved; reluctant to speak.
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Ruminate
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Think about carefully; ponder.
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Rustic
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Pertaining to the countryside; rural, simple, unrefined.
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Sacrilege
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Irreverent treatment of holy things; desecration, blasphemy.
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Sanction
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Approve or ratify.
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Simulated
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Imitated, pretended, feigned.
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Surrogate
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One acting in place of another
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Trepidation
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Fear or trembling.
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Umbrage
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Offense, resentment
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Unbridled
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Unrestrained, uncontrolled.
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Unkempt
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Ungroomed, disheveled.
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Verbose
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Wordy.
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Vitriolic
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Caustic, bitter, cutting.
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Wane
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To decrease in size, dwindle
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Zealot
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Person who shows excessive zeal; fanatic.
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