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25 Cards in this Set
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fete
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elaborate party (outdoors); to celebrate someone / something
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gauche
GO-shh |
unpolished; crude; not tactful
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inauspicious
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unfortunate; unfavorable
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cavil
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to raise trivial objections to
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demagogue
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political leader who seeks support by appealing to passions and prejudices
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torrent
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a heavy rain; an overwhelming amount; violent stream
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untenable
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not able to be defended or occupied
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beleaguer
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annoy persistently, harass; surround so as to force to give up, besiege
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palpable
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tangible; capable of being perceived esp. touched or felt
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bellicose
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showing a ready disposition to fight; combative
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despotism
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tyranny; dictatorship
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decry
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open condemnation with intent to discredit; express strong disapproval of
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foreboding
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an unfavorable omen; a feeling of evil to come
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coda
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a concluding musical section that is distinct from the main structure; a concluding part of a literary work
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dignitary
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an important or influential person
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idyllic
*i-DILL-ick |
pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity
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pithy
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concise and full of meaning
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portentous
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of momentous significance (prodigious); pompous; omniously prophetic
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forsake
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to renounce or turn away from completely; abandon
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genial
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agreeable; conducive to comfort; affable
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wend
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to proceed on; to direct; to travel
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tenuous
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very thin; flimsy; fragile
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belie
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contradict OR misrepresent
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volition
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an act of making a decision, one's will
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confound
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confuse
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