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20 Cards in this Set
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beatific
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adj
blissful, rendering or making blessed |
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behemoth
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n
a creature of enormous size,power, or apperance |
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blandishment
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pl n
anything designed to flatter or coax, sweet talk |
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cacophonous
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adj
harsh sounding, racous, discordant, dissonant |
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chicanery
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n
trickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double dealing |
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consign
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v
to give over to antohers care, charge or control, to entrust, deliver, to set apart for specail use |
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coup
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n
a highly sucessful stroke, masterstroke, tour de force, act, plan, or stratagem, a sudden takeover in power or leadership |
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euphemism
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n
a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unplesent one; a substitute |
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febrile
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adj
feverish, pertaining to or marked by fever, frentic |
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gainsay
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v
to deny contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose |
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imminent
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adj
about to happen, threatning |
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innate
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adj
natural, inborn, inherent; built in |
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loath
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adj
unwilling, reluctant, disclined |
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manifest
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adj
clear,evident to the eyes or mind v to show plainly, exhibit,evince n a list of cargo and/or passengers |
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minutiae
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pl n
small or trivial details,trifiling matters |
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moratorium
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n
a suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay |
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nostrum
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n
an alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectivness |
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pariah
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n
one who is rejected by a socail group or orginization |
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visionary
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adj
not practical, lacking in realism; having the nature of a fantasy or dream n one given to far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight |
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wizened
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adj
dry, shrunken and wrinkled (often as a result of aging |
