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20 Cards in this Set
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Beatitude |
A state of perfect happiness or blessedness: a blessing |
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Bête noire |
Someone or something that one especially dislikes, dreads, or avoids |
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Bode |
To be omen of; to indicate by signs |
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Dank |
Unpleasantly damp or wet |
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Ecumenical |
Worldwide or universal in influence or application |
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Fervid |
Burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated |
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Fetid |
Having an unpleasant or offensive odor |
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Gargantuan |
Of immense size, volume, or capacity; enormous, prodigious |
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Heyday |
The period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years |
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Incubus |
A demon or evil spirit supposed to haunt human beings in their bedrooms at night; anything that oppresses or weighs upon one, like a nightmare. |
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Infrastructure |
Basic foundation or framework; a system of public works; the resources and facilities required for an activity; permanent military installations |
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Invoigle |
To entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements; to obtain or acquire by artifice |
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Kudos |
The acclaim, prestige or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement |
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Lagniappe |
An extra or unexpected gift or gratuity |
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Prolix |
Long-winded and wordy; tending to speak or write in such a way |
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Protégé |
Someone whose welfare, training, or career is under the patronage of an influential person; someone under the jurisdiction of a foreign country or government |
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Prototype |
An original pattern or model; a primitive or ancestral form |
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Sycophant |
Someone who attempts to win favors or advance him- or herself by flattery or servile behavior; a slanderer, defamer |
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Tautology |
Needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words; a redundancy |
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Truckle |
To yield or submit tamely or submissively |
