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20 Cards in this Set
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Absolve
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to clear from blame, responsibility or guilt
:To Loosen Away |
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Caricature
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a representation in which the subjects characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated
: to load |
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Clangor
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a loud ringing sound
:To scream or bark |
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Contiguous
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side by side, touching, near, adjacent in time
: To Have contact with |
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Cupidity
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An eager desire for something, greed
: God of Desire |
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Deleterious
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Harmful, injurious
: To hurt |
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Enhance
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To raise to a higher degree, to increase value
: High with |
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Enthrall
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To captivate, charm, hole spellbound
: In slave |
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Extenuate
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to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses
: To thin out |
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Implicit
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implied or understood though unexpressed, unquestioning
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Incisive
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Sharp, Keen, Penetrating
: To Cut in |
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Ostentatious
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marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy
: To display |
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Paragon
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a model of excellence or perfection
: Sharpen beside |
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Paraphrase
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to restate in other words
:To point out |
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Politic
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Prudent, Shrewdly conceived and developed, artful, expedient
:Citizen |
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Prosaic
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dull, lacking in distinction and originality
:Prose |
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Redundant
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Extra, Excess, more than is needed
: To overflow |
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Sanctimonious
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making a show of virtue or righteousness, sincere, humble
:To make holy |
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Scintillating
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sparkling, Twinkling
:Spark |
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Winsome
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Charming, Attractive,pleasing
:desire |
