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45 Cards in this Set
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bombast
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impressive but meaningless
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orthography
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correct spelling
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paleontology
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a science dealing with prehistoric life through the study of fossils
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recoil
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to retreat; to draw back
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panache
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self-confidence
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saturnine
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gloomy; sluggish
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endemic
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confined to a particular country or area
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mendacious
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lying; false; deceitful
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obviate
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to prevent; to get around
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paroxysm
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a sudden outburt; a fit
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aggrandize
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to increase the range of; to expand
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deign
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to lower oneself before an inferior
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flaunt
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to show off
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shibboleth
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a word or pronunciation that distinguishes someone as of a particular group
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elicit
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to draw forth; to call forth
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nirvana
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a condition of great peace or happiness
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salutary
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healthful; wholesome
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despicable
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contemptible; hateful
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harlequin
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a clown
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empathy
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an understanding of another's feeling
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brevity
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breifness, short duration
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savant
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a person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar
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obsequious
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excessively submissive or overly attentive
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redundant
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repetitious; using more words than needed
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offal
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garabge; waste parts
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hoi polloi
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the common people; the masses
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sentient
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concious; capable of feeling or perceiving
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impinge
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to encroach; to trespass
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cataract
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a large waterfall
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animosity
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hatred
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orifice
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mouth; opening
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hallow
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to make holy
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perdition
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damnation; ruin; hell
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chaff
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worthless matter
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aesthetic
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pertaining to beauty
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empirical
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based on practical experience rather than theory
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germane
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relevant; fitting
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hermetic
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tightly sealed
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meretricious
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attractive in a cheap, flashy way
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querulous
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complaining; grumbling
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flaccid
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flabby
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hospice
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a shelter for travelers, orphans, or the ill or destitute
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egregious
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remarkably bad, outrageous
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ratiociante
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to reason, to think
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foment
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to stir up; to incite
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