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30 Cards in this Set
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impotent |
lacking strength |
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antithesis |
an exact opposite |
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maelstorm |
whirlpool |
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emendation |
a correction |
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chagrin |
embarrassment |
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bauble |
showy but useless thing |
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diaphanous |
very sheer and light |
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labyrinth |
a complicated network of passages |
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gloat |
to look or think about with great satisfaction |
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impediment |
barrier |
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bestial |
savage |
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effete |
worn out |
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shard |
a fragment |
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bland |
mild |
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nihilism |
total rejection of established laws |
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pedestrian |
ordinary or dull |
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bona fide |
in good faith |
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adventitious |
accidental |
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fecund |
fertile |
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deviate |
to turn aside from a course |
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obfuscate |
to confuse |
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impale |
to pierce with a sharp stake through the body |
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extentuate |
to lessen seriousness |
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parochial |
local |
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glower |
to stare angrily |
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edify |
to improve someone morally |
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ambiguous |
open to more than one interpretation |
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cataclysm |
violent change |
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optimum |
best |
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importune |
to ask persistently |
