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80 Cards in this Set
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ameliorate
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to improve;make better
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aplomb
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poise;assurance
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bombastic
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pompous or overblown in language
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callow
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inexperienced; immature
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drivel
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nonsense; mucous; aimless talk or thinking
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epitome
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a summary
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exhort
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to urge strongly
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ex officio
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by virtue of holding an office
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infringe
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to tresspass
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ingratiate
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to make onself agreeable and gain favor with others
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interloper
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an intruder
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intrinsic
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belonging to something by its nature
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inveigh
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to make a violent attack in words; express strong dissaproval
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lassitude
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lack of energy
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millennium
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1000 years; period of joy
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occult
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mysterious; magical; supernatural; to hide
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permeate
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to spread through; penetrate
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precipitate
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to fall as moisture
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stringent
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strict severe sharp or bitter
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surmise
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to believe without evidence
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anomalous
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abnormal; irregular
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aspersion
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a derogotory statement
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bizarre
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extremely strange
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brusque
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abrupt ; blunt
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cajole
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to coax; persuade with flattery
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castigate
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to punish severly
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contrive
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to plan with ingenuity, to invent
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demagogue
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a leader who exploits popular predjudices and fasle claims to gain power
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disabuse
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to free from deception; to set right ideas
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ennui
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boredom
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fetter
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a chain or shackle
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heinous
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hateful; wicked
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immutable
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constant; not subject to change
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insurgent
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one who rises against authority
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megalomania
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a delusion marked by a feeling of power talent far in excess of reality
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sinecure
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an easy job
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surreptitious
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stealthy; secret;
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transgress
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to go beyond a limit
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transmute
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to change form
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vicarious
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something by one person in place of another
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abate
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to lessen in degree; subside
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adulation
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excessive praise/flattery
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anathema
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object of intense dislike
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astute
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shrewd, crafty
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avarice
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greedy desire
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culpable
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blameworthy
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dilatory
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tending to delay/procrastinate
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egregious
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conspicuous, standing out
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equivocate
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to speak or act in a way that allows interpertation; to be vague/ ambiguous
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evanescent
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vanishing
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irresolute
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unale to make up ones mind
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nebulous
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cloudlike; confused
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novice
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beginner
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penury
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poverty
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pretentious
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done for show
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recapitulate
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sum up
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resuscitate
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to revive
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slovenly
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intidy, dirty careless
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supposition
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sonethihng that is assumed without good evidence
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torpid
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sluggish inactive
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acrimonious
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stinging bitter
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bovine
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unresponsive; cowlike
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consternation
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dismay; confusion
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corpulent
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fat, bulky
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disavow
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to deny responsiblity for
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dispassionate
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impartial, calm
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dissension
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dissagreement
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dissapate
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to scatter/dispel
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exprurgate
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to censor a written text
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gauntlet
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challenge
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hypothetical
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based on an assumption
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ignoble
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mean, low, base
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impugn
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to call into question
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intemperate
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immoderate;lacking self control
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odium
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hatred contemp, disgrace
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perfidy
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faithlessness, treachery
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relegate
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to place in a lower position;banish
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squeamish
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inclined to nausea
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subservient
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subordinate in capacity or role, obedient
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susceptible
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vulnerable
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