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81 Cards in this Set
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peculiarity
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oddness
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anomaly
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irregularity; peculiarity
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precipitate
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(adj)-done or acting rashly; (verb)-make sth happen quickly
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assuage
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to provide relief from sth distressing or painful
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reassure
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put sb's mind at ease, feel less anxious or worried
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erudite
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showing great knowledge gained from study
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opaque
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not transparent; hard to understand
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prodigal
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extravagantly wasteful
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fervid
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fervent, showing passionate or ardent enthusiasm
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placate
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make sb less angry. Placation, placatory
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abstain
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not vote, refrain from sth, choose not to do sth
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indigenous
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native to a region; inborn or innate
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indigent
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extemely poor;
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impoverish
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make sb or sth poor
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perpetual
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lasting forever
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chimera
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sth totally unrealistic or impractical
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indignant
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angry at unfairness
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candid
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honest; truthful; sincere
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exorbitant
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unreasonably high or large, usually for price
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ossify
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harden into bone, usually for plant and tissue
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slander
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to defame
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malicious
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deliberately harmful
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deliberate
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intentional
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quaint
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attractively old-fashioned; ususal; odd
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destitute
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lacking necessitites of life; poor; poverty
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retract
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to draw or take back
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cognitive
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possessing the power to think
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possession
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ownership; property
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meditate
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to concentrate mind
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brevity
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briefness; shortness
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alacrity
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cheerful promptness or speed
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prompt
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done immediately
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palpable
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touchable; clear; obvious, able to be felt
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baneful
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deadly or causing distress, death, destructive
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tentative
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not confirmed; indefinite
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garrulous
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talking too much\
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deride
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to laugh at with contempt; to mock; redicule
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iconoclast
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sb challenging tradition; an attacker of cherished beliefs
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foible
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minor weakness
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idiosyncrasy
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quirk, unusual response to sth
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hypocritical
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two-faced; deceptive
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hypercritical
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excessively critical
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distraught
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extremely upset
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pagan
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an offensive term that deliberately insults sb who does not acknowledge the God of the Bible, Torah, or Koran
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loiter
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to spend time aimlessly
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recondite
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understand only by experts, hard to understand;
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exotic
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unusual; striking; foreign
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dubious
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doubtful; uncertain; skeptical; suspicious
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livid
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1. discolored 2. enraged, irate, furious, very angry
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intermittent
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periodic; occasional
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usury
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lending at exorbitant interest
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proximity
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closeness in space or time
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kinship
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family relationship
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menagerie
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a place to keep or a collection of wild or strange animals
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levity
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lack of seriousness
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flippant
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levity
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trait
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individual characteristic
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rancid
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having a bad odor
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apathy
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lack of energy
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sympathy
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sorrow for another's pain
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empathy
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understand of another's feelings
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lassitude
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tiredness or listless
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compromised
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to settle by mutual adjustment
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anchorage
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security; sth that can be relied on, place to hold boats secure
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irascible
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quick-tempered, easily provoked to anger
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proverbial
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well-know b/c it is commonly referred to, expressed as proverb
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hackneyed
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commonplace; trite
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haggard
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tired-looking; fatigued
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behoove
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to be advantageous; to be necessary; to be right and proper or appropriate for sb
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prosperity, prosperous
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wealthy, success
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profound
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showing great understanding, very deep
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instigate
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to start, to provoke, usually trouble
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riot
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violent disturbance
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converge
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to move toward one point (opposite: diverge)
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ignoble
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shameful; dishonorable
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charlatan
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false expert, face, an impostor
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impostor
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sb who pretends to be another
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unobtrusive
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inconspicious, not obvious
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vacillation
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fluctuation
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vacilate
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be unable to decide, swing back and forth
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cognizant
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aware of; perceptive
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