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25 Cards in this Set
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abbreviate
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(v.) to shorten; compress; diminish
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chicanery
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(n.) trickery or deception
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abstemious
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(adj.) sparing in use of food or drinks
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miscreant
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(adj.; n.) evil; an evil person; villain
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succinct
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(adj.) clearly stated; characterized by conciseness
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lecherous
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(adj.) impure in thought and act
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embarkation
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(v.) to engage or invest in
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unpretentious
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(adj.) simple; plain; modest
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epicure
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(n.) a person who has good taste in food and drink
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reciprocal
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(adj.) mutual; having the same relationship to each other
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magnanimity
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(n.; adj.) a quality of nobleness of mind, disdain of meanness or revenge; forgiving; unselfish
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choleric
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(adj.) cranky; cantankerous; easily moved to feeling displeasure
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erudite
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(adj.) having a wide knowledge acquired through reading
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abridge
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"(v.) to shorten; to limit
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penurious
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(adj.) stingy, miserly
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solubility
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(n.) that can be solved; that can be dissolved
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foist
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(v.) to falsely identify as real
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mellifluous
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(adj.) having a sweet sound
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amity
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(n.) friendly relations
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cessation
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(n.)ceasing; a stopping
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mollify
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(v.) to soften; to make less intense
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ramification
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(n.) the arrangement of branches; consequence
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labyrinth
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(n.) maze
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prescriptive
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(adj.) done by custom; unbending
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disseminate
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(v.) to circulate; scatter
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