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28 Cards in this Set
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foot print or trace
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vestige
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absolute, final, haughty
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peremptory
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bold, adventurous, intrepid
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audacious
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composed of a single solid stone
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monlithic
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superficially done; done hastily without taking note of details
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cursory
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derivation of a name from a city, place, event, etc from the name of a person
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eponym
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a strong taste or liking for something; a preference
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penchant
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silly, stupid, unintelligent
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asisine
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poverty, absense of resources, destitution
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penury
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to provide detailed explantion
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explicate
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to make obscure, to confuse, to darken
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obfuscate
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to censure in a scathing manner
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excoriate
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to be called into question
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impugn
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to strive to equal or to excel, to imitate
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emulate
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lacking sharpness
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obtuse
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unyielding, inflexible, esp. in the face of opposition
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adamant
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- extremely toxic
-bitterly hostile or antagonistic; hateful; maliciously spiteful |
virulent
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to glorify, to extol
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exult
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the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt
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euphemism
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-the face of a building
- an artificial or deceptive front |
facade
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a feeling of great happiness or well-being
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euphoria
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shockingly evil, outrageously bad
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heinous
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a pressing or urgent situation
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exigency
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a person or thing which is chronologically out of place
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anachronism
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theatrical, deliberately affected; artificial in behavior or sleep; exceesively dramatic or emotional
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histrionic
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(lit) to ooze out
(fig) to show emotion |
exude
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broad in sympathies, tastes or interests
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catholic
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physiological or tempermental characteristic peculiar to an individual
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idiosyncracy
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