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20 Cards in this Set
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beatitude
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a state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing
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bete noire
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someone or something that one especially dislikes, dreads, or avoids
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bode
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to be an omen of, to indicate by signs
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dank
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unpleasantly damp or wet
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ecumenical
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worldwide or universal in influence or application
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fervid
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burning with enthusiasm or zeal, extremely heated
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fetid
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having an unpleasant or offensive odor
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gargantuan
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of immense size, volume, or capacity, enormous, prodigious
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heyday
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the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence, the prime years
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incubus
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a demon or evil spirit supposed to haunt human beings in their bedrooms at night, anything that oppresses or weighs upon one, like a nightmare
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infrastructure
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a basic foundation or framework, a system of public works, the resources and facilities required for an activity, permanent military installations
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inveigle
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to entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements, to obtain or acquire by artifice
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kudos
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the acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement
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lagniappe
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an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity
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prolix
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long-winded and wordy, tending to speak or write in such a way
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protege
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someone whose welfare, training, or career is under the patronage of an influantial person, someone under the jurisdiction of a foreign country or government
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prototype
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an original pattern or model, a primitive or ancestral form
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sycophant
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someone who attempts to win favors or advance him-or herself by flattery or servile behavior, a slanderer, defamer
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tautology
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needless repitition of an idea by using different but equivalent words, a redundancy
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truckle
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to yield or submit tamely or submissively
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