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30 Cards in this Set
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risque
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verging on impropriety or indecency
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epitaph
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an inscription on a tomb or grave
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esprit de corps
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common spirit existing in the members of a group and inspiring enthusiasm and strong regard for the honor of the group
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guru
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a personal religious teacher and spiritual guide in hinduism
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abecedarian
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one learning the rudiments (fundamentals) of something
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esoteric
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relating to knowledge that is restricted to a saml group
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masticate
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to chew
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lampoon
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a harsh satire usually directed against an individual
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antrhopic
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relating to human beings
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pathos
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sympathetic pity
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extirpate
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to uproot
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colossal
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huge; gigantic
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seraphim
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a celestrial being having 3 pairs of wings
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debonair
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suave; urband; sophisticated and self-confident
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visage
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the face (espeically of human beings)
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de rigueur
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proper; fashionable; that which is required by custom or fashion
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raison d'etre
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reason for being; justification for existence
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quintessential
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the most typical example; the best of a kind
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penchant
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a strong learning or inclinatino towards something
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hubris
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excessive pride, to the point of being insolent
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catharsis
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a mental cleansing of emotion and tension trhough art
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agape
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love in its most perfect and unslefish sense
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eros
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sensual love, like that between husband and wife
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ethos
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the distingushing character, sentiment, moral nature or guiding beliefs of a group or culture
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danse macabre
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dance of death
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antithesis
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contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences
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coup de grace
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1. a death blow, one delivered mercifully to end suffering
2. and finished or decisive stroke |
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bodacious
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remarkable, notworthy, unmistakable
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chicanery
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deception; trikery
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chicanery
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relying only on observation without regard for system or theory
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