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49 Cards in this Set
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Emancipate |
To liberate |
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Extol |
To praise highly |
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Impetus |
Anything that causes a result |
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Visage |
Face |
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Alacrity |
Eagerness |
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Fraught |
Full of |
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Laggard |
A straggler |
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Torrid |
Intensely hot |
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Ubiquitous |
Appearing to be present in large #s |
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Allude |
To refer in an indirect way |
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Disseminate |
To scatter |
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Feckless |
Careless |
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Exhort |
To urge strongly |
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Wanton |
Ignoring what is right |
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Odoriferous |
Giving off a smell |
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Punctilious |
Attentive to details |
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Regale |
To entertain |
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Spartan |
Marked by simplicity |
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Wry |
Turned to one side |
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Callow |
Immature |
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despot |
Ruler w absolute power |
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Sagacious |
Wise |
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Voracious |
Ravenous |
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Wane |
To get smaller |
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Apropros |
Fitting the occasion |
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Aver |
To declare positively |
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Dogma |
Unproven principle |
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Propagate |
To reproduce |
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Vociferous |
Making feelings known in a loud way |
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Censure |
To blame or find fault with |
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Expostulate |
To argue earnestly |
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Ingrate |
Ungrateful person |
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Moribund |
Close to death |
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Motif |
Theme or idea |
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Adroit |
Skillful |
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Erudite |
Demonstrating extensive knowledge |
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Prodigy |
Shows remarkable talent |
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Tacit |
Implied |
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Cleave |
To cling to |
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Facsimile |
Exact copy |
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Impervious |
Incapable of being penetrated |
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Protégé |
Training helped along by another |
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Scintillate |
Flash or sparkle |
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Scrutinize |
To examine w great care |
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Commiserate |
To feel sorrow for |
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Gratis |
W out payment |
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Magnanimous |
Generous |
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Myriad |
Very large # |
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Remunerate |
To pay |
