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35 Cards in this Set
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Haughty - adj
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Blatantly/disdainfully proud
Arrogant, vain Humble |
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Scaffold - noun
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Platform for execution
frame, gallows none |
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Utopia - noun
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your perfect world
nirvana distopia |
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Phantasmagoria - noun
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A grouping of dreamlike images
apparition, illusion Fact, Reality |
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Sepulcher - noun
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A tomb or grave
Tomb or grave A place for the living |
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Unadulterated - Adj
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Whole and un-tampered with
Pure, whole, refined mixed, distilled, impure |
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Inference - noun
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Reaching an educated outcome
Assumption Fact |
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Ludicrous - adj
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Very foolish
Comedic, laughable lame, unfunny |
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Inquiry - noun
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A request for more info
Investigation, research an answer, reply |
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Caprice - noun
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An unpredictable change
Inconsistency Not changing |
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Exhort - verb
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To advise someone to do something
to advise, to encourage To deter, to discourage |
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Ignominy - noun
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Public contempt
embarrassment, shame honor, credit |
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Assimilate - verb
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To change another to resemble oneself
adapt, assume a position demonize, repel |
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Prolific - Adj
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Producing lots of product, kids, or fruit
fertile, rich barren, infertile |
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Intangible - Adj
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Unable to be touched, or felt; not clear to the mind
Impalpable Touchable |
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Edifice - Noun
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A huge building
Skyscraper, monument Small building, log cabin |
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Sage - Adj
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Proceeding from or characterized by wisdom
insightful unperceptive |
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Obstinacy - Noun
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The state of being stubborn
Stubbornness Reasonability |
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Eminence - Noun
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A position or condition of superiority or high rank
Fame unimportant |
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Scourge - noun
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A whip to punish and torture people
bane, punishment Gift, relief |
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Revile - verb
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To subject to verbal abuse
criticize Praise |
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Abashed - Adj
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Ashamed or embarrassed
humiliated reassured |
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Inscrutable - Adj
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Cryptic; hard to read
mysterious obvious |
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Infamy - Noun
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A bad reputation
disgrace reputable |
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Mutability - Noun
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Being able to change or be changed
unpredictable constant |
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Insubordination - noun
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To reject rules or power
misconduct, disobedient Complieance |
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Expostulate - Verb
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To strongly disagree
Disagree with Approve, sanction |
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Repugnant - Adj
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Opposed or against
opposed Agreed |
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Behoove - Verb
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To be appropriate
Expected Spontanious |
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Depravity - noun
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A sinful or wrong doing
indecency, immortality Mortality, virtue |
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Antipathy - noun
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Dislike without reason
Dislike Affinity |
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Requited - Verb
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To give or to do in return
to repay to dissatisfy, refuse |
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Intimation - Noun
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To hint or announce something
Suggestion Directness |
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Progenitor - noun
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Something that initiates the development of something else.
ancestor, forefather Descendant, lineage |
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Inauspicious - Adj
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Not having a bright future
Unfavorable, inopportune Promising, advantagious |
