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90 Cards in this Set
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encomium
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a formal expression of praise or a lavish tribute
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coherent
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sticking together
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belabor
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to work excessively
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eschew
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to avoid or shun
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acquisitive
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able to retain knowledge
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emulate
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to immitate with intent of surpassing
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arrogate
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to take without right
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banal
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hackneyed, trite, commonplace
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excoriation
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a strong denunciation
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congeal
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to change from liquid to solid
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carping
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tending to find fault
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substantiate
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to establish by evidence
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temporize
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to stall
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largesse
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generousity in giving
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tenable
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capable of being held or defended
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insatiable
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cannot be satisfied
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reconnaisance
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a survey made for military purposes
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germane
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relevant
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ramify
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to divide or spread out like branches
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise
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taciturn
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habitually silent
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invidious
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offensive, hateful
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avid
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desirous of something
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halcyon
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a legendary bird
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devious
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roundabout, acting in a shifty way
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accost
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to approach or speak first
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incendiary
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delibrately causing fires
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animadversion
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a comment indicating strong criticism
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covenant
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a solemn agreement
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gambit
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an opening move that involves risk
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brackish
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having a salty taste
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histrionic
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melodramatic, pertaining to actors
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celerity
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swiftness
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suppliant
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asking humbly, one who asks humbly
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propound
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to put forward, offer
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propriaty
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the state of being proper
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overt
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open, not hidden
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undulate
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to move with a wavelike motion
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sacrilege
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improper or disrespectful
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talisman
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an object that serves as a charm
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myopic
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nearsighted
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summarily
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without delay
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pejorative
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tending to make worse
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maelstrom
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whirlpool of great size and violence
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distraught
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very much agitated
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credence
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belief, mental acceptance
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feckless
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lacking in spirit, weak, ineffective
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decry
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to condemn
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articulate
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to pronounce distinctly
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derogatory
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designed to belittle or degrade
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cavort
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to romp around or prance
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dessemble
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to disguise
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eulogy
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formal statement of praise
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exhume
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to remove from a grave, bring to light
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evince
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to display clearly
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verdent
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green in color
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verbiage
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wordiness
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murky
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dark, gloomy
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propinquity
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nearness in place or time
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intractable
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hard to manage
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piquant
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stimulating to taste or mind
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utopian
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founded upon or involving visionary view
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nefarious
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wicked
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viscous
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having a glue quality
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unwonted
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not usual or expected
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primordial
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created at the very beginning
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frenetic
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frenzied
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disarray
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disorder
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atrophy
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the wasting away of a body organ or tissue
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asseverate
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to affirm earnestly
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glean
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to gather bit by bit
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consummate
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complete or perfect
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grouse
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a type of bird
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bastion
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a fortified place or stronghold
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exigency
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urgency
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flotsam
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floating debris
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concord
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state of agreement
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preposessing
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pleasing
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recumbent
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in a reclined position
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incarcerate
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to imprison or jail
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mordant
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biting orcaustic in thought
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pusillanamous
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cowardly
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nettle
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to arouse displeasure
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strategem
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a scheme
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imcumbent
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required
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pecuniary
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having to do with money
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jocular
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humorous
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delineate
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to portray or sketch
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hallow
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to set apart as holy or sacred
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emend
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to correct
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