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32 Cards in this Set
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Approbation
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approval or praise
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Sententious
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terse and energetic in expression; pithy
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Inexorable
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impossible to stop; relentless
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Succinct
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terse; concise
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Droll
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oddly humorous
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Bane
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cause of great distress or annoyance
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Urbane
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sophisticated; suave
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Flummox
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to perplex or confuse
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Conundrum
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riddle; difficult question or problem
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Acquiesce
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to surrender, give into, accept reluctantly
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Iniquity
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sin
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Cleave
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to cling together
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Banal
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trite, overused, cliched
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Cajole
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to coax gently and persistently; wheedle
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Ethereal
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heavenly; celestial
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Harbinger
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a forerunner; something or someone that announces or
foreshadows what is to come |
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Umbrage
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offense; state of being offended
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Enmity
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hatred
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Maim
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to cripple; disable
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Reticent
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reserved; silent; taciturn
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Eclectic
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deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse
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Bathos
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anticlimax built from undercutting seriousness with the trivial
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Primeval
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relating to the earliest historical ages; pre-history
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Megalomania
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exaggerated view of the self; wild egotism and ambition
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Foray
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an initial venture; a first attempt
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Placate
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to satisfy; pacify; appease
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Tentative
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not certain; not fixed or set
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Intractable
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unruly; not easily controlled; stubborn
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Sinecure
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a paying job which little or no work (
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Caricature
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a picture or imitation of a person which exaggerates the
person’s feature |
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Progeny
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offspring
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Relegate
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to consign to a lower place or rank
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