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20 Cards in this Set
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Adjure
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(v) To command solemnly as if under oath
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Boorish
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(adj) Offensive, lacking manners, civility or consideration
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Chagrin
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(n) The emotion of humiliation or embarassment arising from disheartening experience
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Efflorescent
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(adj) Blossoming
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Eke
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(v) To supplement through diversity
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Gormandize
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(v) To eat in a greedy, ravenous manner
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Gaft
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(n) The unscrupulous use of rank or formal post for personal gail
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Hallow
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(v) To establish as holy
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Imperious
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(adj) Haughty (vain, snobbish, superior). Also: urgent
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Lissome
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( adj) supple (flexible, limber)
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Lutrous
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(adj) Radiant; shinning
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Miscegenation
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(n) Interbreeding between members of different racial groups
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Paragon
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(n) A peerless model or pattern of perfection
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Propound
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(v) To set forth
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Refurbish
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(v)To renovate or repair
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Satiate
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(v) Satisfy beyond reasonable expectation
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Theocentric
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(adj) Placing God at the center (of a system of beliefs)
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Tort
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(n) In law, a civil misdeed requiring compensation
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Undulate
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(v) Move in a wavelike motion
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Vivacious
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(adj) Spirited
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