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28 Cards in this Set
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nonce
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a wor invented for a particular occasion
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portmonteau
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a word formed by merging two different words
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zenith
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the highest point
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nadur
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the lowest point
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bumptious
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assertive
adj |
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winsome
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charming
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cleave
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to split, to penetrate
verb |
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abject
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brought low in condition
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ostenible
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appearing as something but meaning something else
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faux pas
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a social blunder
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dilatory
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intended to delay
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celerity
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swiftness of action
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cerulean
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sky blue
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neophyte
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a beginner
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mordant
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painful / sarcastic
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acerbic
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bitter
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alacrity
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eagerness, quickness
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bailiwick
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a person's specific interests
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dearth
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a scarce supply
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panache
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style, flair, exuberance
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ineffable
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unable to be expressed
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doppelganger
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a ghostly double of a living person
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pernicious
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deadly
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etymology
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origin of a word
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ameliorate
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to make better
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sesquipedalian
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a long word
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lionize
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to treat someone as a celebrity
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extrapolate
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to estimate
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