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30 Cards in this Set
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acquisitive
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concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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acquire
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emulate
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intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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model
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invidious
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offensive, hateful, tending to cause bitterness and resentment
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hateful
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substantiate
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establish by evidence, prove, to give concrete or substantial form to
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substantial
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accost
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approach and speak to first, to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
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approach
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celerity
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swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
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fast celery
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maelstrom
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a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
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whirlpool
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sacrilege
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improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
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sacred
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articulate
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to pronounce distinctly
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pronounce
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propinquity
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nearness in place or time; kinship
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kinship
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unwonted
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not usual or expected; not in character
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unexpected
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viscous
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gummy, gelatinous or gluey quality
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gelatinous
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consummate
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complete or perfect in the highest degree
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complete
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incarcerate
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to imprison, confine, jail
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imprison
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recumbent
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in a reclining position, lying down
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recline
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depraved
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marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles
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evil
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fiat
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a command or act of will or consciousness
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fact
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idiosyncrasy
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a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
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identification
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mundane
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earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs, concerned with what is ordinary
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mother earth
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penchant
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a strong attraction or inclination
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attraction
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derelict
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someone or something that is abandoned or neglected
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neglect
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effigy
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a crude image of despised person
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what the "eff" is this picture doing here?
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indictment
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the act of accusing; a formal accusation
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accusation
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moot
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open to discussion and debate, unresolved, bring up for discussion
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cows in an open field "moo"
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travesty
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a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex
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transvestite
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convivial
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festive, sociable, having fun together, genial
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carnival
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effrontery
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shameless, boldness, impudence
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front
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embellish
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to decorate, adorn, touch up, to improve by adding details
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decorate
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illusory
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misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based on reality
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illusion
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misanthrope
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a person who hates or despises people
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hates
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