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70 Cards in this Set
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Apiary
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Place where bees are kept.
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Aviary
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Place where birds are kept
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Badger
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Tease: annoy: nag
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Halcyon
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Calm: peaceful
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Lionize
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Treat as highly important
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Menagerie
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place where animals are kept and trained: collection of wild animals
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Molt
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shed feathers, skin, hair, etc.
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Ornithology
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Study of birds
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Parasite
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Animal, plant, or persons living on others
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Parasitic
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living at the expense of another; sponging
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Parrot
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repeat mechanically, life a parrot (tropical bird that imitates human speech)
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Scavenger
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Animal or person removing refuse, decay, etc.
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Antidote
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remedy for a poison or evil
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Astringent
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substance that shrinks tissues and checks flow of blood
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Astringent
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Severe; stern
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Benign
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not dangerous
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Convalesce
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recover health after illness; recuperate
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Convalescent
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person recovering from sickness
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Fester
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form pus; rankle; rot; putrefy
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Hypochondriac
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one who is morbidly anxious about personal health, or suffering from imagined illness
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Immunity
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resistance to a disease
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Immunize
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Make immune (resistant to a disease)
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Lesion
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injury, hurt
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Malignant
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Threatening to cause death
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Morbid
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gruesome
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Pestilential
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Morally harmful
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Regimen
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set of rules, esp. to improve health
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Salubrious
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healthful
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Sebaceous
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greasy; secreting sebum (fatty matter secreted by the glands of the skin)
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Therapeutic
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curative
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Toxic
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poisonous
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unguent
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salve; ointment
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virulent
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Extremely poisonous; deadly; venomous
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Viral
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caused by a virus
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virus
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disease- causing substance too small to be seen through a microscope
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Acclaim
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welcome with approval, applaud, loudly
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Encomium
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speech or writing of high praise; tribute; eulogy
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Eulogize
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praise; extol; laud; glorify
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Laudable
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praiseworthy, commendable
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Laudatory
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expressing praise; eulogistic
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Plaudit
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applause; enthusiastic praise
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Calumnious
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falsely and maliciously accusing; defamatory; slanderous
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Derogatory
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expressing low esteem; belittling; disparaging
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Imputation
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charge, esp. an unjust or false charge; insinuation accusation
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Libel
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False and defamatory printed (or written) statement
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Libelous
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injurious to reputation; defamatory; calumnious
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Malign
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speak evil of; vilify; traduce
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Slander
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false and defamatory spoken statement
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Stigma
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mark of disgrace
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Stigmatize
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brand with a mark of disgrace
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banter
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playful teasing joking raillery
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Caricature
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drawing imitation or description that ridiculously
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Droll
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odd and laughter provoking
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Facetious
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in the habit of joking
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Flippant
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treating serious matters lightly
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Harlequin
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buffoon; clown
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Hilarious
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boisterously merry; very funny
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Hilarity
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noisy gaiety, mirth jollity glee
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ironic
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containing or expressing irony
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irony
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species of humor whose intended meaning is the opposite of the words used
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Jocose
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given to jesting; playfully humorous; jocular
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Levity
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lack or proper seriousness; trifling gaiety; frivolity
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Ludicrous
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exciting laughter; ridiculous; farcical; absurd
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Parody
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humorous imitation
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Sarcasm
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sneering language intended to hurt a person's feelings
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sarcastic
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given to or expressing sarcasm
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Sardonic
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bitterly sarcastic; mocking; sneering
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Satire
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language or writing that exposes follies or abuses by holding them up to ridicule
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Satiric
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given to or expressing satire
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Travesty
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imitation that makes a serious thing seem ridiculous; mockery
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