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60 Cards in this Set
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Allay
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to relieve; to alleviate
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Ameliorate
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to make better; to improve
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Anecdote
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a short account of an incident
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Assiduous
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diligent; persistent
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Bellicose
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warlike in manner; inclined to fight
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Benign
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beneficial; favorable
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Bulwark
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a defensive wall or embankment
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Bumpkin
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an unsophisticated; awkward person
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Canard
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a deliberately misleading story
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Churlish
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boorish or vulgar
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Circuitous
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indirect; roundabout
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Coeval
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of the same time period
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Compunction
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an uneasiness caused by guilt; a qualm
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Condescending
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displaying superiority; patronizing
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Convoluted
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complicated; intricate
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Corroborate
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to strengthen by adding evidence
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Cortege
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a group of attendants; a retinue
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Crescendo
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a gradual increase in intensity or force
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Culpable
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deserving blame or condemnation; guilty
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Disingenuous
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insincere; calculating
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Dogged
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unrelenting; persistent
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Entreat
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to earnestly request or petition
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Epiphany
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a revelation; a sudden knowledge or insight
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Indecorous
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lacking good taste; improper
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Indolent
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lazy
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Inimical
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unfriendly; hostile
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Intransigent
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uncompromising; refusing to moderate
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Inveigh
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to angrily disapprove; to protest
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Largesse
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generosity
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Lionize
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to assign great social importance to; to treat as a celebrity
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Livid
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extremely angry
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Luminous
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emitting light
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Lurid
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shocking; explicit
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Malaise
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vague bodily or emotional discomfort or uneasiness
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Panacea
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a cure-all; remedy for all diseases
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Pander
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to exploit weaknesses of others; to cater to the vices of others
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Perambulate
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to walk about; to stroll
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Perquisite
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a tip or payment in addition to regular wages
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Pervasive
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permeating; spreading throughout
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Profligate
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wasteful and immoral
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Propensity
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a tendency
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Provocative
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tending to excite or stimulate
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Puerile
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childish; juvenile
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Pulchritude
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physical beauty
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Recalcitrant
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stubbornly resistant; showing opposition
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Renunciation
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rejection; refusal to acknowledge
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Requisite
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required; necessary
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Revel
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to enjoy; to take pleasure in
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Rhapsodize
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to express oneself enthusiastically
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Sepulcher
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tomb or burial chamber
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Solecism
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a deviation or error in speechmanners
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Soporific
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tending to induce sleep
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Tacit
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indicated but not expressed; implied silently
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Timorous
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timid
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Umbrage
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feeling of offense; resentment
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Untenable
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impossible to defend or justify
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Veneer
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a thin, attractive layer that conceals something coarse or common
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Voluble
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talkative
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Wizened
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shriveled or withered from age or illness
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Wont
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likely
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