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41 Cards in this Set
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Immutable
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not subject to change, constant
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Assuage
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To make easier, relieve,
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Hackneyed
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Used often, lack of freshness or originality
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Ingratitude
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To make oneself agreeable, to gain acceptance
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Ascribe
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To assign or refer, to credit
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Vicarious
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To experience by one person in place of another,
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Seditious
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Resistant to authority, purpose to overthrow
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Disabuse
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To flee from deception or errors, to set right
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Tranecend
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To rise from above, to exceed
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Epitome
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A summary, condensed
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Salutary
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Beneficial
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Scathing
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Severe, causing harm
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Ameliorate
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To improve
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Sinecure
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Little or no work
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Transgress
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To go beyond a limit
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Aspersion
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A damaging statement
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Ennui
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Lack of occupation or interest
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Remonstrate
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To argue with someone, protest
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Sedulous
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Persistent, determination
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Insular
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Relating to, characteristics of
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Precipitate
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To fall, product of an action
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Repudiate
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To disown, reject
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Querulous
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Complaining, irritable
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Aggrandize
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Increase in greatness/power/wealth
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Axiomatic
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Self-evident, accepted rules / principles
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Sepulchral
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Funeral, gloomy
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Transient
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Lasting only a short time
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Anomalous
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Abnormal
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Castigate
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To punish, to criticize
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Megalomania
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A delusion by a feeling of power/wealth/talent
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Transmute
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To change from ones nature, to transform
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Abominate
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A dislike for
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Lassitude
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Weariness of body / mind
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Prerogative
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A right / privilege, a quality showing excellence
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Innuendo
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A hint / refrence
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Contrive
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A scheme, to invent
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Anaphora
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The repitition of a word or phrase
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Situational irony
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Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that was opposite from what was intended
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Dramatic irony
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Irony understood by readers but not the characters in the story
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Conflict
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Internal: questioning yourself
External: against a different character |
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Counter argument
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A rebuttal
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