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55 Cards in this Set
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inchoate
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just begun, incipient
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hobbledehoy
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teenager
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prevene
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to anticipate or forestall
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refractory
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stubborn, -to be strongly opposed to
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overawe
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to restrain by awe, to keep in awe by superior influence
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incomity
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discourtesy
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fey
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posessing or displaying magical, fairylike or unearthly qualities
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parsimonious
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tight-fisted or frugal, (in science) assuming the simplest state, evolutionary
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temporize
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to adopt some course for the time or occasion, to negotiate
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deflagrate
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to cause to burn away in a rapid combustion
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magnanimous
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great in courage, generous in conduct
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hominine
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- of or belonging to the human species
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joie de vivre
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joy of living
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germane
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having same parents, closely connected
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apropo
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incidentily, by the way
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abstruse
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concealed, remote from apprehension or conception; difficult
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abscond
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to hide oneself
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recondite
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little known or understood, of study or discussion; of a writer; kept out of site
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turbid
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of liquid (thick or opaque)
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stochastic
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pertaining to conjecture, randomly determined
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conjecture
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a conclusion as to coming events drawn from omens, Conclusion as to facts drawn from appearances or indications
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sojourn
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to make a temporary stay in a place
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suborn
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bribe, induce or procure; to procure through bribery
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turgidity
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the state of being swolen, inflation of language; grandiloquence, poposity, bombast
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exacting
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that demands excessive payment, that requires too great sacrifices
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profundity
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being deep, a very deep place
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voluptuous
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of desires and appetites, of pleasure sensations, suggesting pleasure by fulness and beauty of form
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caveat emptor
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buyer beware
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abjure
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to renounce on oath
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escrow
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- a deposit held in trust or as security
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abeyance
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expectation or contemplation of law, a state of suspension
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quisquous
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difficult to deal with, perplexing, or dubious character
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polyglot
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written or uttered in a number of languages, pertaining to a number of languages
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torpor
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intellectual or spiritualy lethargy; apathy, listlessness
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veritable
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of a statement (in accordance with the truth) of persons (truthful); genuine, not spurious or false
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cocaphoney
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the quality of having an ill sound, discordant combination of sounds
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denigrate
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to blacken; to blacken, sully, strain; to obscure
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c'est la guerre
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- that's war
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n'est-ce pas
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- isn't it so?
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rapacious
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- inordinately given to taking; agressively greedy
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osseous
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resembles bony, hard
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ken
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within ken, beyond range of sight of vision, mental perception or
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jejune
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without food, deficient in nourishing qualities, unsatisfying,
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chastened
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correct by disciplinary punishment; refined, purified
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muling
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the breeding of hybrids,
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recognizance
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- a bond or obligation by which a person undertakes before a court to perform some act or observe some condition (eg. to pay a debt or appear when summoned)... Three of the peers who were under recognisance...
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purile
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relating to, characteristic of; of respiration characteristic of loud breath sounds
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rife
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of common or frequent occurrence
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sententious
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full of meaning or wisdom; of discourse-abounding in pointed maxims
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umbrage
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shade, shadow; shadowy appearance
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expunge
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to strike out, to wipe out, to omit
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zymurgy
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the practice of fermentation
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deliberation
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the acto f weighing a thing in the mind, careful consideration
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apocryphal
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of doubtful authenticity, spurious
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gerrymandering
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-advantage, esp. to elect by advantage
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