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38 Cards in this Set
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impotent
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powerless; lacking strength
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imprecation
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a curse
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jocular
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humorous, lighthearted
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juxtapose
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to place side by side for comparison
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kinetic
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pertaining to motion
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kismet
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destiny; fate; fortune (one's lot in life)
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knell
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a sound made by a bell rung slowly for a death or funeral
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labyrinth
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a complicated network of winding passages; a maze
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lachrymose
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tearful, weepy
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laconic
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using few words; short; concise
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lambent
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softly bright or radiant; running or moving lightly over a surface
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languid
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sluggish; drooping from weakness
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lascivious
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lustful or lewd; inciting sexual desire
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legerdemain
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sleight of hand; deception
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libertine
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one who leads an immoral life
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petr |
"stone"
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root, prefixes, & suffixes:
pon, pos |
"place" "put"
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root, prefixes, & suffixes:
plic |
"fold" "bend"
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root, prefixes, & suffixes:
prehens |
"take" "grasp"
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machination
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an evil design or plan
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macroscopic
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visible to the naked eye
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maelstrom
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whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind
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malapropism
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a word humorously misused
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malleable
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capable of being changed; easily shaped
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martinet
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a strict disciplinarian; taskmaster
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masochist
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one who enjoys his or her own pain and suffering
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mendacious
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lying; false; deceitful
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meretricious
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attractive in a cheap, flashy way
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milieu
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environment, setting
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miscreant
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a vicious person
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nebulous
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hazy, vague, uncertain
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necromancy
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magic, especially that practiced by a witch
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neologism
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use of a new word; making up a new word or definition
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nihilism
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a total rejection of established laws
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root, prefixes, & suffixes:
prot |
"first"
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root, prefixes, & suffixes:
sent, sens |
"feel" "think"
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root, prefixes, & suffixes:
sequ, secut |
"follow"
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root, prefixes, & suffixes:
sist |
"place" "stand"
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