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30 Cards in this Set
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Coalesce
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The rebels coalesced into one army to fight the invaders.
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Cognizance
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We will t ake cognizance of your objections at the proper time.
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Commodious
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After viewing his small living quarters the king demanded the area be made more commoidous.
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Compunction
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After realizing she was wrong for tricking her friend Mary couldn't hlep but feel compunction.
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Credulity
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She as so credulous, believing everything she heard.
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Dearth
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During the famine there was a dearth of food.
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Deft
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The deft fingers massaged her back.
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Delineate
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The tree was clearly delineated by the light.
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Diatribe
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After hearing of her betrayal I unleashed a diatribe on her.
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Dictum
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To prove her point she often cities the presidents dictum.
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Ebuillient
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Lauren Tehan is an extremly ebuillient person.
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Efficacy
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The organization was worried about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine.
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Effrontery
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Who would have the effrontery to reate the chairman in this way?
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Emend
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The text was emended in the second edition.
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Emollient
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The lotion had an emollient effect on the skin.
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Endemic
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The disease was endemic to the tropics.
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Enmity
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I could no longer contain my enmity towards the stuck up girl.
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Ensconce
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She ensconced herself in an armchair.
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Facetious
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Mary was always very facetious; always speaking with a bantering tone.
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Fatuous
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She always wasted her money on fatuous little things.
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Fecundity
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The proffesor had great fecundity of mind.
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Foible
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Her attitude was the only foible part of her character.
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Fortuitous
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I was saved from walking home in the rain by the fortuitous arrival of my friends.
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Gait
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She walked with a clumbsy, hobbling gait.
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Garish
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The bright orange pin was gaudy and garish.
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Gratuitous
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Since I did nothing wrong her criticism was gratuitous.
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Guile
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She guiled me into thinking we were friends so she could use my car.
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Harbinger
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The dark clouds were harbingers of the storm to come.
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Hiatus
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Due to money shortages the operation was put on hiatus.
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Husbandry
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By raisiing livestock the farm was practicing husbandry.
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