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45 Cards in this Set
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repertoire
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the list of plays, operas, parts, etc. that a company or an actor, musician, singer, dnacer is prepared to perform at any time
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vapid
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without much life or flavor, tasteless, dull
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ethical
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having to do with standards or tight or wrong
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subsequent
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coming after, following, later; sometimes used with to
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venue
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the plaece or neighborhood of a crime or cause of action; the place wehre the jury is summoned and the case is tried
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resilient
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springing back, returning to the oribinal form, readily recovering; buoyant, cheerful
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delectable
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very pleasing, delightful
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rankle
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to cause soreness or pain, continue to give pain
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undulate
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to move in waves; adj. having a mavy form or surface
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ameliorate
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to make or become better; ro improve
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expatiate
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to speak or write at length
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accolade (s)
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praise in recognition of accomplishmen; tap on the shoulder with the flat side of the sword giben in making a erson a knight
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convivial
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fond of eating and drinking with freidns; jovial, sociable; suitable for a feast or banquet
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edify
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to improve morally; to instruct and upslift; benefit spiritually
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subtle
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not obvious, not notiveable; delicate, thin, fine (a subtle perfume); discerning, acute(subtle reasoning); sly, crafty (a subtle scheme)
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orb
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anything round, like a ball, sphere, or globe
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reiterate
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to say or do again; repeat
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gingerly
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with extreme care, caution
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conflagration
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a great, destructivve fire
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premeptory
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leaving no final choic; decisive; final; absolute; allowing no denial or refulas
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mincing
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putting on a dainty or refined manner; walking with short steps
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oppressive
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hard to bear; burdensome; harsh, junjus, tyrannical
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poignant
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keenly distressing to the feelings; affecting or moving the emotions; pungent tot he taste or smell
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precipitous
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very steep; hasty, rash, headlong
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dispossessed
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forced to give up possession
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marauder
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one who goes about in search of plunder
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pinion
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to bind the arms of something or someone
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pious
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having or showing reverence for God; to show careful obbservance of religious rituals
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Medley
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mixture of things that do not ordinarily go together
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plight
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condition; predicament; situation (usually bad)
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demise
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death; transfer of an estate by will or lease; transfer of royal power by dath or abdication; to transfer by death or abdication
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countenance
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expression of the face; features of face; approval, encouragement; calmness, composure
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loquacious
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talking much, fond of talking
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eccentric
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out of the ordinary, odd, peculiar; not having the same center not perfectly circular; person who behaves in an unusual manner
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contentious
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fond of arguing; given to disputiong; quarrelsome
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disapprobation
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disapprobal
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integrity
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honesty, sincerity, uprightness; perfect condition, soundness
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diminutive
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very small
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sojourn
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brief stay; to stay for a time
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malevolent
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wishing evil upon another; showing ill will; spiteful
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umbrage
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suspicion that one has been slighted or injured; feeling of having been offended; resentment (take unbrage)
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dictim
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a formal conment, authoritative opinion
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refute
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to show to be falso or incorrect, probe wrong
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blatant
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obvious, flagrant; offensibely loud or noisy, loud-mouthed; showy in dress or manner
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indigenous
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originating in or typical of a certian area; growing/living naturally in a certain area, soil, climate; natie to; born in a person, innate, inherent
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