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64 Cards in this Set
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produce evidence for
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adduce
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frowzy
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habitually unkempt
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ensconced
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fixed firmly
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obsequies
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funeral rights
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soiree
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nighttime party
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intimation
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indirect suggestion
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horripilation
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goose bumps
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resplendent
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having brilliant color, beauty
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olfactory
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pertaining to smell
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mot juste
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appropriate
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epicure
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devotee to food, drink
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aquiline
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curved like eagle's beak
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addle
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mix up or confuse
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abate
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become less in amount
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gloaming
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twilight; dusk
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hubris
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overbearing pride or presumption
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bivouac
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a usually temporary encampment; also, to encamp.
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execrable
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detestable; extremely bad
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corroborate
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to strengthen or make more certain with other evidence
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genuflect
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to bend the knee, as in worship; also, to grovel
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triumvirate
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a government of three officers or magistrates functioning jointly.
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abjure
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renounce, repudiate, or retract
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adjure
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request earnestly
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adverse
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unfavorable or antagonistic in purpose or effect
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averse
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feeling disinclined
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reciprocal
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corresponding; matching; complementary; equivalen
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aberration
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(n.) something that differs from the norm
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abhor
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(v.) to hate or detest
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acquiesce
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(v.) to agree without protesting
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alacrity
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(n.) eagerness, speed
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amiable
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(adj.) friendly
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arcane
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(adj.) obscure, secret, known only by a few
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brazen
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(adj.) excessively bold, brash, clear and obvious
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brusque
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(adj.) short, abrupt, dismissive
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candor
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(n.) honesty, frankness
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clandestine
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(adj.) secret
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cumulative
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(adj.) increasing, building upon itself
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debase
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(v.) to lower the quality or esteem of something
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decry
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(v.) to criticize openly
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deferential
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(adj.) showing respect for another’s authority
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deride
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(v.) to laugh at mockingly, scorn
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despot
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(n.) one who has total power and rules brutally
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enmity
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(n.) ill will, hatred, hostility
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erudite
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(adj.) learned
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extol
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(v.) to praise, revere
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impertinent
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(adj.) rude, insolent
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implacable
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adj.) incapable of being appeased or mitigated
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impudent
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(adj.) casually rude, insolent, impertinent
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incisive
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(adj.) clear, sharp, direct
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indolent
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(adj.) lazy
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insatiable
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(adj.) incapable of being satisfied
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insular
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(adj.) separated and narrow-minded; tight-knit, closed of
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intrepid
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(adj.) brave in the face of danger
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inveterate
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(adj.) stubbornly established by habit (
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knell
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(n.) the solemn sound of a bell, often indicating a death
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lithe
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(adj.) graceful, flexible, supple
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lurid
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(adj.) ghastly, sensational (
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maxim
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(n.) a common saying expressing a principle of conduct
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modicum
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(n.) a small amount of something
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morose
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(adj.) gloomy or sullen
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myriad
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(adj.) consisting of a very great number
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nadir
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(n.) the lowest point of something
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nominal
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(adj.) trifling, insignificant
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obsequious
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(adj.) excessively compliant or submissive
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