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90 Cards in this Set
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abridge
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to reduce in length; condense
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compendium
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a short complete summary; an abstract
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cursory
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performed with haste and little attentiveness
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curtail
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to cut short or reduce
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syllabus
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outline or summary of mainpoints
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synopsis
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a brief outline or general view
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terse
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brief and to the point
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apace
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at a rapid rate; sudden
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abrupt
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unexpectidly sudden
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headlong
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in a rash manner; headfirst
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impetuous
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marked by sudden and forceful emotion or energy
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precipitate
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to cause to happen, especially sudden
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abet
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to support, encourage, approve
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advocate
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so plead, argue, or say in favor of
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ancillary
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secondary; helping
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bolster
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support; to prop up
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corroborate
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to strengthen or support with evidence
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countenance
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support; face with moral support
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espouse
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to give one's loyalty to; marry
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mainstay
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a chief support
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munificent
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generous
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proponent
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someone who argues in favor of
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stalwart
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someone who remains firm or strong in the support of a cause
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sustenance
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something that supports health or life
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bilious
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having pevish disposition, ill-humored
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dudgeon
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sullen or angry humor
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irascible
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easily angered
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pettish
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ill-humored, pevish
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petulant
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unreasonably irritable or ill-humored
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pique
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an state of wounded pride
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querelous
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given to complaining; pevish
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umbrage
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resentment or offense
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waspish
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easily irritable or annoyed
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dilettante
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a dabbler in an art of field of knowledge
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fledging
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a young or inexperienced person
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neophyte
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novice; recent convert
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novitiate
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the period of being a novice
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proselyte
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a recent convert to a dogma or doctrine
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tyro
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an amateur or begginer
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burgeoning
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growing and thriving
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callow
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lacking experience or maturity
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engender
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to bring into existence
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inchoate
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a initial or early age
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incipient
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beginning to come into existence
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nascent
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coming into existence
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acerbic
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biting or sharpness in character
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acidulous
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slightly sour in taste or in manner
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acrimonous
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bitter or sharp in language or tone
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asperity
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roughness or sharpness of manner
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caustic
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corrosive or burning in manner or tone
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mordacious
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giving to biting
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mordant
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bitingly painful or sarcastic
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trenchant
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caustic, cutting
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audacious
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fearlessly; daring; bold
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courageous
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characterized by courage; valiant
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dauntless
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incabable of being intimidated or discouraged
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banal
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drearily commonplace or predictable
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fatuous
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stupidly foolish; unreal
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hackneyed
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overfamiliar through overuse
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insipid
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lack of qualities that stimulate or excite
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mundane
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commonplace; ordinary
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pedestrian
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everyday; ordinary
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platitude
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lack of originality
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prosaic
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lacking in imagination and spirit; straightforwardq
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quotidian
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everyday; commonplace
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trite
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overused; wornout
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capricious
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impulsive and unpredictable
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mercurial
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shrewdness; swiftness; thiefishness
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volatile
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tending to vary often and quickly
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counterpart
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something that closely resembles something else
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emulate
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to strive to equal or excel through imitation
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facsimile
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an exact copy or reproduction
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paradigm
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something that acts as a model or pattern
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precursor
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something that precedes and indicates something that is about to happen
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quintessence
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the pure, highly concentrated essence of something
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simulated
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made in resemplence or in substitution for
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vicarious
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done, endured, or felt in substitution for
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bereave
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to leave desolate or alone
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cadaver
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a dead body, usually used for disection
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defunct
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having ceased to exist or live
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demise
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death
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dolorous
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marked by pain, grief, or sorrow
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elegy
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a poem composed in lament for a dead person
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knell
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to ring solemnly, slowly; to give a ominous or mornful sound
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lament
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to express grief for or about
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macabre
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suggesting the horror of death or decay
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moribund
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approaching death; about to die
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obsequies
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a funeral rite or ceremony
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sepulchral
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relating to a burial vault; suggestive of the grave
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wraith
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a dead person's ghost
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