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100 Cards in this Set
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apocryphal |
not authentic |
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astringent |
harsh |
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avarice |
greed |
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coterie |
group |
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epiphany |
revelation |
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exodus |
departure |
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fraught |
filled |
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martyr |
one who died for a belief |
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rampant |
raging |
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venal |
corruptible |
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banter |
good humored teasing |
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blarney |
smooth, flattering talk; deceptive nonsense |
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drivel |
stupid or childish talk |
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enunciation |
clear pronunciation; articulation |
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folderol |
foolish talk |
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oratory |
public speaking esp. marked by pompous rhetoric |
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peroration |
concluding section of a speech esp. a formal recapitulation |
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prolix |
wordy and tedious |
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repartee |
quick, witty reply; a series of such supplies |
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taciturn |
almost always silent; not liking to talk |
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antipathy |
a feeling of strong repulsion or aversion |
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apathy |
lack of emotion; lack of concern esp. to matters of general importance |
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compassion |
sympathy for the suffering of others and a desire to help |
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dispassionate |
unaffected by emotion or bias |
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empathy |
ability to understand and identify with another's feelings and emotions |
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homeopathy |
medical treatment based on the theory that diseases can be treated by giving small doses of drugs that, given to a healthy person, repoduce symptoms similar of the disease |
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impassive |
not feeling emotion; not showing emotion |
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pathetic |
arousing pity; arousing scornful pity |
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pathology |
study of the cause and development of disease; a departure from a normal condition |
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sociopath |
a person who shows extremely aggressive and antisocial behavior |
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cardinal |
of main importance; principal |
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composed |
calm and self possessed |
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digest |
collection of previously published material, usu. in condensed form |
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fleece |
to swindle |
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found |
to establish; to set up on a firm basis |
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happy |
fortunate; being especially well adapted |
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rack |
to cause great physical or mental suffering |
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recount |
to tell in detail |
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seedy |
worn and shabby; disreputable |
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thunder |
to talk loudly or violently |
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aphorism |
brief expression of a truth or general principle |
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apprise |
to inform or notify |
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arbitrary |
determined by chance or individual preference, not by reason, necessity or principle |
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attire |
clothes esp. fancy or elaborate apparel |
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bandy |
to pass (gossip, rumor, etc.) about freely and carelessly |
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beneficiary |
one who gets help or support |
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bona fide |
genuine |
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brevity |
briefness |
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caucus |
political meeting often private to decide on matters of policy or select candidates |
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congeal |
to solidfy by or as if by feezing |
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consolidate |
to combine into a whole; to strengthen |
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courier |
a messenger, usu. carrying news or packages |
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croon |
to hum or sing softly |
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dabble |
to undertake something superficially |
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deplore |
to feel or express strong disapproval of |
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dire |
warning of or having terrible consequences |
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dispel |
to rid one's mind of; to drive away by scattering |
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dissuade |
to discourage from a course of action |
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dynamic |
energetic; vigorous; forceful |
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elude |
to escape from, as by daring or skill; to escape the understanding of |
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enchant |
to delight completely; to cast a spell |
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enlighten |
to give knowledge; to instruct or inform |
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pithet |
a desciptive term for a person or thing |
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errant |
wandering outside of established limits; straying |
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expansive |
marked by generosity or willingness to talk |
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fabricate |
to make, build; to lie |
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fissure |
a split, an opening |
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flank |
side of body; cut of meat from an animal's flank |
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forage |
to search for food |
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fritter |
to spend or waste time |
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gangly |
awkwardly tall |
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ghastly |
terrible; horrible |
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heresy |
deviation from chuch doctrine or established belief |
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hobbyhorse |
favorite pastimes; topic with which one is obsessed |
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hygienic |
tending to promote or preserve health |
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impart |
to give a portion of; to make known |
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incentive |
stimulus for performance of an action; a motive |
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inevitable |
not able to be avoided |
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jeer |
to make jun of |
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lackey |
a follower who carries out another's orders like a servant |
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leverage |
strategic advantage |
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maraud |
to raid; to invade for plunder |
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motley |
having elements of great variety; composed of many colors |
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prerogative |
exclusive right or privilege esp one that is the result of heredity or official position |
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proselytize |
to try to convert someone to one's own faith or cause |
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protege |
one whose welfare, training, or career is promoted by another person |
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puctilious |
careful about every detail of behavior |
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rambuctious |
very loud and disorderly |
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resonate |
to echo |
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restitution |
compensation of loss |
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retaliate |
to pay back (for injury) in kind |
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roster |
list of names |
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scaffold |
temporary platform used in building work |
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scourge |
cause of widespread suffering |
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sear |
to burn outside of |
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shard |
fragment of brittle substance ie glass; small piece of something |
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solitude |
state of being alond |
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unscathed |
unharmed |
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villify |
to make open, evil, and deliberate statements about |
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wince |
to flinch in pain or fear |
