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40 Cards in this Set
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arcane
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mysterious; secret
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belabor
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to explain excessively; to go over to a ridiculous degree; to attack verbally
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benighted
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ignorant; unenlightened
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byzantine
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dubious; difficult to understand and complicated; characterized by the architectural style of the Byzantine Empire
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cherub
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a super-cute chubby-cheeked child; a kind of angel
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consecrate
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dedicate; sanctify
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contrived
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forced; false; artificial; not spontaneous
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cosmic
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pertaining to the universe; vast; far-reaching or pervasive
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countenace
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facial appearance or expression regarded as an indication of mood or feeling
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demagogue
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a politician without principles
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didactic
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instructive, designed to teach; offering moral preachments; pedantic
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diminution
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the act, process, or an instance of diminishing or lessening
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disapprobation
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disapproval; condemnation
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disconsolate
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beyond consolation; unable to be comforted
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exhaustive
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thorough and complete in execution
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fluke
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a lucky shot in billiard or pool; a lucky occurence; stroke of fortune
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foild
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to defeat; to frustrate
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incandescent
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very bright and hot; brilliant, as light or fire
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indigent
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a poor or needy person
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ineffable
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unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech
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mitigate
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to lessen in force or intensity; to relieve; to appease; to mollify
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nefarious
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noticeably wicked; evil; vicious
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onerous
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burdensome; opressive
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petulant
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ill-humored; peevish; capricious
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protend
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foretell; presage
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precipice
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a very steep cliff or slope; cliff, crag or steep mountainside
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primordial
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existing at the beginning (of time); rudimentary
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punctilious
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very careful and exact
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quarry
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a mind; a place where stone is dug, cut or blasted out for use in building
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reprieve
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temporary stay
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repudiate
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to refuse to accept; to reject; to disown; to disclaim
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revert
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to relapse; to backslide; to turn back to
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revulsion
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sudden violent aversion
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sedulous
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hard-working; diligent; painstaking; industrious; assiduous; perservering; untiring
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slipshod
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untidy; slovenly
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snivel
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run at the nose; snuffle; whine
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supercilious
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excessivley proud
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transgress
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to braeak a law; to offend a moral rule
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unassuming
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possessing a modest or quiet character, not putting on airs
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write
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a formal written order issued in the name of a court of law, government, or other authority, directing a person to do or not to do something
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