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76 Cards in this Set
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Abate |
lessen in intensity |
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Accolade |
expression of praise |
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Adulation |
excessive praise |
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Aesthetic |
dealing with beauty |
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Ameliorate |
to make better |
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Ascetic |
self-denial, oftentimes as a result of religious practices |
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Avarice |
greed |
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Axiom |
fact |
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Burgeon |
grow rapidly |
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Bucolic |
pastoral |
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Cacophony |
bad sound |
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Canon |
traditional principle |
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Castigation |
punishment |
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Catalyst |
causes change |
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Caustic |
burning or stinging |
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Chary |
wary, cautious |
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Cogent |
convincing |
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Complaisance |
willing to comply with the wishes of others |
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Contentious |
argumentative |
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Contrite |
regretful, penitent |
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Culpable |
deserving blame |
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Dearth |
lack of |
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Demur |
to question or oppose |
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Didactic |
intended to teach |
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Discretion |
cautious reserve |
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Disinterested |
showing no care |
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Dogmatic |
expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles |
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Ebullience |
lively or enthusiastic |
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Eclectic |
composed of elements drawn from many sources |
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Elegy |
mournful poem |
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Emollient |
soothing, making less harsh |
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Empirical |
based on observation |
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Enigmatic |
mysterious, obscure |
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Ephemeral |
fleeting |
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Esoteric |
meant to be understood by a small number |
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Eulogy |
mournful speech to honor dead |
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Exonerate |
remove blame |
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Facetious |
playful, humorous |
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Fallacy |
mistaken belief |
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Furtive |
covert |
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Gregarious |
social |
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Harangue |
lecturing |
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Heretical |
violating accepted dogma |
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Hyperbole |
exaggerated statement |
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Impecunious |
lacking funds |
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Incipient |
beginning to come into being |
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Inert |
unmoving |
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Innocuous |
harmless |
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Intransigent |
refusing to compromise |
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Inveigle |
obtain by deception |
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Morose |
melancholy |
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Odious |
evoking hate |
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Opaque |
impenetrable by light |
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Oscillation |
act of swinging back and forth |
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Penurious |
very thrifty |
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Pernicious |
harmful in a way that isn't easily noticed |
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Peruse |
examine with great care |
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Pious |
reverent |
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Precursor |
something before something else |
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Preen |
to dress up, groom |
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Prodigious |
abundant in size, force |
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Prolific |
producing large quantities |
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Putrefy |
to rot, decay |
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Quaff |
drink deeply |
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Quiescence |
being at rest |
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Redoubtable |
feared, worthy of honor |
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Sanction |
authoritative ruling |
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Satire |
literary work that criticizes with humor |
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Squalid |
sordid, foul |
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Stoic |
unaffected by pleasure or pain |
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Supplant |
overtake |
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Torpid |
lethargic, dormant |
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Ubiquitous |
existing everywhere |
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Urbane |
refined, elegant |
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Vilify |
make into a villain |
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Viscous |
thick, sticky |