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46 Cards in this Set
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Abrupt |
Beginning ending or changing suddenly |
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Acrid |
Harshly purgent or bitter |
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Becalm |
To make quiet |
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Buffoon |
A clown |
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Chaos |
Utter disorder and confusion |
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Cognizant |
Taking notice of something |
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Defer |
To put off or delay to a later time |
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Derision |
The act of ridiculing or making fun of something |
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Effulgence |
Splendor |
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Enmity |
Hatred |
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Famish |
To cause extreme hunger or thrist |
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Fealty |
Loyalty |
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Generalize |
To draw general inferences |
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Grotto |
A small cavern |
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Habitual |
According to usual practice |
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Hideous |
Extremely ugly or appalling |
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Ichthyic |
Fish like |
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Icon |
An image or likeness |
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Illusion |
An unreal image |
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Irritate |
To excite ill temper in Impatience in something |
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Jovial |
Merry |
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Juxtapose |
To place close together |
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Kernel |
A grain or seed |
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Laggard |
Falling behind or one who lags behind |
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Laud |
To praise |
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Maize |
Native American |
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Malevolence |
I'll will |
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Nestle |
To adjust cozily in snug quaters |
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Novice |
Beginner |
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Obtrude |
To be pushed or push oneself into undue prominence |
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Pare |
To cut,shave, or remove the outside from anything |
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Pedagogue |
A schoolmaster |
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Quiescence |
Quietness |
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Rancor |
Mmalice |
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Raucous |
Harsh |
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Sepulcher |
A burial place |
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Teem |
To be full to overflowing |
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Tenacious |
Unyielding |
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Umbrage |
Injury or offense |
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Vacillate |
To waver |
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Valid |
Founded on truth |
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Velocity |
Speed |
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Wile |
An act of or a means of cunning deception |
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Wizen |
To become or cause to become withered or dry |
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Yokel |
Country bumpkin |
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Zealot |
One who espouses a cause or pursues sn object in a Immoderately partisan manner |
