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25 Cards in this Set
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bauble
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a showy but worthless thing, trinket
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deign
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to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity
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limpid
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perfectly clear, transparent, simple, unworried
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interstice
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a small, narrow space between things or parts; crack
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meld
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to blend, merge, unite; to announce and display (a counting combination of cards in the hand) for a score
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lucid
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bright, shining, transparent, easily understood
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caesura
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a break or pause in a line of verse
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prognosticate
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to foretell/predict esp. from signs or indications
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nebulous
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cloudy, vague, unclear, indefinite, misty
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bastion
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any fortified place; strong defenses; often used figuratively
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ruminate
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to turn over in the mind, meditate
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incongruous
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lacking harmony/agreement, incompatible
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deficit
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the amount of money/items in which the sum is less than the required amount
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collude
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to act in a secret agreement for an illegal purpose
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onerous
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burdensome, laborious
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persiflage
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a light, frivolous, or flippant style of writing/speaking
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condescend
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to lower voluntarily to the level regarded as lower of the person that one is dealing with
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glib
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done in a smooth, offhand fashion; to be convincing
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cant
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conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideas, phraseology of a particular class/party/profession; the whining of a beggar
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abet
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to encourage/support by aid or approval usually in wrongdoing
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facile
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easily done/performed/used; moving/acting/working/proceeding with ease
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cloister
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any quiet secluded place (religious courtyard)
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refute
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to prove false (person, opinion, charge)
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incandescent
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glowing/white with heat; intensely bright, brilliant, masterly, aglow with ardor, purpose
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shortcoming
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a failure/defect/deficiency on conduct/condition/thought/ability, etc.
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