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74 Cards in this Set
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superfluous |
more than necessary |
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affluent |
wealthy; with money flowing in |
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effluent |
flowing out |
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influx |
an inflow |
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confluent |
flowing together |
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refluent |
flowing back |
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circumfluent |
flowing around |
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bibliophile |
book collector |
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sophisticated |
worldly-wise |
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sophistry |
seemingly logical but actually fallacious reasoning; specious argument |
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philanthropy |
Charitable works; love of mankind |
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misanthropy |
hatred of mankind |
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misogyny |
hatred of women |
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sophomoric |
trying to sound wise and mature but actually naïve and ignorant |
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moronic |
foolish; just over the border of being feebleminded |
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pejorative |
a word that shows disapproval |
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bibliography |
a list of books as reference material
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confide |
tell one's secret to
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atheist
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one who denies the existence of god
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confidential
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secret; not for public or general information
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bona fide |
in good faith
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diffident |
lacking in self-confidence; shy, retiring
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perfidy |
outrageous betrayal of trust or faith
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fidelity |
faithfulness; loyalty
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infidel |
one who does not believe in the "true" religion
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theology |
study of religion or God |
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monotheism |
belief in one god
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polytheism |
belief in many gods
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polyglot |
speaking many languages; composed of a multilingual population |
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exclude |
to shut out
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preclude |
to stop (something) before (it happens); to prevent |
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seclude |
to shut apart from others
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recluse |
one who withdraws from the world to live alone
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claustrophobia |
morbid dread of confined psaces
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agoraphobia |
morbid dread of open spaces
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acrophobia |
morbid dread of heights
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phobic |
obsessed with irrational fears
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cloistered |
sheltered
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reflux |
a backflow
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fluctuate |
to change back and forth; to ebb and flow |
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pedestrian |
descriptive of language, style, thought, etc. That is stale, trite, hackneyed unimaginative, etc. |
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sesquipedalian |
tending to use long words |
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bilingual |
speaking two languages fluently |
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chirography |
handwriting
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octet |
group of 8
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sedentary |
tending to sit
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reject |
to throw back; to refuse
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annihilate |
to destroy completely
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dejected |
downcast, dressed, downhearted
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assiduous |
applying oneself earnestly and with hard work |
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flow |
fluo, fluctus
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above |
super- |
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around |
circum- |
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loving |
philos- |
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book |
biblion |
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write |
graphein |
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tongue |
lingua, gotta |
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wise |
sophos |
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mankind |
anthropos |
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hate |
misein |
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women |
gyne |
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faith |
fides |
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good |
bonus |
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not, negative |
a- |
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god
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theos |
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1 |
monos |
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many |
polys |
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to shut |
Claudio, clausus
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fear |
phobia |
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year |
annus, enn- |
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to turn |
verto- |
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hand |
cheir, chiro- |
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go |
cede |
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wall |
murus |
