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50 Cards in this Set
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penury |
poverty |
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vicarious |
second- hand |
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ephemeral |
impermanent short time |
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euphemism |
circumlocution talk around inoffensive |
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badinage |
banter small talk |
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bovine |
placid stolid calm patient cow-like |
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nostalgia |
homesickness |
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cacophony |
harsh noise |
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carnivorous |
meat-eating |
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clandestine |
secret |
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penurious |
stingy |
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parsimonious |
stingy, frugal
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indigence |
poverty want of limited means not completely penniless |
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destitute |
desperate circumstances complete poverty verge of starvation |
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affluent |
wealthy large amounts of money that are increasing |
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opulence |
extremely wealthy luxuriously lives |
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evanescent |
fleeting impermanence vanishing |
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euphony |
pleasant sound |
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eulogy |
high, formal praise |
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euphoria |
feeling of well-being feeling tip top |
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euthanasia |
painless death |
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persiflage |
light, teasing banter |
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cliche |
hackneyed phrase overused phrase |
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bromide |
trite statement (little importance, lacking originality) stilted in expression |
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platitude |
flat, unoriginal remark |
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leonine |
lion like |
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canine |
dog like |
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feline |
cat like |
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porcine |
pig like |
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vulpine |
foxlike |
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ursine |
bear like |
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lupine |
wolf like |
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equine |
horse like |
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piscine |
fish like |
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phonetics |
science of speech sounds |
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herbivore |
eats plants |
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omnivorous |
eats plants and animals |
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voracious |
greedy devouring wanting and eating a lot of food |
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omnipotent |
all powerful |
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impotent |
powerless |
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omniscience |
infinite wisdom knowing everything |
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omnipresent |
universality present everywhere |
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ubiquitous |
found, occurring, existing everywhere |
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omnibus |
a collection of all things |
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carnelian |
a reddish color |
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carnal |
lewd lecherous lubricious (physical and sexual needs) |
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carnage |
slaughter |
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reincarnation |
a return to life in a new body or form |
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incarnate |
in the flesh embody make real put in bodily form |
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surreptitious |
stealthy clandestine furtiveness sneaky secretive |
