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69 Cards in this Set
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penury
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extreme poverty; destitution
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penuria
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need, neediness
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penurious
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extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly
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parsimonious
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frugal;stingy
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penuriousness
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a state of lacking money; noun form of penury
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parsimony
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extreme or excessive economy or frugality, noun form of parsimonious
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indigence
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impoverished hardship or destitution
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indigent
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lacking food, clothes, or other needs of life because of poverty
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destitution
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lack of the means of subsistence; utter poverty
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destitute
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without means of subsistence,lacking food, water, or shelter
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affluence
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a plentiful supply of material goods
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affluent
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flowing freely; copious adjective form of affluence
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opulence
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wealth, riches, or affluence
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opulent
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wealthy, rich, or affluent adjective form of opulence
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ad-
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to, toward
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fluo
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to flow
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confluence
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a coming together of people or things; concourse
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fluent
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spoken or written with ease
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opulentus
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wealthy
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vicarious
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performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another
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vicariously
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indirectly, as by or through a substitute
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ephemera
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day fly
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ephemeral
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anything short lived
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evanescent
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vanishing; fading away; fleeting
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evanescence
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to disappear gradually; fade away; vanish noun form of evanescent
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e-
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out
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vanesco
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to vanish
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-ent
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adjective suffix
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-esce
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often
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-escent
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becoming or becoming to
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adolescent
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growing to manhood or womanhood; youthful
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convalesce
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to return to health and strength after illness
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putrescent
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becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction
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obsolescent
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becoming outdated or outmoded, as machinery or weapons
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euphemism
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a pleasant name for something unpleasant
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eu
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good
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pheme
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voice
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-ism
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noun suffix
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euphemistic
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substituting a mild term for a harsh word
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euphony
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any agreeable sounds
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phone
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sound
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euphonic
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of relating to or characterized by an agreeable sound adjective form of euphony
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euphonious
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pleasant in sound; agreeable to the ear adjective form of euphony
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eulogy
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a speech or piece of writing containing high praise
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logos
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word or speech
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eulogistic
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formally expressing praise
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eulogize
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to praise highly
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eulogist
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to praise highly in speech or writing
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epilogue
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the closing section of a book, or progam
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prologue
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the introduction section of a book, or progam
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euphoria
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a strong feeling of happiness, sometimes leading to overconfidence
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euphoric
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a feeling of great happiness or well being
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euthanasia
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the painless killing of someone who is suffering from a painful and incurable illness
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thanatos
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death
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badinage
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light, playful banter
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persiflage
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light teasing
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cliche
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a trite or obvious remark
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bromide
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a platitude or trite saying
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platitude
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a trite or obvious remark
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anodyne
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a medicine that relieves or allays pain
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bromidic
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stale, trite, or commonplace through overuse; cliche
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platys
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broad or flat
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-tude
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noun suffix
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plateau
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a relatively flat highland
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plate, platter
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flat dishes
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platypus
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aquatic mammal that lays eggs
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platitudinous
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dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
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an-
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negative prefix
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odyne
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pain
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