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75 Cards in this Set
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abash
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to make ashamed
to embarass |
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abate
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to subside
to reduce |
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abdicate
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to step down from a position of power or authority
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banal
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unoriginal
ordinaru |
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bane
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poison
torment cause of harm |
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bastion
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stronghold
fortress fortified place |
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beget
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to give birth to
to create to lead to to cause |
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belabor
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to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent
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cadence
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rhythm
rise and fall of sounds |
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cajole
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to persuade someone to do somehting he doesnt want to do
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callow
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immature
naive inexperienced unsophisticated |
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candor
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truhfulness
sincere honesty |
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capitulate
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to surrender
to give up or give in |
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aunt
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to make fearful
to intimidate |
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debacle
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violent breakdown
sudden overthrow overwhelming defeat |
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debauch
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to seduce or currupt
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decadent
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decaying or decayed especially in morals
an affection fo young people |
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decimate
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to kill or destroy a large part of
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dormant
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inactive
as though asleep |
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dubious
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full of doubt
uncertainty |
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eccentric
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not conventional
irregular |
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edify
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to enlighten
to instruct esp in moral or religious matters |
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efface
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to erase
to rub away the features of |
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fabrication
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something mad eup
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exult
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to rejoice
to celebrate |
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extricate
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to free from difficulty
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fraternal
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like brothers
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frenetic
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frenzied
frantic |
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furgal
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economical
penny pinching |
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furtive
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secretive
shy |
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garrulous
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chatty
talkative |
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futile
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useless
hopeless |
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genere
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a type of category
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genteel
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refined
polite aristocratic |
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hapless
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unlucky
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harbinger
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a signal of
a forerunner |
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heresy
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any beleif that is opposed to established beliefes
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idiosyncrasy
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a peculiarity
an eccentricity |
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idyllic
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charming in a rustic way
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ignominy
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deep disgrace
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laconic
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using few words esp to the point of seeming rude
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lament
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to mourn
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lampoon
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to satirize
to mock to parody |
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machination
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a scheming activity for an evil pursuit
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magnaminous
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unresentful
noble in spirit generous |
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magnate
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rich
powerful very succesful bussiness person |
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malaise
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feeling of depression, uneasiness or queeziness
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malfeasance
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an illegalm act, esp by a public official
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nefarious
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evil
flagrantly wicked |
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nepotism
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showing favor to friends or family in bussiness or politics
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nihilism
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the beleif that there are no values or morals in the universe
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nominal
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in name only
insignificant |
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palliate
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to relieve or alleviate something wihout getting rid of the problem
to assuage to mitigate |
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palpable
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capable of being touched
obvious tangible |
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philistine
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a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of artisitc or intellectual matters
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prudent
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having foresight
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purported
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rumored or claimed
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putative
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commonly accepted
supposed reputed |
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rapacious
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greedy
plundering avaricious |
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rebut
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contradict
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saccharine
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SWEET
excessivelty or disgustingly sweet |
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sacrilege
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a violation of somehting sacred
blasphemy |
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sacrosanct
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sacred
held to be inviolable |
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sagacious
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discerning
shrewd keen in judgement wise |
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tacit
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implied
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taciturn
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untalkative by nature
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tangential
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only superficially related to the matter at hand
not especially relevant peripheral |
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tantamount
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equivalent to
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tautological
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redundant circular
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unconscionable
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not controlled by conscious
scrupulous |
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unctuous
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both literally and figuratively
insincere |
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vapid`
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without liveliness
dull spiritles |
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vehement
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intense
forceful violent |
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wanton
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malicious
unjustifiable unprovoked egregious |
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proscribe
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outlaw
inhibit |
