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104 Cards in this Set
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annihilate
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destroy utterly
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aggravate
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make worse or more severe
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fulminate
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to explode, erupt, shout violently
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nemesis
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agent of retribution, a just punishment
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consternation
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amazement adn terror, dismay
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mercury
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messenger, carrier of news
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garrulous
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talkative
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emanate
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to flow or issue forth
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instigate
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provoke, incite
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prostration
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a falling down in worship, exhaustion
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mentor
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a wise, trusted adviser
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malapropism
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blunder in choice of words
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exemplify
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to serve as an examle of
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contemplate
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meditate upon, gaze at, to intend or plan
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protean
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highly versatile, readily taking numerous forms
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adumbrate
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to outline in a vague way; to foreshadow
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construe
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to interpret,explain
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alacrity
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lively willingness, briskness
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insurrection
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armed uprising or rebellion
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felicitous
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fortunate, aptly chosen, happily conceived
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chagrin
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shame,vexation, humiliation
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predilection
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preconceived preference or partiality
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calumny
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slander,false and malicious statements
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stentorian
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very loud or powerful
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perspicacity
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mental penetraion, discernment
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allegory
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story in which characthers are symbolic
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ecclesiastical
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pertaining to church or clergy, especially as an established institution
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ballet
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style of dancing, (a kind of)dance performance
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dilemma
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a predicament, agonizing choice
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fecundity
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fruitfulness, productiveness
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prerogative
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privilege, right
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symmetry
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balance, correspondance of parts
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odious
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hateful, offensive
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enigma
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a puzzle, mystery or perplexing situation
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curator
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custodian of a museum or art collection
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erudition
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learning, scholarly knowledge
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traumatic
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painful, resulting from violent physical injury or emotoinal shock
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denouement
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outcome, solution (of a story of play)
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fatuous
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complacently stupid or silly
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immolation
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(act of) sacrificing or being sacrificed
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fastidious
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daintily refined, very discriminating
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propensity
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natural tendency, bent
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coincide
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to mathc exactly,occupy the same timeor place
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imperial
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majestic,befitting an emperor
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altruistic
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unselfishly concerned for others
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incentive
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stimulus, that which stirs one to do or be
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fetish
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something worshiped for its magical power
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covenant
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solemn agreement or compact
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innovation
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new method or custom, major change
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astute
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shrewd, crafty, keen of mind
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collaborate
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to work together, cooperate
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incubus
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nightmare, depressing burden
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disparage
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to belittle, speak slightingly of
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aggressive
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assertive, vigorously active, quick to attack
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cynical
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scornfully distrustful
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propriety
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conformity to accepted standards of behavior, rightness or suitability
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arrogant
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haughty,overbearingly proud
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amenity
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a pleasing way or custom
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captious
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fault-finding, hard to please
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cavil
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to quibble,find fault furviously
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virtuoso
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person especially skilled in one of the fine arts
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authentic
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genuine, entitled to acceptance
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criterion
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basis or standard for judgment
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hyperbole
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exaggeration for rhetorical effect
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amalgamate
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to combine, unite, fuse
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integrity
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moral soundness, uprightness
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nonchalance
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indifference, unconcern
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optimism
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tendency to take the most hopeful view
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restitution
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restoration, reparation
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coalition
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combination or alliance (especailly of opposingparties and usually temporary)
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voluptuous
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giving delight to the senses
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capitulate
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surrender on certain terms
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pertinacity
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stubborn perseverance
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extenuate
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make less serious, diminish
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mitigate
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lessen, make milder
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intuition
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instinctive knowledge
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obsolete
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outmoded, out of use
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onerous
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burdensome, oppressive
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pessimism
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tendency to expect the worst
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ribald
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coarsely mocking, scurrilous
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rapacity
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violence or greed, eagerness for plunder
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adulterate
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to cheapen or debase with inferior or harmful ingredients
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abrogate
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to abolish, annul, do away with
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amortize
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to write off a debt by regular payments
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surfeit
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excess,disgust from excess
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vicissitude
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irregular change, ups and downs
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stultify
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to render absurd or useless
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cumulative
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tending to increase or accumualte
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didactic
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morally instructive
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hibernate
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to spend the winter(in a resting state)
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effect
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to bring about, accomplish
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connive
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to approve of or secretly aid the wrongdoing of another
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alleviate
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to lessen, lighten, relieve
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sagacity
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shrewdness, sound judgement
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despondent
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dejected, despairing
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pacify
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to make calm,appease
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deter
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to restrain through fear or doubt, hinder or discourage
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clement
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mild, merciful
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dogmatic
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unduly positive, dictatorial
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indigenous
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native, characteristic of a specific region
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reputable
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well thought of, respected
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mundane
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earthly, commonplace
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indigent
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needy, poor
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condone
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to excuse by seeming to overlook, treat as if trivial
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