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45 Cards in this Set
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accolade
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award of merit
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antipathy
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dislike
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carmine
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red
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coalesce
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come together
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dissimulate
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hide one's true feelings
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egotism
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having too high an opinion of one-self
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erupt/eruption
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burst forth/skin rash
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felicitous
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pleasingly appropriate; delightful
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inflect
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change the pitch of; change the form of
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jurist
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expert on law
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meanders
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winds back and forth; saunter
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nemesis
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revenging agent; just punishment
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novitiate
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beginner; probationary period in a religious order
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outmoded
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outdated
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protocol
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diplomatic etiquete; original draft of a document
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specious
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seemingly true but actually false
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vernacular
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everyday speech
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agenda
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list of things to be done at a meeting
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apoplectic
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paralysed from a burst blood vessel in the brain
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circumspect
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cautious
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denude
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strip everything from
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dote
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be overly fond of
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dotage
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foolish old age
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emote
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express emotions dramatically
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exacerbate
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worsen
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fey
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playful; of impending death
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insatiable
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always wanting more
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laity
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religious group apart from its clergy
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mordant
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biting; chemical that makes a dye permanent
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neuter
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neither male nor female
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opprobrium
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disgrace
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percipitous
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steep
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reinstate
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restore to a former position
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throes
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violent anguish
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vicissitudes
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changes of fortune
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opprobrium
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disgrace
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percipitous
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steep
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reinstate
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restore to a former position
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throes
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violent anguish
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vicissitudes
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changes of fortune
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opprobrium
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disgrace
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percipitous
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steep
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reinstate
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restore to a former position
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throes
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violent anguish
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vicissitudes
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changes of fortune
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