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56 Cards in this Set
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an agent of revenge or retribution
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nemesis
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based on experience or experiment
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empirical
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to make bare; to strip
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denude
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changes of fortune
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vicissitudes
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an expert on law; a judge
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jurist
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to set down in writing
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indite
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depravity of conduct; vileness
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turpitude
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the condition or amount most favorable
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optimum
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strong dislike
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antipathy
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radiantly healthy
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vibrant
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charmingly appropriate
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felicitous
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to restore to a position
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reinstate
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custome; ways of doing things
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mores
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seemingly true but actually false
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specious
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a recurring element or theme
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motif
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a mark of achievement; an award
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accolade
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to show a foolish fondness for
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dote
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having too high an opinion of oneself
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egotism
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abnormal; irregular
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anomalous
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paralyzed because of a burst blood vessel in the brain
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apoplectic
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vivid red
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carmine
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a platform for speechmaking
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rostrum
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honesty and uprightness
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probity
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a list of things to be done, as at a meeting
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agenda
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to wind back and forth
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meander
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cautious in what one says or does
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circumspect
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to show emotion in a dramatic way
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emote
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to conceal one's true feelings
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dissimulate
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violent anguish
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throes
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a novice in a religious order; a beginner
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novitiate
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to soften by soaking in a liquid
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macerate
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always wanting more; unsatisfied
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insatiable
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to arrive at by reasoning; to elicit
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educe
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very steep
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precipitous
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a fellow worker, especially one who assists
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coadjutor
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the members of a religion not belonging to the clergy
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laity
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to burst forth
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erupt
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not connected; incoherent
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disjointed
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showing changing rainbow colors
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iridescent
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the everyday language of the common people
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vernacular
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lasting but a short time; fleeting
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evanescent
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to change the pitch of the voice
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inflect
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unduly critical
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captious
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sharply worded; biting
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mordant
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playful; in an elfin manner
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fey
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to free from blame; to exonerate
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exculpate
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to make worse; to exaggerate
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exacerbate
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public disgrace; shame
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opprobrium
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the dome of the sky; the heavens
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firmament
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unsuccessful; fruitless
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abortive
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no longer in style; outdated
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outmoded
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diplomatic etiquette
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protocol
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to come together; to combine
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coalesce
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a legal claim on the property of a debtor
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lien
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a rule or standard based on an average for the group
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norm
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being neither masculine nor feminine
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neuter
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