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15 Cards in this Set
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Effusion
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a pouring fourth
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effusion of emotion
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Elusive
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hard to pin down;evasive
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That math problem was really elusive
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Emphemeral
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lasting a very short time
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flowers are emphemeral
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Equanimity
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composure; calm
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i faced the situation with equanimity
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Erudite
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Deeply learned; schollarly
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the professor said such erudite things that none of us had a clue of what he was saying.
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Exacerbate
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to make worse
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you exacerbated your skin condition by putting on that sutff
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Exalt
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to raise high
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i felt exalted when i found out taht my best friend liked me the most.
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Exasperate
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Annoy thoroughly
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Exhort
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urge strongly;give seirous warning to
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i exhorted my mom and told her not to go.
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Extol
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praise highly
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NOT exhort or Exalt but... similar to exalt except its the subject doing the verb rather than receiving it.
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Extricate
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to free from difficulty
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i wanted to extracate myself from the awkword homecomming dinner.
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Extrovert
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an open, out going person
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an eminent man is an extrovert.
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Fastidious
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Demaniding; finicky
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Mrs. kutler' was a fastidious housekeeper; she cleaned up our crumbs almoast before they hit the floor.
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Fatuous
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Foolish; silly
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the lies were fatuous and hard to believe...there was no way a dog could have blown up a baloon!
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Fecund
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Fertile; productive
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the philosopher's imagination was so fecund that ideas hoped out of him like a million baby rabbits.
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