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41 Cards in this Set
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animus
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hostility, ill will, "unfriendly mind"
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animus
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stoical
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unemotional, suffering w/o complaint
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stoa
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scintillate
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to sparkle or spark (usu. w/ charm or wit)
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scintilla
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rusticate
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to spend time in the country
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rus, ruris
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penury
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dire, abject poverty, no financial resources
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penuria
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penurious
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stingy, close-fisted, niggardly
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parsimonious
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stingy (not as strong as penurious)
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opulence
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great affluence to the point of extravagance
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evanescent
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fleeting, vanishing
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ephemeral
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fleeting, momentary
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ephemera
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convalesce
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to begin to get well (after an illness)
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-esce
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putrescent
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beginning to rot; beginning to become putrid
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-esce
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badinage
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half-teasing, frivolous, non-malicious banter
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persiflage
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similar to badinage, but slightly more mocking (not malicious still)
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bromide
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trite, dull, unoriginal remark
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platitude
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cliche used as if original
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anodyne
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pain reliever, although not curing
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leonine
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like a lion, in appearance or tempermant
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porcine
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piglike
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vulpine
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foxlike, shrewd
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ursine
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bearlike
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lupine
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wolflike
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omnibus
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for all, including all
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omni
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carnelian
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reddish color, the color of flesh
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carnis
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surreptitious
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clandestine, but more of movements and actions
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castigate
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to punish verbally
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capitulum
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chapter heading, "little head"
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recapitulate
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to summarize
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dissimulate
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to hide true feelings through pretense
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dissemble
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like dissimulate, but also including deception, feigning ignorance
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levity
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lightness of mood, often inappropriately
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levis
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obsequies
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burial ceremonies, funeral rites
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sequor
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querelous
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full of complaints
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queror
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obstreperous
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noisy, clamarous
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strepo
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impecunious
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habitually short of cash
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pecus
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cavalier
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haughty, unmindful of others
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cheval
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decadent
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"falling down", corrupt, w/o morals
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cado
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imbibe
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to drink in, to soak up
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bibo
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dolor
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grief (poetic)
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doleo
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doleful
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exaggerated grief, dreariness
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doleo
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condole
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to grieve with
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doleo
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