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15 Cards in this Set
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prolix
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tediously wordy
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His tiring conversation was both prolix and vacuous.
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narcissism
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self-infatuation
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He had a narcissistic love of his own reflection
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miscreant
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evil unbeliever
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A gang of assassins and miscreants attacked the caravan.
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physiognomy
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facial character
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To read the physiognomy is no art, thought Duncan.
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patrician
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aristocratic
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The dignitary's patrician aloofness offended some people.
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apostasy
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desertion of principle
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Worse than disloyalty is apostasy.
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hedonism
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devotion to pleasure
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His ascetic discipline degenerated into hedonism.
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sententious
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full of maxims
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The novelist's sententious prose style bored her.
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on the qui vive
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on the alert
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Be on the qui vive for a sign of compromise from the enemy.
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manumission
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release from slavery
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The refusal was an act of self-manumission.
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saction
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authorize
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We do not sanction the use of our firm's name.
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terra firma
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firm land
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It's good to stand on terra firma after a rough voyage.
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synopsis
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summary
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She wrote a brief synopsis of the course for the students.
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colloquy
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conversation
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They enjoyed a private colloquy in the corner.
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in loco parentis
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in place of the parents
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Schools often act in loco parentis.
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