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56 Cards in this Set
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TAUTOLOGICAL
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REDUNDANT, NEEDLESSLY REPETITIVE
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SULLY
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TO TARNISH, TAINT, DEFAME
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TO STINT
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TO BE FRUGAL, TO LIMITOR RESTRICT
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UNSTINTING
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GENEROUS
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SPARTAN
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HIGHLY SELF DISCIPLINED,
FRUGAL, AUSTERE, ASCETIC |
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SPORTIVE
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PLAYFUL, FROLICSOME
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STASIS
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1. EQUILIBRIUM
2.STAGNATATION =STATIC |
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TAUTOLOGICAL
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REDUNDANT, NEEDLESSLY REPETITIVE
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SINECURE
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A WELL PAYING JOB REQUIRING LITTLE WORK
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SIMIAN
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APE LIKE
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SERAPHIC
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ANGELIC, SWEET
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SPARTAN
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HIGHLY SELF DISCIPLINED,
FRUGAL, AUSTERE, ASCETIC |
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SEAMY
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IMMORAL, UNPLEASANT
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SECULAR
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NOT RELIGIOUS, RELATING TO THE PHYSICAL WORLD ONLY
SEC=SEPARATE |
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SATURNINE
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GLOOMY OR COLD MOOD, SLOW TO ACT
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ROSTRUM
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AN ELEVATED PLATFORM FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING
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REQUITE
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TO RETURN OR REPAY
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REPROVE
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TO CRITICIZE OR CORRECT, GENTLE CRITICISM
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REACTIONARY
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EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE, ESPECIALLY IN POLITICS
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REPAPITULATE
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TO SUMMARIZE OR QUICK REVIEW, "RECAP"
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RECIDIVISM
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TO RELAPSE, ESPECIALLY WITH CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR
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PURLOIN
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TO STEAL
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RAPT
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DEEPLY ABSORBED, CAPTURING YOUR INTEREST
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PUISSANT
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POWERFUL
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PROXY
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AUTHORIZED TO ACT FOR SOMEONE ELSE
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PROFFER
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TO OFFER FOR ACCEPTANCE
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PRETERNATURAL
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EXISTS OUTSIDE OF NATURE, SUPERNATURAL, EXTRAORDINARY
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PORE
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TO STUDY OR READ ATTENTIVELY
PORE OVER THE BOOKS |
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POLYGLOT
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SPEAKS MANY LANGUAGES
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POLITIC
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SHREWD AND CRAFTY
PLAYING POLITICS |
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PHILOLOGY
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STUDY OF ANCIENT TEXTS AND LANGUAGES
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PHALANX
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A CLOSE KNIT BODY OF PEOPLE, ANIMALS OR THINGS
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PECULATE
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TO EMBEZZLE
PEC=MONEY RELATED |
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PATRICIAN
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ARISTOCRATIC
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PATHOGENIC
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CAUSING DISEASE
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TO PARE
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TO TRIM DOWN, REDUCE
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PARADIGM
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CLEAR EXAMPLE OF, TYPICAL EXAMPLE
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PANACHE
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STYLE, FLAMBOYANCE
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PALIMPSEST
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SOMETHING HAVING DIVERSE OR COMPLEX LAYERS BENEATH THE SURFACE
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ORNERY
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IRRITABLE, CANTANKEROUS
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OPPROBRIOUS
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DISGRACE, SHAMEFUL
OPPROBRIUM |
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NON SEQUITUR
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DOESN'T FOLLOW LOGICALLY, DOESN''T MAKE SENSE
SEQ=FOLLOW |
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ADULTERATE
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TO MAKE IMPURE OR CORRUPT
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AJAR
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SLIGHTLY OPEN, NOT FULLY CLOSED
DOOR IS AJAR |
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ANODYNE
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ALLEVIATES PAIN
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APPROPRIATE (V)
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To allocate,
To assign for a specific purpose "congress appropriated funds for the highway project, the big dig" |
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ASKEW
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SLANTED, NOT STRAIGHT
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BECLOUD
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TO CONFUSE, TO PERPLEX
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BELLOW
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TO ROAR OR SHOUT
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BETOKEN
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TO GIVE EVIDENCE, TO SIGNIFY
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BEVY
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LOTS OF
BEVY OF WOMEN |
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BYWAY
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A BACK ROAD
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CANONIZE
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TO MAKE INTO A SAINT
2. TO MAKE IMPORTANT OR MAKE A LAW |
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CAST
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TO SEND OUT
CAST A FISHING LINE |
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CAULK
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TO INSULATE WITH STICKY SUBSTANCE
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CENSORIOUS
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SHOULD BE CRITICIZED OR CHASTISED
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