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53 Cards in this Set
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FILIBUSTER
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TO OBSTRUCT OR DELAY
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FICTIVE
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FICTIONAL
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FEBRILE
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FEVERISH, INTENSE EMOTION OR ACTIVITY
Febre = fever in Spanish |
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EXTRUDE
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TO FORM A SHAPE BY PUSHING OUT
LIKE PLAYDOUGH MAKER EXTRUDED STEEL |
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EXTIRPATE
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TO ERADICATE, TOTALLY DESTROY
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EXPONENT
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TO CHAMPION OR ADVOCATE
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EXCORIATE
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TO CRITICIZE HARSHLY, CENSURE SCATHINGLY
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EPOCHAL
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MOMENTOUS, HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT
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ENJOIN
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TO FORBID, PREVENT
VERB FORM OF INJUNCTION |
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ENCUMBER
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TO BURDEN, TO WEIGH DOWN
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EFFLUVIA
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WASTE PRODUCT, EFFLUENT, SEWAGE
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DOCTRINAIRE
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DOGMATIC, RIGIDLY DEVOTED TO RULES
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DISPASSIONATE
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DISINTERESTED
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DISCOMFIT
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TO MAKE SOMEONE LOSE COMPOSURE, TO DISCONCERT
DIS+COMFORTABLE TO "NOONAN" |
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DILUVIAL
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RELATED TO FLOOD
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DENIZEN
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AN INHABITANT, RESIDENT
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DECLAIM
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TO SPEAK VEHEMENTLY, USUALLY AGAINST SOMETHING
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COUNTERVAIL
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TO REACT WITH EQUAL FORCE
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COTERIE
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POSSE, ENTOURAGE
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COQUETTE
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A FLIRTY WOMAN
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CONVALESCE
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TO RECOVER GRADUALLY FROM AN ILLNESS
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CONTINENCE
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SELF-CONTROL
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CONSTITUENT
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A CITIZEN, A VOTER
AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OR PART OF |
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CONSANGUINEOUS
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RELATED BY BLOOD
SANG=BLOOD |
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CONDOLE, CONDOLENCE
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TO GRIEVE, EXPRESS SYMPATHY
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CONCOMITANT
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EXISTING CONCURRENTLY
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TO COMMUTE
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TO EXCHANGE A PENALTY FOR A LESS SEVERE PENALTY
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CLOYING
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SICKLY SWEET, EXCESSIVE, SACCHARINE
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CHIMERICAL, CHIMERA
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FANTASY, IMAGINARY, IMPOSSIBLE
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CENSORIOUS
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CRITICIZING, CENSURING
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CELERITY
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SPEED, HASTE
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CEDE
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SURRENDER POSSESSION, GIVE UP
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CAPTIOUS
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ARGUE, POINTS OUT TRIVIAL CRAP JUST TO ARGUE, CONFUSE, ARGUMENTATIVE IN PICKY WAY
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TO BROACH
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TO MENTION FOR THE FIRST TIME, TO SUGGEST FOR THE FIRST TIME
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BILIOUS
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ILL TEMPERED, SICKLY
LIKE BILE |
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BEDRAGGLE
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WET, LIMP, SOILED, DILAPIDATED
DRAGGED THROUGH THE MUD |
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BEATIFIC
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HAPPINESS, JOY
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ATAVISTIC
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ANCIENT, FORMER ERA
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ASKANCE
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WITH DISAPPROVAL, SKEPTICAL
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ARREARS
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UNPAID, OVERDUE
TO PAY AFTER SOMETHING IS DUE |
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APPRISE
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TO KEEP INFORMED, TO GIVE NOTICE TO
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APPROPRIATE
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TO ASSIGN FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TO ALLOCATE
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APPOSITE
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WELL SUITED, APPROPRIATE OR WELL ADAPTED FOR A USE OR CAUSE, GOES WELL WITH
Short "A" = to or Toward, goes with |
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ANODYNE
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A SOURCE OF COMFORT, SOMETHING THAT RELIEVES PAIN
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ANIMUS
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FEELING OF ILL WILL, OR ANIMOSITY
Animus = animosity |
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ANTHROPOMORPHIC
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SUGGESTS HUMAN QUALITIES FOR ANIMALS OR THINGS
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APLOMB
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POISE, SELF CONFIDENCE
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ALGORITHM
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A PROCEDURE TO SOLVE SOMETHING
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AFFECTED
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PHONY, ARTIFICIAL
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AERIE
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A NEST FOR BIRDS, A SECLUDED DWELLING
Aer = aerial, in the air |
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ADJUDICATE
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TO ACT AS A JUDGE, TO RESOLVE A DISAGREEMENT
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ACTUATE
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TO PUT INTO ACTION
Put into motion |
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ABORTIVE
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TO END SOMETHING EARLY WITHOUT RESULTS
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