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62 Cards in this Set
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YEN
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STRONG DESIRE, CRAVING
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WRY
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TWISTED, BENT
WRYLY HUMOROUS |
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WORST
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TO DEFEAT
TO GAIN ADVANTAGE OVER HE WORSTED HIS COMPETITOR |
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WINSOME
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CHARMINGLY ENGAGING
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VERNAL
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RELATED TO SPRING,
FRESH VERNAL POOLS OF WATER |
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USURY
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LENDING MONEY AT EXCESSIVELY HIGH INTEREST RATE
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UNFROCK, DEFROCK
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TO DETHRONE, TO RESCIND SOMEONE'S POSITION
PRIEST WAS DEFROCKED |
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TUTELAGE
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GUIDANCE, TUTORING, GUARDIANSHIP
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TOADY
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KISS ASS
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TITULAR
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HAVING TITLE ONLY WITHOUT POWER
LIKE NOMINAL |
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NOMENCLATURE
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A SYSTEM OF SCIENTIFIC NAMES
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NECROMANCY
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COMMUNICATING WITH THE DEAD TO PREDICT THE FUTURE
NECRO=DEAD LIKE WHOOPI GOLDBERG IN GHOST |
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MOTE
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A SPECK OR SMALL PARTICLE
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MORDANT
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CAUSTIC IN MANNER OR STYLE
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MILIEU
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AMBIENT, AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SOMETHING OCCURS
THE MILIEU AT COLLEGE |
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MANNERED
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STILTED OR ARTIFICIAL IN CHARACTER
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MALAPROPISM
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MISUSE OF A WORD THAT IS OFTEN COMICAL
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LIBERTINE
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A FREE THINKER, DOESN'T BELIEVE LAWS SHOULD APPLY
LIBER=FREE |
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LIBERTARIAN
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ONE WHO ADVOCATES FREE WILL, NO GOVERNMENT
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LECHEROUS
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LEWD, LICENCIOUS
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JUNTA
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A SMALL GOVERNING BODY, ESPECIALLY AFTER A COOP
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JETTISON
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TO GET RID OF
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INVETERATE
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FIRMLY ESTABLISHED HABIT OR ATTITUDE
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INTIMATION
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A HINT OR SUBTLE SUGGESTION
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INTERNECINE
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MUTUALLY DESTRUCTIVE
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INQUEST
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AN INVESTIGATION, INQUIRY
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INCARNADINE
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RED, BLOOD RED
CARNE=MEAT |
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IMPRECATION
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A CURSE
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IMPORTUNATE, IMPORTUNE
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To be
EXTREMELY PERSISTENT with questions, Persistently annoy Act exigently, and urgently |
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TO HUSBAND
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TO MANAGE ECONOMICALLY, TO USE SPARINGLY
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GAUCHE
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LACKING SOCIAL REFINEMENT
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GAMELY
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SPIRITEDLY, BRAVELY
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FULSOME
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1. ABUNDANT
2. PLATITUDE, FLATTER INCINCERELY |
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FOREGO, FOREGONE
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TO PRECEDE, BEFORE, TO STAY AHEAD OF, to come before
"fore" in golf means ball is coming before you a foregone conclusion |
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FORGO
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TO GIVE UP, ABSTAIN
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CONGRUITY
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BEING IN AGREEMENT
CONGRUENT |
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CONVIVIAL
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MERRIMENT, FUN, LIKES PEOPLE
Con = With Viv = Life |
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CUPIDITY
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GREED,
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DEMARCATION
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THE MARKING OF BOUNDARIES OR CATEGORIES
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DESICCATED
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DRYING UP
DESSICANT |
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DECOROUS
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DECORUM, ACTING IN THE PROPER WAY AND APPROPRIATE WAY IN A SOCIAL SITUATION
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DISAFFECTED
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REBELLIOUS, RESENT AUTHORITY, RECALCITRANT
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DISCOMFIT
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TH THWART OR PERPLEX, BAFFLE,
MAKE UNCOMFORTABLE |
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DOUR
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JOYLESS, STERN
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EDICT
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A DECREE, ORDER
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EFFRONTERY
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INSOLENCE, RUDE, IMPUDENCE
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EFFULGENCE
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RADIANT, SPLENDOROUS
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EMEND
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TO AMEND, CORRECT, REVISE
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EMOTE
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TO EXPRESS EMOTION
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EVANESCENT
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FLEETING, MOMENTARY, LASTING A SHORT TIME
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EXECRABLE
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LOATHESOME, DETESTABLE
SOUNDS LIKE "EXCREMENT" |
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EPISTOLARY
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RELATED TO WRITING LETTERS,
EPISTLE |
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EQUANIMITY
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COMPOSURE, GROUDED AND CALM
FEELING IN "EQUILIBRIUM" |
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EXPURGATE
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TO REMOVE PARTS OF, TO PURGE FORCEFULLY, EDIT PARTS OF A BOOK
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FLABBERGASTED
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ASTOUNDED
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EXPOSTULATE
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TO CONVINCE SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO
TO REMONSTRATE, CONVINCE |
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COSSET
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TO PAMPER, TO TREAT AS A PET
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VERVE
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VIGOR, VIM
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CRUCIBLE
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A SEVERE TRIAL, CHALLENGING SITUATION
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CONVEY
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TO GIVE TO, TO TRANSFER OVER TO
A CONVEYOR BELT |
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BONNY
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PRETTY
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XYLOGRAPHY
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ART OF ENGRAVING WOOD, OR PRINTING USING ENGRAVED WOOD
XYLOGRAPH = PRINT MACHINE USING ENGRAVED WOOD AS THE STAMPING DEVICES |
