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90 Cards in this Set
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dessiminate
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to spread
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sem (root)
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seed
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cursory
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not careful
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proponent
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in favor of
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askew
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crooked
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chimera
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mythical creature
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contemn
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to hold in low esteem or contempt
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prim
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suitable
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anneal
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to strenthen
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idyll
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idealic circumstance
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sap
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to drain
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nemisis
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enemy
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tenerity
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gull
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repudiate
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to adjure
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latent
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hidden
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turpetude
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somebody flaky
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stalwart
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always consistent, always strong
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surfeit
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abundance, surplus
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carpricious
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willful
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limpid
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transparent or clear
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demarcate
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to show things are different
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rebut
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to go against
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asquiesce
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to go along
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proctor
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person running the test
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gourmand
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eats in excess
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girder
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something within structure of a building that holds it together
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scythe
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long straight edge to cut grass, used to reap
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marmots
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like a small weasel
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score
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musical composition
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score
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musical composition
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pedagogy
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theory of teaching
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judicatore
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theory of judging
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ecclessiastical
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having to do witht he church
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cenacle
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group of writers
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bevy
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group of quail
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remonstrate
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to object
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laud
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with praise
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bramble
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big vines with thorns
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impecunious
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broke
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mendacious
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to be without truth
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mellifluous
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pleasing t listen to
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reprobate
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a person without morals
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pariah
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somebody who is an outcast
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sycophant
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somebody who is an assistant and ass kisser to the bosses
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reg (root)
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having to do with a king
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effusive and profuse
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somebody who talks alot
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onus
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burden
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invidious
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causing bad feelings
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cogitate
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to think, to generate thought
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construction
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an interpretation comes from construe
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divan
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couch
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corpulence
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fat
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stout
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stockiness
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hirsutism
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harriness
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erudition
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learned
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vilify
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slander
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fatuous/ inane
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empty, silly
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ignominy
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bad fame
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mollify
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to pacify
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abyss
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lowest point
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summital
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highest point
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quagmire
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sticky mud, wet
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paddy
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a field flooded to grow rice
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trite/ banal
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lacks originality
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deluge
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alot of raindrops make a deluge
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tempus fugit
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time flies
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rescind
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to take back
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warble
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cry of a bird
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POE
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process of elimination
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cutover
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where trees are cut of land
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idiosyncratic
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peculiar to one person
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surreptitious
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secret
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wanton
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unrestrained, extrememly careless
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paucity
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scareceness
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harbinger
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a sign of something to come
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science
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knowledge
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prescience
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before knowledge
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hyperbole
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exageration
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cryogenic
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having to do with freezing
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perniciuous
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harmful
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tantamount
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equal to or same as
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banal/ trite
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extremely dull and ordinary
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vexatious
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irritating
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vex
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to irritate
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adroit
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skillful or clever
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longarm
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can reach far away
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fledging
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a thing that is used to explain another thing,
a baby bird learning to fly |
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aesthetic
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philosphical description of beauty
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pragmatic
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practical
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eradicate
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get rid of
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