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50 Cards in this Set
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Spasmodic |
Temporarily impulsive or violent |
Spasm, Spastic |
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Specious |
Suspect; decieving |
Suspicious, Suspect |
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Doleful |
Sad; Sorrowfull |
Soulful, Lonely |
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Flout |
To defy contemptuously; scorn or scoff |
Loser, Fly Off |
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Focalization |
The act of concetrating; Area of concentration |
Bifocals, Focus |
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Dogma |
A doctrine; a set of specific ideas or beliefs |
G-Ma , God |
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Dromedary |
Arabian or one-humped camel. |
Roam, Dairy |
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Dual |
Of two |
Dual-weild, Duo |
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Ductile |
Malleable, able to be drawn into wires |
Copper, Ducktape |
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Dulcet |
Melodious, pleasing to the ear |
Dulcimer, Dulce |
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Duplicity |
Deception; deceitfulness |
Publicity, duplicate |
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Spontaneous |
Unplanned; acting on impulse |
On the spot, instantaneous |
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Sporadic |
Isolated in occurrence; intermittent |
Static, eradic |
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Spurious |
Not genuine; counterfeit |
Curious, purses |
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Squalid |
Dirty; foul; wretched; low class |
Squalor, squid |
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Ebullient |
Happily excited; exuberant; bubbling or boiling up |
Red Bull, Brilliant |
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Ecstatic |
Overwhelmingly happy; intensely delighted |
Ecstacy, fantastic |
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Edict |
An authoritative order issued publicity; a decree |
Verdict, Dictator |
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Edification |
Enlightenment; clarification |
Education, Non-fiction |
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Staid |
Very reserve; sedate |
AIDS, sad |
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Stark |
Plain; Bleak |
Dark, Lack |
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Stentorian |
Extremely loud |
Extend, Senator |
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Precocious |
Prematuerely developed; Ripening early; Mature for one's age |
Cautious, Premie |
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Sheen |
Shine; Luster; Brightness |
Oil sheen, gleam |
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Resuscitate |
To revive; To bring back to conciousness |
Rescue, Resurrect |
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Scathing |
Harshly critical; Extremely severe; Caustic |
Scar, Scab |
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Deviation |
A departure from; A divergence |
Variation, Deviant |
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Devoid |
Not containing or possessing; Empty; Without |
Void, Dead |
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Diatribe |
Abusive speech; Harsh Denunciation |
Tribes, Tirade |
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Diaphanous |
Allowing light to show through; transparent or translucent |
Phantom, Faint |
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Didactive |
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Direct |
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Diffident |
Lacking confidence; Timid; Shy |
Different, Indefident |
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Reticent |
Reluctant; Uncommunitative |
Recede, Silent |
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Retract |
To draw back; to withdraw; to take back |
Retreat, React |
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Retrench |
To economize; to reduce; to stop |
Trench warfare, Bench |
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Dilate |
To open wide; to enlarge |
Late, Dial |
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Dilatory |
Causing delay; tardy; slow |
Later, Dory (Nemo) |
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Diletante |
One superficially interested; a dabbler; A lover of art without an understanding |
Debutante, Different |
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Diminutive |
Little; small; a word expressing smallness, familiarity |
Miniature Minute |
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Discordant |
Not harmonious; jarring to the ear; harsh; not in agreement; conflicting |
Argument, Discord |
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Anathema |
A person or thing greatly detested |
Hater, Hypothermia |
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Anesthetist |
A person trained to administer anesthetic |
Ether, Sleep |
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Retrograde |
Going backwards; to grow worse; to degenerate |
Degrade, Rewind |
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Reverberation |
Echoes; rebounding; vibrations |
Reverb, Beat |
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Revered |
Regarded with reverence or deep respect |
Reverend, Veteran |
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Animadversion |
An unfavorable remark; adverse; critism; blame |
Mad,Conversation |
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Animation |
Given life, motion or inspiration; full of life |
Anime, Imagination |
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Anomaly, |
A deviation from the rule; An irreularity |
Abnormal, Outlier |
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Chronic |
Continuing for a long time; recurrent |
Chronological, Chronus |
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Antecedent |
Going before; that which goes before |
Precede, Ancestor |
