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50 Cards in this Set
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intricate |
puzzlingly detailed; involved; complex |
intrigue; intresting |
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intimidation |
fear, restriant or discouragement caused by threat; the act of causing such |
timid; domination |
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personification |
giving human qualities to an inanimate object or idea; any example of such; an embodiment or personal |
person; fiction |
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antipathy |
feeling of adversion or strong dislike; opposite of sympathy; object of such feelings |
anti; hatred |
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scalpel |
small, light, straight knife w/ a very sharp blade, used in surgery & dissection |
scrape; sharp |
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sedulous |
steadily busy or attentive; dilligent |
studious; duty |
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levity |
lack of seriousness; innapropriate lightheartedness |
levitation; witty |
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amenable |
responsible and responsive to what is right; willing to comply; persuadable; submissive |
amen; bible |
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decrepitude |
weakness because of advanced age or infirmity; feebleness; a state of being worn out |
crippled ; creep |
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malfeasance |
misconduct or wrongful action, especially while in a position of trust |
maleficent; mal |
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filial |
pertaining to the relationship between children and their parents |
familia; family |
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invidious |
arousing dislike or ill will; offensive because of discrimination |
insidious; vicious |
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obsolescent |
becoming obsolete; growing useless, becoming unused; going out of fashion |
outdated; old |
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parody |
humorous and ridiculing imitation; a farce; a poor imitation |
parrot; poor |
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schizophrenic |
suffering from a mental disorder characterized by withdrawal from reality. |
psycho;crazy |
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moribund |
near death or termination; dying |
morbid; done |
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candelabrum |
one large candleholder with branches supporting several candles |
candle; lumier |
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anachronism |
something out of place in time; such a representation |
not chronological; clock |
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latent |
existing but not energized; capable of later full development |
late; lazy |
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extemporary |
spoken or preformed without prior practice or memorization |
improvise; exhibit |
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infer |
to conclude or derive from something assumed, known, or implied |
info; inference |
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cognomen |
the family name; surname; a name by which one is known; a nickname |
incognito; cop |
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Filament |
a thin threadlike object |
line; thin |
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obtrusive |
pushing forward or outward; intruding or forcing in an unwarranted manner |
observe; thrust |
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affront |
A challenge insult; an insolent confrontation; to offend by such |
confront; offend |
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alimentary |
pertaining to nourishment or food; nourishing |
lime; almonds |
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morose |
gloomy; dejected; sullen; ill-humored |
mourn; remorse |
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calumny |
a false and injurious accusation or statement ; slander; defamation |
mean; curse |
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morass |
a marsh or bog; a difficult place or situation to get out of |
grass; moss |
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extirpated |
eradicated; erased; uprooted |
exit; extract |
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infamous |
famous for bad qualities; notorious; vile |
mafia; bad famous |
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adage |
an old saying of instructive value; a proverb |
advice; old age |
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filch |
to steal slyly, usually something of little value |
lift; snatch |
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obsequious |
excessively servile; overly obidient or attentive; fawning |
servant; observant |
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affulence |
great material abundance; wealth; opulence |
influence; fluid |
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alacrity |
eager and cheerful willingness or readiness. |
electricity; creativity |
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motif |
a dominant, recurrent, and characterizing theme, pattern, or feature. |
fit; mode |
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callow |
inexperienced; immature |
calf; shallow |
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aperature |
hole; opening |
puncture; tear |
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essence |
perfume; |
scent; presence |
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estranged |
changed from a close and friendly relationship to a distant and hostile one; alienated |
anger; strangle |
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estuary |
the wide mouth of the river where it merges with an ocean or sea |
stream; tributary |
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misanthrope |
one who hates or constantly distrusts mankind |
atheist; miserable |
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miscegenation |
intermixing of races by marriage or sexual relations |
nation; nationality |
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mitigate |
to make or become milder, less painful, less servere, less blameworthy |
gateway; mid |
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subsume |
to put into or include within a larger class or category |
subcategory; assume |
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ethereal |
light and airy; celestial; heavenly |
real; feather |
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ethical |
conforming to accepted to prescibed stanfords of conduct |
ethics; think |
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blight |
a disease which destroys plants; anything destructive of growth, hopes, character, etc. to cause such effects |
light |
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Motley |
Of many different colors or varied characteristics; heterogenous |
models; mutt |
