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42 Cards in this Set
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fortitude |
strength in facing adversity/danger |
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patois |
language (French) |
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equanimity |
mental/emotional stability/compusure |
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diffidence |
quality of being timid/shy |
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consternation |
sudden, alarming amazement/dread resulting in confusion |
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disportments |
play, amusement |
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vocations |
job, lifework, calling |
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canard |
myth, urban legend |
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pith |
important/essential part |
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wheedling |
inveigling; persuade thru flattery, win over |
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freesheeling |
to move/function freely/infependently |
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verdant |
green, lush, inexperienced |
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supine |
inactive, passive, flat on one's back |
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unremitting |
not refraining from inflicting/enforcing punishment; unforgiving |
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superfluous |
excessive, doing the most |
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frisson |
sudden feeling of excitement, thrill |
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panegyric |
formal praise of someone; eulogy |
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precipitate |
to bring about prematurely; to rush; plunge |
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diluting |
to reduce strength |
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ennui |
boredom |
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covetous |
greedy |
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truculence |
hostility; surly |
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virtuoso |
person w/ special knowledge/skill |
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inane |
lacking sense or ideas; empty |
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inept |
w/out skill, out of place, awkward ill-equipped |
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credulity |
gullibility |
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duplicity |
deception; double-dealing |
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ingenuity |
being resourceful, adroit |
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foresaken |
deserted, abandoned |
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brooked |
bear, suffer, tolerate |
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beset |
to attack on all sides, harass, surround |
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culling |
to choose, collect |
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sage |
very wise person |
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prevericator |
liar |
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raconteur |
person skilled in relating stories interestingly; creative storyteller |
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belligerent |
warlike |
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pedantic |
concerned about impressing others w/ your learning |
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genial |
pleasantly cheerful, comfortable in spirit + presence |
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eluded |
escape the understanding or appreciation of; shun, dodge |
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derided |
scoff, mock |
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evinced |
to prove, reveal the possession of a quality/trait |
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doggerel |
burlesque, loose, rude, poor |
