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50 Cards in this Set
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Espouse |
To support (a cause) |
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Essay |
To try (v); to attempt; a short literary composition dealing with a single subject (n) |
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Estival |
Pertaining to summer |
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Estranged |
Separated; alienated |
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Ethereal |
Spiritual; airy |
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Flag |
A banner (n); to droop or to slow down (v) |
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Flagellate |
To whip |
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Flagrant |
Scandalous; shocking |
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Flail |
To strike freely and wildly |
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Flair |
A knack; a natural talent |
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Gazebo |
An open structure with an enjoyable view |
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Gorge |
A deep valley with steep sides (n); to eat or to swallow greedily (v) |
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Gory |
Bloody |
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Gossamer |
Light; flimsy; fine |
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Decelerate |
To slow down |
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Ebullient |
Enthusiastic |
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Earthy |
Realistic; coarse |
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Ebb |
To slowly decrease |
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Earnest |
Sincere; serious |
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Exhort |
To warn |
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Exude |
To discharge; to ooze |
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Exhilaration |
Liveliness; high spirits |
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Factitious |
Artificial |
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Factious |
Causing disagreement |
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Excruciating |
Unbearably painful |
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Excoriate |
To scrape the skin off; to criticize sharply |
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Excise |
A tax on liquor, tobacco, etc. (n); to cut out or off (v) |
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Decrepit |
Broken down by age or disease |
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Fluvial |
Pertaining to a river |
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Fluster |
To upset; to confuse |
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Fluent |
Flowing; able to speak and/or write easily and clearly |
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Fluctuate |
To move back and forth; to vary |
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Extinct |
No longer in existence |
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Declivity |
Downward slope |
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Declaim |
To speak dramatically |
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Decipher |
Decode; figure out the meaning of |
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Deciduous |
Not permanent; passing |
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Defection |
Desertion |
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Default |
To fail to pay a debt or to perform a task |
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Defamatory |
Damaging another's reputation with false remarks |
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Feat |
Deed or accomplishment |
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Feasible |
Capable of being accomplished; suitable |
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Fealty |
Loyalty; devotion |
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Faze |
To disturb; to discourage |
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Fawn |
A young deer (n); to act slavishly submissive (v) |
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Fauna |
Animals of a certain area |
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Farcical |
Absurd; ridiculous |
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Fanfare |
Noisy or showy display |
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Fanciful |
Unreal; imaginative; unpredictable |
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Desiccate |
To dry up; to wither |