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50 Cards in this Set
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Intricate |
puzzlingly detailed; involved; complex
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intrigue tricky |
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Intimidation |
fear, restraint or discouragement caused by threat; the act of causing such act |
timid domination |
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Personification |
giving human qualities to inanimate objects or ideas; any example of such an embodiment or personal showing of some quality |
fiction person |
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Antipathy |
a feeling of aversion or strong dislike; the opposite of sympathy; the object of such feeling |
anti antonym |
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Scalpel |
a small,light, straight knife blade, used in surgery and anatomical directions |
scrape sharp |
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Sedulous |
Steadily busy or attentive;diligent; assiduous |
studious duty |
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Levity |
lack of seriousness; inappropriate lightheartedness; frivolity |
witty levitation |
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Amenable |
responsible and responsive to what is right; willing to comply with; persuadale; submissive |
amen bible |
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Decrepitude |
weakness because of advanced age or infirmity; feebleness; a state of being worn out |
cripples decomposed |
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Malfeasance |
misconduct or wrongful action, espcially while in a position of trust |
malifacent menace |
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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; offesive because of discrimination |
insidious vicious |
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Obsolescent |
Becoming obsolete; gowing useless, becoming unused, going out of fashion |
absent outdated |
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Parody |
a humorous and ridiculous imitation; a farce; a poor imitation; to act in such a manner |
parrot rap |
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Schizophrenic |
suffering from a mental disorder characterized by withrawl from reality, often incorrectly defined as having a split personality; one with such a condition |
frantic psycho |
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Moribund |
Near death or termination; dying |
morbid mortal |
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Candelabrum |
one large candlehorder with branches supporting several candles |
monoral candle |
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Anachonism |
something out of place in time; such a representation |
acronym cronos |
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latent (johnny manziel) |
exhisting but not energized; capable of later full development dormant |
talent late |
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extemporary |
spoken or performed without prior practice or memorization; "off the top of ones head"; extemporaneous |
improvise temporary |
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Infer |
to conclude or derive from something assumed, known or implied |
induct reference |
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Cognomen |
the family name surman; a name by which one is known; a nickname |
name hombre |
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Filament |
a thin threadlike object |
floss line |
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Obtrusive |
Pushing foward or outward; intruding or forcing in an unwarranted mannor |
observe rush |
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Afront |
a challinging insult; an isolent confrontation; to offend by such |
offensive up front |
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Alimentary |
Pertaining to nourishment or food; nourishing |
almond lime |
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Morose |
gloomy; dejected; sullen; ill-humored |
morn sorry |
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Culmany |
a false injurious accusation or statement; slander; |
mean call out |
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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 exterminated erased |
exit extract |
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Infamous |
famous for bad qualities; notorious |
mafia famous? |
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Adge |
old saying of instructive value; a proverb |
advise old age |
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Filtch |
to steal slyly usually something of little value |
lift snatch |
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Obsequious |
excessivly servile; overly obedient or attentive; fawning |
observent servant |
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Affluence |
great material abundance; wealth;opulance |
influence fluid |
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Alacrity |
eager and cheerful willingness or readiness |
electricified crazy |
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Motif |
a dominant, recurrent, and characterizing theme, pattern, or feature |
mode motel |
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Motley |
of many different colors or varied characteristics; heterogeneous |
models yellow |
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Callow |
inexperienced; immature |
calf shallow |
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Aperture |
hole; opening |
puncture turtle |
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Essence |
the most essential and characterizing aspect; the deep and true; a concentrated and stable substance; a perfume |
scent presance |
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Estranged |
changed from a close and friendly relationship to a distance and hostile one; alienated; separated |
anger stranger |
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Estruary |
the wide mouth of a river where it merges with the ocean and sea |
steward stream |
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Misanthrope |
one who hates or constantly distrusts mankind |
athiest miserable |
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Miscegenation |
intermixing of races by marriage or sexual relations |
intergration interracial |
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Mitigate |
to make or become milder, less painful, less sever, less blameworthy |
mediator minimum |
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Subsume |
to put into or include within a larger class or category |
consume substitute |
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ethereal |
liht and airy; celestial; heavanly |
angle ether |
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ethical |
conforming to accept or prescribed standards of conduct |
logical theoretical |
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Blight |
a disease which destroys plants; anything destructive of growth, hopes, character, ect; to cause such effects |
no light light |
