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22 Cards in this Set
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Artifact
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An object made by human beings; often refers to a primitive tool or other relic from an earlier period.
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Artifice
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Craftiness; trickery.
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Artless
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Without deceit or cunning; natural; simple.
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Artisan
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A skilled craftsperson
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Ode
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A poem usually addressed to a particular person, object, or event that has stimulated deep and noble feelings in the poet.
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Rhapsody
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Apeech or writing expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm.
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Incantation
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The chanting or speaking of words seeming to have magical power or used to create a magical spell.
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Recant
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To take back a formal statement or belief previously made known. |
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Depict
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To paint, draw, or express in a picture or sculpture. To describe in picture or words. |
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Pictograph
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A shart pointed tool for writing on waxen tablets. A picture or drawing representing words or ideas. |
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Parody
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A humorous imitation of a piece of literature or music.
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Acrue
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To come as a natural increase or advantage.
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Cresendo
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A gradual increase in sound often referring to music.
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Excrescence
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Abnormal growth or outgrowth.
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Benefience
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Doing good or causing good to be done. Kindly action. |
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Efficacious
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Effective as a means of a remedy.
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Facile
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Acting, working, or proceeding with ease; fluent. Sometimes superficial, when something is too easily done. |
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Facsimile
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An exact copy of a book, painting, document, etc.
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Faction
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A gropu or clique within a larger group, party, or government.
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Molllify
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To calm; to make gentler or soften in feeling.
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Context
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The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning. The circumstances surrounding an event or a situation. |
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Pretext
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A false reason put forward to conceal the true one.
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