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25 Cards in this Set
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Surly |
Rude and bad-tempered |
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Limpid |
Clear; transparent |
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Unequivocal |
Absolute; certain |
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Zealot |
Someone passionately devoted to a cause |
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Amalgamate |
To combine; to mix together |
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Burnish |
To polish |
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Florid |
Excessively decorated or embellished |
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Pulchritude |
Beauty |
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Encomium |
Warm praise |
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Syncopation |
Temporary irregularity in musical rhythm |
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Ignoble |
Having low moral standards; not noble in character; mean |
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Aerie |
A nest built high in the air; an elevated, often secluded, dwelling |
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Imprecation |
A curse |
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Knell |
Sound of a funeral bell; omen of death or failure |
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Demur |
To express doubts or objections |
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Abeyance |
Temporary suppression or suspension |
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Desultory |
Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected |
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Fallow |
Dormant; unused |
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Gregarious |
Outgoing; sociable |
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Expurgate |
To censor |
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Doctrinaire |
Rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality; dogmatic |
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Elegy |
A sorrowful poem or speech |
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Glower |
To glare or stare angrily and intensely |
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Strategem |
Trick designed to deceive an enemy |
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Hoary |
Very old; whitish or gray from age |
