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51 Cards in this Set
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Puerile |
Juvenile, |
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Pulchritude |
Physical beauty |
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Polyglot |
Able to speak many languages, composed of many languages |
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Precis |
Concise summary |
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Phalanx |
Any close group of people or soliders lined together. |
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Plebian |
Of the common people |
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Penitent |
Regretful or remorseful |
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Pare |
Peel off or cut off the layer |
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Parley |
Discussion or negotiation |
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Parry |
To deflect or avoid.skillfully avoid |
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Peddle |
Travel around while selling. |
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orotund |
rich,pompous speech,boasting |
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missive |
letter or written message |
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zeitgeist |
mood or trend of a period |
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modish |
sylish or contemporary |
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monastic |
relating or resembling a monastery |
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milieu |
environment or atmosphere in which something develops |
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lurid |
gruesome or excessively vivid,sensational |
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lumber |
to walk in a heavy,clumsy manner |
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livid |
very angry |
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lissome |
flexible |
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Lax |
not strict,careless,loose |
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Larceny |
theft |
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Monastic |
Life in an austere manner |
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Insurrection |
Rebellion or revolt against a government |
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Investiture |
Formally giving someone a title |
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Idyllic |
presenting a positive,peaceful view of rural life. |
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Grovel |
Creep or crawl with ones face on the ground |
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Ingrate |
An ungrateful person |
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Furtive |
Done secretly |
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Frenetic |
Wildly excited,frantic |
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Fatuous |
Foolish |
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Florid |
Hot or reddish,flowery |
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Flout |
Treat with disdain, contempt |
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Fastidious |
Difficult to please |
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Exonerate |
To clear from blame |
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Epicure |
Person with cultivated and refined taste |
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Expedient |
Suitable,proper, effective |
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Fussy |
Fastidious |
Demanding |
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Egress |
Exit or act of exiting |
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Emaciated |
Make abnormally thin |
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Dither |
To act indecisively. |
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Droll |
Funny in an odd way |
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Dither |
Act indecisively |
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Dichotomy |
Division into two parts. |
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Declaim |
Speak in an impassioned ,pompous manner |
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Convoke |
Call together as a meeting |
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Clamber |
Climb awkwardly or with difficulty |
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Cloying |
Disgusting or distastefully sweet. |
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Blithe |
Joyous,merry, exclusively carefree |
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persnickety |
complaining for trivial things
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