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52 Cards in this Set
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Pith
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central part of something; vigor; spongy interior of body part
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canonical
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conforming to general principles; following canon law
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sate
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fully gratify desire;glut somebody
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artlessness
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Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant;Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit
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Propitiate
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To conciliate (an offended power); appease: propitiate the gods with a sacrifice
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Stolid
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Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; impassive: the incredibly massive and stolid bureaucracy of the Soviet system (John Kenneth Galbraith).
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Pine
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To feel a lingering, often nostalgic desire; To wither or waste away from longing or grief: pined away and died
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Bent
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A tendency, disposition, or inclination
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Pan
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Severe criticism, especially a negative review
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Din
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To stun with deafening noise;To instill by wearying repetit
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sere
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Withered; dry: sere vegetation at the edge of the desert
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Doff
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To take off; remove;To put aside; discard
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Don
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To put on; To assume or take on: donned the air of the injured party
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Sctoch
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To assume or take on: donned the air of the injured party;To injure so as to render harmless;To cut or score
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Extant
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Still in existence; not destroyed, lost, or extinct: extant manuscripts
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Sedulous
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Persevering and constant in effort or application; assiduous
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Disaffect
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To cause to lose affection or loyalty
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Occult
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Hidden from view; conceal
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Harrow
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To break up and level (soil or land) with a harrow. To inflict great distress or torment on.
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Nice
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Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle;Done with delicacy and skill
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Maculated
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Spotted or blotched.
Stained; impure |
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Nucleate
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To bring together into a nucleus.
To act as a nucleus for. To provide a nucleus for. |
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Pacific
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Tending to diminish or put an end to conflict; appeasing.
Of a peaceful nature; tranquil |
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Impassive
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Devoid of or not subject to emotion.
Revealing no emotion; expressionless. Archaic. Incapable of physical sensation. Motionless; still |
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Coda
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Music. The concluding passage of a movement or composition.
A conclusion or closing part of a statement |
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Macerate
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To make soft by soaking or steeping in a liquid.
To separate into constituents by soaking. To cause to become lean, usually by starvation; emaciate |
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Nexus
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A means of connection; a link or tie: this nexus between New York's... real-estate investors and its... politicians (Wall Street Journal).
A connected series or group. The core or center: |
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Emboss
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To mold or carve in relief: emboss a design on a coin.
To decorate with or as if with a raised design: emboss leather. To adorn; decorate. To cover with many protuberances; stud |
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Torrid
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Parched with the heat of the sun; intensely hot.
Scorching; burning: the torrid noonday sun. Passionate; ardent: a torrid love scene. Hurried; rapid: |
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Churlishness
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Of, like, or befitting a churl; boorish or vulgar.
Having a bad disposition; surly: as valiant as the lion, churlish as the bear (Shakespeare). Difficult to work with, such as soil; intractable |
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Fledge
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To take care of (a young bird) until it is ready to fly.
To cover with or as if with feathers. To provide (an arrow) with feathers. |
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Guileless
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Free of guile; artless
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Reportorial
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Of or pertaining to a reporter or reporters; as, the reportorial staff of a newspaper.
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Wax
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To increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity.
To show a progressively larger illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from new to full. To grow or become as specified: |
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Solder
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Any of various fusible alloys, usually tin and lead, used to join metallic parts.
Something that joins or cements. |
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Rent
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An opening made by rending; a rip.
A breach of relations between persons or groups; a rift. |
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Disabuse
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To free from a falsehood or misconception
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Arrhythmic
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Lacking rhythm or regularity of rhythm
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Precipitate
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To throw from or as if from a great height; hurl downward: The finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below (Thornton Wilder).
To cause to happen, especially suddenly or prematurely. See Synonyms at speed. Meteorology. To cause (water vapor) to condense and fall from the air as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. Chemistry. To cause (a solid substance) to be separated from a solution |
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Untoward
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Not favorable; unpropitious.
Troublesome; adverse: an untoward incident. Hard to guide or control; unruly. Improper; unseemly. Archaic. Awkward |
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Opprobious
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Expressing contemptuous reproach; scornful or abusive: opprobrious epithets.
Bringing disgrace; shameful or infamous: |
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Veritable
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Being truly so called; real or genuine
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Deposition
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The act of deposing, as from high office.
The act of depositing, especially the laying down of matter by a natural process. Something deposited; a deposit. |
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Deposition
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The act of deposing, as from high office.
The act of depositing, especially the laying down of matter by a natural process. Something deposited; a deposit. |
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Repine
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To be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret.
To yearn after something |
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Undergrid
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To support or strengthen from beneath.
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Scurvy
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A disease caused by deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by spongy and bleeding gums, bleeding under the skin, and weaknes Mean; contemptible
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Scurvy
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A disease caused by deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by spongy and bleeding gums, bleeding under the skin, and weaknes Mean; contemptible
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Supine
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Lying on the back or having the face upward.
Having the palm upward. Used of the hand. Marked by or showing lethargy, passivity, or blameworthy indifference. See Synonyms at inactive. Inclined; sloping |
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Abjure
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To renounce under oath; forswear.
To recant solemnly; repudiate: abjure one's beliefs. To give up (an action or practice, for example); abstain from |
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Steep
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To soak in liquid in order to cleanse, soften, or extract a given property from.
To infuse or subject thoroughly to. To make thoroughly wet; saturate |
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Exigent
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Requiring immediate action or remedy. See Synonyms at urgent.
Requiring much effort or expense; demanding. |