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49 Cards in this Set
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inveterate
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establish, entrenched, irradicable
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invidious
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tending to cause animosity; the invidious task of arbitration; discrimination
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impregnable
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invincible
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invoke
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put into affect; implement
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irascible
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hot temper; an irascible fellow and hard to get along with
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iridescence
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rainbow like
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isthmus
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narrow strait of land connecting two larger areas;
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jaded
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old, worn out; bad-tempered, disreputable woman
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jape
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jest, joke
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jarring
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malodorous*smell = jarring*sound
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jaundice
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jealous, bitter, hostile manner
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jaunt
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make short journey
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jaunty
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sprigtly, lively
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jettison
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discard; aircrafts jettisoned their loads
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jibe
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agree
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jingoist
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bellicose nationalist
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jocund
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merry, mirthful
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juggernaut
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massive inexorable force that crushes everything in its way
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ken
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range of vision
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kindle
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arrouse
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kindred
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of similar nature/spirit
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knave
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villain, miscreant
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miscreant
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person w/o moral scruples
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scruples
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sense of right and wrong
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accolade
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tangible symbol of approval/distinction
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labile
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unstable
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labyrinth
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maze; extremely complex/torturous; intricate
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lacerate
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distress; mangled; tear
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laconic
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breviloquent, compendious
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lachrymous
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mournful
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lambaste
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verbal attack; censure
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censure
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harsh critisism; rebuke
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lament
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deep regret
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lampoon
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harsh satire
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languid
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lack spirit
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languish
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enervate, weaken
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languor
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listlessness, torpor, stupor
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larder
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place where food is stored
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largesse
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generosity
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lariat
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lasso to catch animals
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lash
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whip or bind
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latent
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abeyant, potential, dormant, prepatent, quiescent
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abeyant
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temporarily inactive, quiescent
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lathe
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shaping machine
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latitute
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freedom from limitations
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laudatory
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expression praise, encomiastic
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leer
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stare*leer = peruse*smatter
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legion
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a very large number; multitude
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martinet
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disciplinarian
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