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77 Cards in this Set
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Odium
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contempt; dislike; aversion
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Overweening
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presumptuously conceited, overconfident, or proud
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Paean
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song of praise or triumph
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Paradigm
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a model, example, or pattern
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Paucity
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scarcity; a lacking of
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Pedestrian
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commonplace; trite; unremarkable
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Pellucid
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transparent; easy to understand
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Peremptory
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urgent; imperative; unchallengeable; ending debate
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Piquant
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agreeably pungent; stimulating; sharp in taste or flavor
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Pliant
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pliable; easily bent, shaped, or twisted
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Plumb
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to examine closely; get to the root of
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Ponderous
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heavy; bulky; dull and labored
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Predilection
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special liking; preference
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Prodigious
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enormous; wonderful; extraordinary; monstrous
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Profuse
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abundant; in great amount
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Propinquity
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nearness; proximity; similarity
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Proscribe
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denounce as dangerous
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Protracted
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prolonged
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Puissance
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strength; power; might; force
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Punctilious
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precise; paying attention to trivialities
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Pundit
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pedant authority on a subject
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Putrefaction
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becoming rotten
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Pyre
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large pile of wood for burning
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Quail
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lose courage; turn frightened
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Raffish
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low; vulgar; base; tawdry
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Rancorous
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feeling bitterness; spiteful
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Rapacious
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inordinately greedy
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Rebuff
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a peremptory refusal; a blunt or abrupt rejection
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Recalcitrant
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disobedient; noncompliant
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Recant
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to take back as false; to formally retract
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Recidivism
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relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
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Recondite
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little known; abstruse
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Recreant
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cowardly; unfaithful; disloyal
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Redoubtable
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formidable; causing fear
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Refractory
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hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient
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Refulgent
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shining; brilliant
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Regale
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to delight or entertain; to feast
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Remonstrate
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to protest; object
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Repine
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to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain
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Reprobate
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person hardened in sin; one devoid of decency
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Repudiate
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to reject; disown; refuse
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Rescind
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to repeal; annul; cancel
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Resort
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to visit frequently
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Rivet
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to fasten, fix, or hold firmly; a metal pin
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Rotund
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round; plump; fat
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Salacious
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obscene; lustful; lascivious
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Salutary
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promoting health; healthful; beneficial
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Saturnine
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melancholy; morose; gloomy
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Sedulous
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diligent; persevering
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Sententious
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pithy; full of maxims and proverbs
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Sere
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dry; withered; hardened and without feeling
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Shunt
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send from one track to another; sidetrack; shove aside; evade discussion
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Simper
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(give a) silly, self-conscious smile
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Sinuous
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winding; undulating; serpentine
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Skiff
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a small boat
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Sodden
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soaked; saturated
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Spurious
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false; counterfeit
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Squalid
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foul; filthy; sordid
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Stanch
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to stop the flow of a fluid
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Stipple
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paint with dots
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Stygian
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dark; gloomy; hellish (from river Styx)
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Stymie
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to hinder; obstruct; block
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Suborn
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to bribe someone to break the law
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Sumptuous
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magnificent
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Supercilious
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haughtily disdainful
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Tamp
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to force in or down through repeated light strokes
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Tautology
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repetition; redundancy
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Temerity
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boldness; brashness; intrepidness
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Truculence
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aggressiveness; ferocity
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Turpitude
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wickedness; shamefulness
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Vagary
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a strange, unpredictable, whimsical idea
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Venal
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open to bribery
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Virago
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loud-voiced, scolding woman
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Vitiate
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lower the quality; weaken; debase
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Wag (n.)
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a merry, witty person
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Welter
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confusion; turmoil; jumbled mass
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Xenophile
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person attracted to foreign cultures
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