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20 Cards in this Set
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Epithet
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Any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality
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Evasive
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Tending or seeking to evade
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Evoke
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To call up or produce (memories, feelings, etc.)
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Exacting
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Rigid or severe in demands or requirements
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Foreshadow
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To show or indicate beforehand
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Infer
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To derive by reasoning
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Laudable
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Deserving praise
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Lucid
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Easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible
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Scrutinize
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To examine in detail with careful or critical attention
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Symposium
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A meeting or conference for the discussion of some subject, especially a meeting at which several speakers talk on or discuss a topic before an audience
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Affluent
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Having an abundance of wealth, property, or other material goods
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Brevity
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Shortness of time or duration
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Connotation
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The associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning
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Embellish
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To beautify by or as if by ornamentation
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Imbibe
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To consume (liquids) by drinking
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Nostalgic
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Experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation
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Novice
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A person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc. in which he or she is placed
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Philistine
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A person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual persuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes; boorish
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Reiterate
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To say or do again or repeatedly
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Stipend
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A periodic payment, especially a scholorship or fellowship allowance granted to a student
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