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105 Cards in this Set
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factious
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causing disagreement
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ignoble
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dishonorable; shameful
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boor
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a rude or impolite person
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aegis
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a shield; protection
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perspicacity
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keenness of judgement
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fervent
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eager; earnest
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rectify
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to correct; to make right
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enervate
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to weaken
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besiege
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to overwhelm; to surround and attack
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ephemeral
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lasting only a brief time; short-lived
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altruism
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a concern for others; generosity
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carrion
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decaying flesh
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erotic
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pertaining to sexual love
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amorphous
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shapeless, formless, vague
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opulent
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rich, luxurious; wealthy
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impotent
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powerless; lacking strength
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antithesis
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an exact opposite; an opposite extreme
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maelstrom
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whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind
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emendation
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a correction
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chagrin
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embarrassment; a compelete loss of courage
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bauble
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a showy but useless thing
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diaphanous
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very sheer and light
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labyrinth
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a complicated network of winding passages; a maze
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gloat
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to look at or think about with great satisfaction
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impediment
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a barrier; obstructoin
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bestial
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savage; brutal
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effete
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worn out; barren
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shard
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a fragment
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bland
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mild; tasteless; dull
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nihilism
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a total rejection of established laws
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pedestrian
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ordinary or dull
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bona fide
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in good faith
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adventitious
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accidental; nonessential
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fecund
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fertile; productive
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deviate
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to turn aside from a course; to stray
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obfuscate
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to confuse; to bewilder
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impale
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to pierce with a sharp stake through the body
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extenuate
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to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses
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parochial
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local; narrow; limited
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glower
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to stare angrily
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edify
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improve someone morally
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ambiguous
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open to more than one interpretation
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cataclysm
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a violent change
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optimum
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best; most favorable; ideal
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importune
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to ask persistently; to beg
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celibate
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abstaining from intercourse; unmarried
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fortuitous
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happening by chance or accident
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recapitulate
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to summarize; to repeat briefly
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perfunctory
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done without care; in a routine
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baroque
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overly decorated
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hedonism
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pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses
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obloquy
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strong disapproval; a bad reputation resulting from public criticism
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debacle
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a complete failure; a total collapse
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quasi-
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resembling; seeming; half
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besmirch
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to make dirty; to stain
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imperative
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extremely necessary; vitally important
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sadistic
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deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others
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demeanor
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behavior; manner of conducting oneself
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facetious
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comical; jocular; flippant
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sacrosanct
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extremely holy
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fop
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an excessively fashion-conscious man
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imprecation
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a curse
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non sequitur
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something that does not logically follow
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sanguine
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cheerful; optimistic
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bowdlerize
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to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc.
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impair
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to weaken; to cause to become worse
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panegyric
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an expression of praise
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quandary
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a puzzling situation; a dilemna
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ebullient
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enthusiastic
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deference
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respect; consideration
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carnal
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relating to physical appetite, especially sexual
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nebulous
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hazy; vague; uncertain
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rakish
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dashingly stylish and confident
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elegy
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a sad or mournful poem
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pedantic
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tending to show off one's learning
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antipathy
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an intense dislike
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elucidate
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to make clear
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imminent
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likely to happen; threatening
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banal
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common, ordinary
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obdurate
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stubborn; hardhearted
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peruse
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to read carefully; scrutinize
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bedlam
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a noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion
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affluence
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wealth; richness
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scurrilous
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coarsely abusive; vulgar
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parody
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a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner
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sedulous
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hard working; diligent
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onerous
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burdensome; heavy; hard to endure
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amoral
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lacking a sense of right and wrong
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eschew
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to keep away from; to avoid; to shun
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denouement
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an outcome; result
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adroit
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skillful; clever
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macroscopic
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visible to the naked eye
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fatuous
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foolish; inane
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bovine
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pertaining to cows or cattle
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ferret
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to search or drive out
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affectation
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a phony attitude; pose
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knell
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a sound made by a bell, often rung slowly for a death or funeral
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dichotomy
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a division into two parts
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callow
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young and inexperienced
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laconic
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using few words; short; concise
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quiddity
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an essential quality
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patent
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evident or obvious
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peccadillo
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a minor offense; a misdeed
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sagacious
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wise; having keen perception and sound
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rationalize
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to make an excuse for
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