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92 Cards in this Set
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alacrity
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eagerness, speed
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aphorism
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a wise saying; an adage; a maxim
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appropriate
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to take another's property as one's own
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arable
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able to be cultivated; farmable
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arboreal
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relating to trees
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avant-garde
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cutting edge; new; experimental
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behemoth
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a huge animal; something of great size or power
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bequest
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a gift upon one's death
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brook
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to endure; to put up with
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bungle
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to mess up
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byzantine
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ornate, fancy
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celerity
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cheerful speed
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cloying
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oversweet; saccharine
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conjecture
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a guess
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confound
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to confuse; to perplex
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denuded
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made ineffective or infertile
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desultory
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aimless; lacking a plan or purpose
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din
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noise
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dirge
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a funeral song
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discomfited
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embarrassed; disconcerted
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discretionary
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based on personal choice; showing prudence
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disingenuous
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dishonest; crafty
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effigy
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a crude likeness of a hated person
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epitaph
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words inscribed on a tomb
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expurgate
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to delete obscene or other undesirable material from a text
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extant
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existing
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felicitous
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suitable; pleasant
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galvanize
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to incite; to arouse to action
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gaunt
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thin; haggard
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gingerly
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carefully
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grovel
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to beg or plead
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harbinger
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a messenger; an omen
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incantation
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an invocation, a calling out for help or aid
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incisive
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harsh, cutting, vitriolic
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indelible
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incapable of being erased; permanent
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inexorable
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steadfast; resolute
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jaded
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bored from overindulgence
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resolute
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firmly resolved or determined, steadfast, inexorable
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jingoism
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aggressive touting (flaunting) of one's patriotism
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tout
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to flaunt
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juggernaut
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relentless force
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leviathon
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something huge
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licentious
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morally lax (lacking moral or legal restraint)
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melee
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a hand to hand fight involving several participants
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milieu
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environment
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naivete
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lack of experience or sophistication
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nihilism
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a philosophical belief involving the rejection of established values and morality
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nonplussed
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confused to the point of being unable to act or speak
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obfuscate
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to obscure the meaning of, to make confusing or unclear
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onerous
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burdensome
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opprobrium
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disgrace, disapproval
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ostensible
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seemingly, apparent
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panacea
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a cure for all ills
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partisan
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biased
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pedagogic
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instructive, relating to education
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petulant
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irritable, rude
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pontificate
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to speak in a supercilious and self-important manner
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precept
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a rule of behavior or action
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precipitate
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to hurry up; to make happen before planned
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prescience
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advance knowledge; foresight
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probity
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honesty, integrity
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profligate
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extravagant to a fault; prodigal
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pundits
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erudite (learned, scholarly) persons
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qualm
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doubt, hesitation, uneasiness
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quibble
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to find fault with, a minor objection
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refractory
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stubborn
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reprehensible
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worthy of blame
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retrograde
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going backward and therefore not progressing
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sanction (verb)
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to approve
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sophistry
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deceptive thinking; invalid arguments
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spate
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an outpouring
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subterfuge
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deception
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supplant
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to replace; to substitute for
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surfeit
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a surplus, an oversupply
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sybarite
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a pleasure-loving person
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synergistic
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working together and having a greater combined effect because of simultaneous operation
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tawdry
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cheap-looking, gaudy
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temerity
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boldness, audacity
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threadbare
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very worn, shabby
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truculent
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belligerent
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turgid
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swollen, pompous
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untenable
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unable to be defended
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tenuous
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lacking a sound basis "tenuous argument"
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venial
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forgivable, pardonable
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verisimilitude
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something that has the appearance of truth
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victuals
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food
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vignette
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a brief written description
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virile
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manly, strong
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visceral
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relating to the abdomen; instinctive rather than reasoned
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vitiate
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to impair; to render ineffective
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waylay
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to ambush
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wheedle
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to cajole or coax
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