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25 Cards in this Set
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Paean |
A song of praise, joy or triumph |
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Schism |
A formal split within a group or organization, usually into hostile factions |
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Mountebank |
A trickster, a swindler, a charlatan |
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Enclave |
An enclosed district, region or area inhabited by a particular group of people |
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Quizzical |
Puzzled, mocking, odd |
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Interstice |
A small, narrow space between two things or parts of things |
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therapeutic |
Having the power to heal or cure, beneficial |
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Pragmatic |
Practical |
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Icons |
An image, symbol, emblem; an idol |
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Bowdlerize |
To censor |
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Cozen |
To trick, cheat, or swindle |
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Virtuoso |
A brilliant performer; a person with mastery skill or technique |
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Plethora |
Overfullness, super abundance |
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Gratis |
Free, without charge |
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Forte |
A person's strong point, what a person does best |
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Condecend |
To come down, to stoop voluntarily to a lower level |
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Rapacity |
Inordinate greed, the disposition to obtain one's desires by force |
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Persiflage |
Lighthearted joking, talk or writing |
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Ancillary |
Subordinate, supplementary |
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Macrocosm |
The universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure |
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Myria |
Many |
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Tachy |
Quick |
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Fiss |
Split |
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Cumu |
Heaped |
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Meteor |
High |
