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30 Cards in this Set
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Arable
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land suitable for cultivation
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Death Valley is characterized by its lack of arable soil
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Camaraderie
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rapport and goodwill
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The coach attributed teh team's success to the camaraderie among the players
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desiccate
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to remove moisture
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Janet desiccates flowers and then uses them to make wreaths
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Equanimity
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composure or calmness
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Oddly enough, the plaintiff recounted the story of her attack with perfect equanimity
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Frangible
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fragile
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Mom seldom used the frangible, antique dishers in the china cabinet
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Interminable
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seemingly endless
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The last few hours of school before the holiday vacation seemed interminable
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Litany
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long, repetitive, or dull recital
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The dissatisfied customer reada litany of complaints to the company representative
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Lugubrious
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gloomy
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The lugubrious funeral scene temporarily interrupted the comic tone of the play
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Moratorium
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suspension of activity
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The warring factions declared a moratorium on combat during the peace talks
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Replete
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full or abundant
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The anglers were happy to find their stream replete with trout
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Truncate
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to shorten (essay)
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The candidate truncated his campaign because of a family illness
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Ubiquitous
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seeming to occur everywhere
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The camping trip was horrible; the mosquitoes were ubiquitous and hugry
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Vernacular
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everyday language
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Using slang or vernacular in a formal term paper is usually inappropriate
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Wrenching
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causing mental or physical pain
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The wrenching photographs of the starving children prompted Mike to send a donation
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Zealous
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fervent or fanatical
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The zealous gardener planted so many flowers that anumber of them did not have the neccessary space in which to grow
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Brigand
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a robber or bandit
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The stagecoach driver kept a nervous watch for brigands while transporing the heavy cash box
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Carte Blanche
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boundless authority, endless power
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The secret agent had carte blanche to complete the extremely vital mission
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Contemptuous
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haughty or scornful
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The contemptuous bank loan officer was rude to the poorly dressed applicants
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Cosmopolitan
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worldly or sophisticated
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Brett longed to have the cosmopolitan lifestyle of an international investor
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Donnybrook
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a fight
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During the last minute of the close championship game, a referee's foolish decidion caused a donnybrook amound the fans of both teams
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Incantation
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a chant
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The sorceress uttered a long incantation as she mixed the magic potion
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Interlocutor
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someone who participates in a conversation
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The delusional man wandereed down the street, conversing with some invisible interlocutor
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Metamorphosis
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dramatic change
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That butterfly will experience a physical metamorphosis as it passes from the pupa stage to the adult stage
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Nomenclature
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scientific naming system
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student often spend hours memorizing the nomenclature of organic chemistry
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Nonchalant
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unconcerned, indifferent
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The nonchalant banker looked at the million-dollar check as though he saw one everyday
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Procrustean
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strictly disreagarding individual differences
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Teh procrustean teacher warned the class that he would accept no excuses for tardiness
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Rife
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abundant or prevalant
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Be careful while shopping, because that part of the city is rife with crime
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Sophistry
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a deliberately misleading argument
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The TV talk-show host's convincing sophitry made his guests look foolis for disagreeing with him
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Stygian
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dark and forbidding
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The stygian house, empty for decades, was often the source of unexplained phenomena
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Vestige
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a trace of something that once existed
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(Titanic) A rich vein of coal is a vestige of Earth's lush, prehistoric forests
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