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71 Cards in this Set
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Phototropic
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tending to grow or move towards light
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Phosphorescent
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giving off light without heat
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Photogenic
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attractive in pictures or photographs
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Lucid
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easy to understand; clear
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Elucidate
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to make clear by explaining
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Translucent
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allowing light to pass through
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Circumspect
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careful; mindful of rules and consequences
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Prospect
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that which is expected
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Specter
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a ghost or phantom
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Invidious
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hateful or spiteful
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Providential
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happening by good fortune
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Improvise
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to create without any forethought or preparation
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Enunciate
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to pronounce or articulate
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Renounce
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to reject by declaration
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Pronouncement
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a declaration of opinion; judgment
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Invoke
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to call on for support
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Provocative
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causing disturbance or excitement
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Revoke
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to make invalid; deactivate
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Ineffable
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unutterable, indescribable
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Infantile
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childish; immature
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Affable
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easy to converse with; friendly
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Edict
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an official order
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Indict
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to charge with a crime; accuse
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Dictum
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a formal or authoritative statement
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Prohibit
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to stop one from doing something; prevent
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Inhibit
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to get in the way of; hinder
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Suffuse
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to fill up from within; to spread throughout
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Confound
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to confuse and frustrate
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Infuse
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to inject; to fill something or someone with
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Sustain
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to support for an extended period of time
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Abstain
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to not do something; refrain
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Tenacious
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stubbornly persistent; determined
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Retinue
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a group that attends an important person
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Replete
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filled up with
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Implement
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to put into action; execute
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Deplete
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to use up; waste
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Misinformation
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untrue or wrong information
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Reform
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to bring back to rightness, order, or morality
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Formative
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occurring at the time of most influence
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Inept
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unskilled; clumsy
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Adept
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skilled; expert at
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Aptitude
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skill or suitability for
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Posit
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to put forth; assert
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Impose
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to forcibly place upon
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Disposition
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attitude or mood
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Figment
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something invented or imaginary
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Effigy
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a figure constructed in mockery
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Prefigure
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to look like or predict a later thing or event
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Legacy
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body of ideas, achievements, and morals; example
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Delegate
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to divide up, especially responsibilities
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Agenda
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plan of action; purpose
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Proactive
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seeking to solve a problem before it occurs
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Exacting
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demanding perfection; strict
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Repulsion
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desire to avoid; disgust
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Dispel
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to scatter about, break up
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Propel
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to cause to move towards; push
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Relative
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dependent upon
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Superlative
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excellent; above all others
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Dilate
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to widen
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Recant
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to formally withdraw
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Incantation
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ritual chant; spell
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Disenchanted
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losing fondness for; unhappy with
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Inaudible
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so quiet as to be impossible to hear
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Auditory
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having to do with the sense of hearing
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Audit
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a thorough review
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Dissonance
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unpleasant or unharmonious sound
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Assonance
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similarity of word sounds
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Resonant
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having an effect; powerful
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Analogous
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comparable to; like
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Dialogue
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communication between two or more people
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Prologue
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a speech, passage, or event coming before the main speech or event
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