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69 Cards in this Set
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Admonish |
Warn |
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Beatific |
Blissful |
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Coerced |
Brow beat Terrorize |
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Conjecture |
Guess |
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Corroborate |
Confirm |
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Delve |
Inquire |
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Embezzlement |
Act of fraudulently acquiring the owner's money , usually in a company |
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Feral |
Wild Ferocious |
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Gape |
Wide open Opening mouth wildly as in shock |
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Garbled |
Misquote Jumble |
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Headlong |
With the head foremost Sudden |
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Plausible |
Valid |
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Forms of imply |
Implication Implicit |
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Implicate |
Accuse |
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Inundated |
Flooded with |
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Languid |
Lackadaisical |
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Lax |
Careless |
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Lurid |
Lurid- Ghastly ,Exaggerated Lucid- clear |
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Meticulous |
Precise |
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Nonplus |
Bewildered |
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Obviate |
Counteract |
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Peerless |
Unequalled |
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Penance |
Confession followed by forgiving of a sin Self punishment for a sin |
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Penchant |
Predilection for something |
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Pentent |
N for penance |
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Phlegmatic |
Calm |
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Poignant |
Bitter |
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Ratiocination |
Logical reasoning |
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Sedulous |
Careful |
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Seethe or sod |
Boil Blister |
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Temporal |
Relating to time (opp to eternal) Secular |
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Temporize |
Delay |
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Unmuzzle |
Removal of muzzle from a dog's mouth |
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Venerable |
Of high respect |
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Adulation |
Admiration |
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Adventitious |
Accidental |
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Bedraggled |
Untidy |
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Charlatan |
Con artist Quack |
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Demeanor |
Behaviour |
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Diatribe |
Denunciation |
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Expunge |
Cancel |
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Fervor |
Intensity |
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Fractious |
Irritable |
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Headstrong |
Stubborn |
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Ilk |
Family class or kind |
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Imponderable |
Can't be measured |
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Coherent |
Organised |
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Jaunty |
Excursive |
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Ostentatious |
Pretentious Flamboyant |
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Pensive |
Dreamily thoughtful |
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Perdition |
Spiritual ruin Hell |
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Peregrination |
Journey on foot |
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Ravine |
Narrow valley with steep sides |
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Raze |
Demolish (Razor) |
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Remuneration |
Pay reward or compensation |
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Schism |
Breakup |
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Seminary |
Higher school (of theology mostly) Schools for young women |
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Timorous |
Timid |
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Truncate |
Cut the top off (Leave only trunk) Abbreviate |
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Unbridled |
Uncontrolled |
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Beatify |
1. To make someone beatific 2. To declared a deceased one to be among the blessed . (Consecrate, sanctify) |
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Implicate |
Incriminate |
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Obviate |
Render unnecessary |
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Penitent |
Remorseful |
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Sanguine |
Cheerful |
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Anathema |
Bane Pariah Taboo |
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Fortuitous |
By chance |
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Impolitic |
Imprudent in practical manner |
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Reactionary |
Pertaining to right wing or conservatism |