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54 Cards in this Set
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Abate |
To lessen in intensity |
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Accolade |
An expression of praise |
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Adulation |
Excessive praise, intense adoration |
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Ascetic |
One who practices rigid self denial especially as act of religious devotion |
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Avarice |
Greed for wealth |
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Axiom |
A universally recognized principle |
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Burgeon |
To grow rapidly |
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Bucolic |
Rustic and pastoral, characteristic of rural areas |
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Cacophony |
Harsh, jarring, discordant sound |
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Canon |
Established set of code of laws |
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Castigation |
Severe criticism or punishment |
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Caustic |
Burning or stinging, causing corrosion |
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Chary |
Wary |
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Cogent |
Appealing forcibly to the mind or reason |
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Contentious |
Argumentative causing controversy |
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Contrite |
Regretful seeking forgiveness |
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Culpable |
Deserving blame |
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Dearth |
Smallness of quantity or number |
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Demur |
To question or oppose |
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Didactic |
Intended to teach |
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Dogmatic |
Expr sing rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles |
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Ebullience |
The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings |
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Eclectic |
Composed of elements drawn from various sources |
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Elegy |
A mournful poem |
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Emollient |
Soothing, making less harsh to skin |
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Enigmatic |
Mysterious, obscure |
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Ephemeral |
Brief fleeting |
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Esoteric |
Intend do for or understood by a small specific group |
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Facetious |
Playful, hunorous |
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Furtive |
Narked by stealth |
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Gregarious |
Sociable outgoing |
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Harangue |
To deliver a forceful or angry speech |
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Impecunious |
Lacking funds |
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Incipient |
Beginning to come into being or become apparent |
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Inert |
Unmoving, lethargic |
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Innocuous |
Harmless |
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Intransigent |
Refusing to compromise |
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Inveigle |
To obtain by deception or flattery |
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Morose |
Sad |
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Odious |
Evoking intense aversion or dislike |
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Penurious |
Penning pinching, excessive thiftyness |
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Pernicious |
Extremely harmful in a way that's not easily seen |
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Preen |
To dress up to primp |
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Prodigious |
Abundant in size, force, extraordinary |
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Quaff |
To drink deeply |
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Quiescence |
Motionless, being at rest |
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Redoubtable |
Worthy of honor |
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Sanction |
Permission or approval. A penalty intended to enforce compliance. To give permission |
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Squalid |
Sordid, wretched and dirty from neglect |
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Stoic |
Indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain |
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Torpid |
Lethargic, sluggish |
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Ubiquitous |
Existing everywhere at same time |
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Urbane |
Sophisticated refined and elegant |
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Vilify |
To defame |