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99 Cards in this Set
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Laborious |
Requiring Hard Work |
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Apathy |
Lack of interest |
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Vivacious |
Lively; sprightly |
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Ignominious |
Shameful; Dishonorable |
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Tractable |
Easily managed; controlled |
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Morose |
Gloomy;sullen |
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Taciturn |
Speaking very little |
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Demeanor |
Behavior; manner |
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Gambol |
To skip about, dancing, playing and frolic |
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Acute |
Intense, crucial, and sharp |
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Approbation |
Formal approval; praise |
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Assuage |
To be less harsh, violent and severe |
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Coalition |
Combination in a body or mass |
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Decadence |
Period of decline |
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Elicit |
To extract gradually |
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Expostulate |
To protest against a decision or action |
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Hackneyed |
Greatly overused |
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Hiatus |
A gap, break |
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Innuendo |
Indirect insinuation |
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Intercede |
To plead on someone's behalf |
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Jaded |
Worn out |
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Lurid |
Causing shock or horror |
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Meritorious |
Deserving reward or praise |
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Petulant |
Easily irritated |
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Prerogative |
Exclusive right or privilege |
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Provincial |
Uncultured in thoughts or manner |
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Simulate |
Imitate |
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Transcend |
Pass beyond the limits |
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Umbrage |
Offense, resentment |
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Unctuous |
Excessively suave to the point f being fake |
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Ameliorate |
To make better |
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Aplomb |
Seld-confident assurance |
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Bombastic |
Pompous in speech or writing |
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Callow |
Immature |
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Drivel |
Foolish talk or thinking |
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Epitome |
A summary |
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Exhort |
To urge by strong argument |
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Ex Officio |
By virtue of office or position |
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Infringe |
To violate |
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Ingratiate |
To win confidence |
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Interloper |
One that interferes with the affairs of others |
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Intrinsic |
Inherent |
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Inveigh |
To attack with harsh criticism |
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Lassitude |
State of weariness |
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Millenium |
A hoped-for a period of joy, serenity and justice |
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Occult |
Supernatural forces |
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Permeate |
To diffuse through |
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Precipitate |
To cause to happen prematurely |
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Stringent |
Severe; Strict |
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Surmise |
An idea that lacks proof |
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Abominate |
To detest or hate intensely |
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Acculturation |
The adoption of behaviors from a surrounding society |
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Adventitious |
Accidental |
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Ascribe |
To assign as a quality |
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Circuitous |
Taking a roundabout |
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Commiserate |
To feel or express sorrow |
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Enjoin |
To prohibit |
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Expedite |
To hasten the movement |
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Expiate |
To make amends for |
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Ferment |
A state of agitation |
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Inadvertent |
unintentional |
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Nominal |
In name only |
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Noncommital |
Not decisive |
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Peculate |
To embezzle funds |
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Proclivity |
Tendency |
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Sangfroid |
Coolness and composure |
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Tenuous |
Having little substance; Flimsy |
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Vitriolic |
Cruel and sarcastic |
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Wheedle |
To persuade |
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Affable |
Easy to speak to |
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Aggrandize |
Exaggerate |
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Amorphous |
Without determinate shape |
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Archetype |
Ideal example; Model |
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Aura |
Pervasive psychic influence |
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Contraband |
Illegal |
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Erudite |
Book smarts |
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Gossamer |
Soft, light and delicate fabric |
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Infer |
To conclude from facts |
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Inscrutable |
Difficult to understand |
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Insular |
Narrow in outlook |
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Irrevocable |
Unable to take back |
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Propensity |
Initiate and inclination |
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Querulous |
Whining |
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Remonstrate |
To protest |
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Repudiate |
To reject |
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Resilient |
Able to recover quickly |
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Retrench |
To cut down or reduce |
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Reverberate |
To resound in a succession of echoes |
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Scurrilous |
Foul-mouthed |
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Sedulous |
Hard working |
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Sleazy |
Tawdry; Dirty |
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Addendum |
Something added |
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Amnesty |
General pardon granted by the government |
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Autonomy |
Self govenered |
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Axiomatic |
Evident without proof |
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Blazon |
To make widely known |
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Caveat |
A warning |
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Equitable |
characterized by fairness |
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Extricate |
T free from or release |
