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60 Cards in this Set
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Coda |
Ending that sums up what came before |
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Catharsis |
Emotional release |
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Homily |
Lecture |
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Emblematic |
Symbolic |
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Enigmatic to |
Difficult to understand or mysterious |
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Quixotic |
Impractical |
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Grandiloquent |
Pretentious |
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Posit |
Claim |
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Cajole |
Persuade |
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Acerbic |
Sharp or sarcastic |
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Inimical |
Harmful or hostile |
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Impecunious |
Poor or destitute |
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Pallid |
Pale |
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Aghast |
Horrified |
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Garrulous |
Overly talkative |
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Verdant |
Green or lush |
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Banal |
Unoriginal |
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Sagacious |
Good judgement |
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Castigated |
Severely criticized |
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Deposed |
Forced out of power |
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Concomitant |
Accompanying (often in a subordinate way) |
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Ephemeral |
Short lived |
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Omnipotent |
All powerful |
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Heralded |
Celebrated |
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Coalesced |
Come together |
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Agglomerate |
Collect or form into a mass or group |
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Calumnies |
Slander |
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Obloquies |
Abusive language |
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Garlands |
Prize or distinction |
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Artifices |
Trickery or deception |
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Pedantry |
Arrogant in relation to learning |
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Parsimony |
Stinginess |
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Minutiae |
Trivial details (not big picture) |
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Enthralled |
Captivating |
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Dissipation |
Wastefulness |
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Profligate |
Irresponsible living |
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Deplorable |
Surprisingly bad |
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Equivocate |
To speak vaguely (usually with intention to mislead or deceive) |
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Equivocal |
Ambiguous or unclear |
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Unequivocal |
State it in such a way there is no room for doubt |
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Hedge (verb) |
1. Play safely 2. Limit or qualify a statement 3. Avoid making a direct statement (equivocate) |
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Flush |
To be in abundance |
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Fell (adj) |
Terribly evil |
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Arch |
Teasing |
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Arch |
Teasing |
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Arch as a root |
Chief or principal |
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Beg |
1. Evade a question 2. Ask an obvious question 3. Ask a question that makes an unwarranted assumption |
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Tender (v) |
Offer something up |
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Intimate |
Subtly |
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Wanting (adj) |
Lacking |
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Becoming |
Appropriate or matches nicely |
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Start |
Startle (move or dart in suffer direction) |
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Fleece |
Decieve |
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Telling |
Significant to another factor |
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Wax |
To increase (Thinking of a waxing and waning moon) |
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Check |
To limit |
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Kindered |
Related to |
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Acute |
Severe |
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Mitigate |
Lessen |
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Obsolete |
Out dated |