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47 Cards in this Set
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levee
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embankment to prevent flooding; pier; reception
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levity
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lack seriousness, frivolous
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lexicographer
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editor of dictionary
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pecuniary
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involvin money
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libertine
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person unrestrained by convention or morality
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dissolute
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unrestrained by convention or morality
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libretto
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words to opera
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licentious
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lacking legal or moral restraints
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profligate
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n. a recklessly extravagent consumer
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lien
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legal claim until debt is repaid
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liken
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compare
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limn
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depict, delineate, outline
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limpid
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transparancy, pellucid
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lissome
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lithe, supple(flexible, bengin freely)
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list
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tilt
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lode
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ore deposit
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lofty
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imposing height; elevated status; superior
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loll
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act lazily, indolent manner
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loutish
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boorish, churlish, cloddish; clumsy, uncouth, aggressive man
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lucubration
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laborious studies
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lucrative
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profitable
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lugubrious
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mournful
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lull
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cause sleep; soothe
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lumber
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move ponderously (slow and laborious)
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lumen
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unit of luminous
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luminary
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person who inspires, influences
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lurch
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move unsteadily, stagger; be vulnerable position
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appropriation
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money set aside by legis for specific purpose; incorporation by uniting or joining
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purloin
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steal, pilfer
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ascetic
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rigorous self-discipline by practicing self-denial
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teetotaler
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complete abstainer
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macabre
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grisly
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macerate
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soak, soften by soaking and disintigrate,
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maculate
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mac = mark
blotched, impure |
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maelstrom
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turbulent, whirlpool
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malady
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illness
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malign
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badmouth; evil
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malinger
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to pretend illness to avoid duty/work
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mangle
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mutilate; make incoherent
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mangy
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many wore, threadbare spots (as in carpet)
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manifest
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document of contents of cargo; clearly revealed
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mannered
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unnatural
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manumit
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release from slavery
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martial
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of/relating to war
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mastigate
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chew
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matriculate
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enrol
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maudlin
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weakly and effusively sentimental
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