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132 Cards in this Set
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(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute
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encomium
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(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
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coherent
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(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly
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carping
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(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from
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eschew
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(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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acquisitive
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(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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emulate
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(v.) to claim or take without right
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arrogate
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(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
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banal
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(n.) a strong denunciation; the act or state of stripping or wearing of the skin
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excoriation
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(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
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congeal
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(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism
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belabor
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(v.) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial for to
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substantiate
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(v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
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temporize
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(n.) generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions
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largesse
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(adj.) capable of being held or defended
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tenable
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(adj.) so great or demanding that it cannot be satisfied
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insatiable
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(n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
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reconnaissance
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(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos
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germane
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(v.) to divide and spread out like branches; to separate into divisions
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ramify
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(adj.) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
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intransigent
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(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
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taciturn
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(adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
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invidious
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(adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
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avid
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(n.) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj.) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
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halcyon
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(adj.) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course, roundabout; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
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devious
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(v.)to approach and speak to first
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accost
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(adj.) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n.) one who deliberately starts fires; one who causes strife
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incendiary
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(n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
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animadversion
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(n.) a solemn agreement
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covenant
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(n.) in chess, an opening move that involves the risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type
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gambit
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(adj.) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
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brakish
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(adj.) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic
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histrionic
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(n.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
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celerity
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(adj.) asking humble and earnestly; (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly
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suppliant
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(v.) to put forward, offer, suggest for consideration; to set forth
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propound
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(n.) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl.) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
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propriety
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(adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
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overt
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(v.) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
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undulate
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(n.) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
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sacrilege
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(n.) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers
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talisman
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(adj.) nearsighted; lacking abroad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernemtn
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myopic
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(adv.) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
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summarily
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(adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement
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prejorative
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(n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
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maelstrom
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(adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict
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destraught
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(n.) belief, mental acceptance
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credence
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(adj.) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak;irresponsible, unreliable
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feckless
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(v.)to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate
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decry
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(v.) to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints; (adj.) express clearly and forcefully; able to employ language clearly and forcefully; jointed
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articulate
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(adj. designed to belittle or degrade; disparaging
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derogatory
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(v.) to romp or prance around exuberantly
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cavort
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(v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression
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dissemble
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(n.) a formal statement of commendation; high praise
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eulogy
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(v.) To remove from a grave; to bring to light
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exhume
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(v.) to display clearly, to make evident; to provoke
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evince
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(adj.) green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgment
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verdant
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(n.) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression
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verbiage
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(adj.) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision
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murky
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(n.) nearness in place or time; kinship
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propinquity
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(adj.) hard to manage, stubborn, not responsive to discipline
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intractable
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(adj.) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealing provocative
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piquant
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(adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; inpractical
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utopian
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(adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards
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nefarious
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(adj.) having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity
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viscous
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(adj.) not usual or expected; not in character
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unwonted
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(adj.) developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic
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primordial
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(adj.) frenzied, frantic, highly agitated
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frenetic
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(n.) disorder, confusion; (v.) to throw into disorder
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disarray
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(n.) the wasting away of a body organ tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away
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atrophy
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(v.) to affirm earnestly and with emphasis
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asseverate
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(v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in the field by the reapers
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glean
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(adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection
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consummate
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(n.) type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble
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grouse
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(n.)a fortified place, stronghold
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bastion
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(n., often pl.) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
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exigency
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(n.) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
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flotsam
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(n. a state of agreement, harmony; a treaty
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concord
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(adj.) pleasing, tending to create a favorable impression
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prepossessing
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(adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
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recumbant
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(v.) to imprison, confine, jail
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incarcerate
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(adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd
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ludicrous
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(adj.)biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
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mordant
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(adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
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pusillanimous
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(n.) a prickly or stinging plant; (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severly
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nettle
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(n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
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stratagem
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(adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
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incumbent
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(adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
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pecuniary
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(adj.) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
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jocular
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(v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially
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delineate
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(v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere
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hallow
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(v.) to correct; to alter to serve a new or different purpose
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emend
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(n.) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion
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figment
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(n.) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness
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fiat
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(adj.)intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret
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esoteric
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(n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)
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acuity
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(v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use
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garner
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(adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
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fecund
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(v.) to weaken, lessen the mental, moral or physical vigor of, enfeeble, hamstring
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enervate
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(adj.) brought to a state of evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles
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depraved
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(adj.) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary
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mundane
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(n.) a strong attraction or inclination
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penchant
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(adj.) present or existing everywhere
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ubiquitous
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(adj.) according to reputation or general belief; having wide spread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged
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reputed
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(n.) a curse, expression of hatred and condemnation
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malediction
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(adj.) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate
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overweening
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(n.) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy
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sophistry
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(n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference
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nuance
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(adj.) costly, rich, magnificent
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sumptuous
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(n.) shame and disgrace
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ignominy
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(n.) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
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idiocracy
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(n.) involvement in wrongdoing; a state of being an accomplice
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complicity
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(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value
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inane
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(n.) one who believes that nothing is known about God; a skeptic (adj.) without faith, skeptical
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agnostic
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(n.) the act of accusing; a formal accusation
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indictment
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(n.) the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property that is above and beyond any mortgage or claim
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equity
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(adj.) degraded, wretched; base, contemptable; cringing, servile; complete and relieved
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abject
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(n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
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diatribe
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(adj.) stopping and beginning again, sporadic
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intermittent
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(n.) someone or something that abandoned or neglected; (adj.) left abandoned; neglectful of duty
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derelict
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(n.) a crude image of a despised person
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effigy
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(adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied
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indubitable
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(n.) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; (v.) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion
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travesty
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(n.) a watch kept over a person; careful, close and disciplined observation
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surveillance
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(adj.) superficially attractive in a showy, cheap or vulgar way; lacking sincerity; sham, spurious
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meretricious
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(n.) a new convert, beginner, novice
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neophyte
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(adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
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sylvan
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(adj.) open to discussion and debate; unresolved; (v.) to bring up for discussion (n.) a hypothetical law case argued by students
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moot
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(n.) keenness in observing and understanding
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perspicacity
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(adj.) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
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testy
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(adj.) complete in all aspscts or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
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plenary
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(n.) a principle idea or feature; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
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motif
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(adj.) having a highly favorable reputation, of high standing, commanding respect
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prestigious
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