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Fey

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otherworldly; magical; “touched”

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Flagellate

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to whip; or to punish as if by whipping

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Foment

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to stir up; to incite

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Forswear

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retract; renounce or recant

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Fusillade

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a rapid outburst; spray of gunfire

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Gainsay

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to deny; to speak or act against

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Gamin

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a street urchin; a slim girl with an impish charm

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Garrulous

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talkative

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Gerrymander

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to divide into election districts to gain political advantage

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Gestalt

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a structure; whose parts cannot stand alone

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Gesticulate

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to gesture; especially when speaking

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Gird

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to invest with authority; to brace

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Halitosis

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bad breath

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Hidebound

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excessively rigid; dry and stiff; inflexible

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Histrionic

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overly dramatic; theatrical; deliberately affected

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Hoary

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gray or white with age; ancient; stale

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Homeopathy

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a system of natural healing

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Husbandry

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the judicious used of resources; livestock farming

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Ignominious

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disgraceful and dishonorable

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Imbroglio

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a difficult and confused situation; a complicated disagreement

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Impecunious

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without money; penniless

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Impervious

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does not allow something to pass through; impenetrable

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Impugn

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to attack the integrity of something

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Implacable

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not capable of being appeased or mollified

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Inchoate

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just beginning; not organized or orderly; incomplete

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Iniquitous

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evil; unjust

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Insouciant

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nonchalant; lighthearted; unconcerned

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Interregnum

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the period between two successive governments;

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Intransigent

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uncompromising; stubborn

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Inveterate

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habitual; deeply rooted or established

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Irascible

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hot

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Itinerant

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moving from place to place

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Juggernaut

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a massive; unstoppable object

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Junta

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a small group that rules a country after a coup d’etat

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Largess

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a generous giving of gifts; philanthropy

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Lassitude

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a weariness; listlessness; a state of lethargy

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Leitmotif

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a dominant or recurring theme or emotion

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Levee

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an embankment designed to prevent a river from flooding

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Libation

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a pouring of a liquid for a religious ceremony; a drink

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Libidinous

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lustful; lascivious

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Lope

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to run at steady; easy pace

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Macerate

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to soften by soaking; to cause to waste away

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Machination

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scheming activity foe an evil purpose

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Malapropism

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the humorous misuse of a word that sound very much like the word intended

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Malfeasance

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an illegal act especially by a public official

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Martinet

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one who adheres strictly to rules

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Matriculate

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to enroll; most particularly in college

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Maudlin

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overly sentimental

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Mellifluous

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sweetly flowing

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Mendacious

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dishonest; deceitful

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Mercurial

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emotionally unpredictable; give to rapid changes in mood

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Miasma

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a poisonous swamp vapor; a harmful influence or atmosphere

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Milieu

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environment; surroundings

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Mirthful

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merry; gleeful

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Mordant

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bitingly sarcastic; incisive; caustic in manner

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Moribund

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being in a dying or decaying condition

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Muckrake

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to expose political misconduct

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Munificent

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generous

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Myopia

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nearsightedness; lacking foresight

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Nabob

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a wealthy; influential person

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Nascent

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coming into existence; being born

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Neophyte

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a beginner; a novice

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Nepotism

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showing favoritism to friends or family; as in granting positions in jobs or politics

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Niggardly

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stingy; small in a mean way

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Nihilism

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the belief that there are no values or morals in the universe;

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Nirvana

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a blissful; painless state;

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Noisome

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harmful; unwholesome; stinking; putrid

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Nonplus

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to bewilder; to puzzle

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Obdurate

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stubborn

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Obsequious

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fawning; subservient; servile

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Oeuvre

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a work of art; the sum of an artist’s work

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Officious

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unnecessarily helpful; meddlesome; interfering

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Omniscient

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all knowing; infinite awareness

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Omnivorous

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eating or absorbing everything; feeding on both animal and vegetable Substances

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Onerous

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burdensome; oppressive; troublesome

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Onus

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burden; blame; obligation

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Opprobrious

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damning; extremely critical; disgraceful

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Opus

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a creative work; musical composition

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Oscillate

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to swing back and forth

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Ossify

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to become rigid; to be come set in one’s ways

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Palliate

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to hide the seriousness of something with excuses or apologies;

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Pallid

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lacking color; wan

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Panacea

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a remedy that cures everything

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Panegyric

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lofty praise; eulogistic writing

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Paradigm

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a model or example

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Parsimonious

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stingy

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Patina

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surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation;

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Patois

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a language used by a particular population that differs from standard Speech

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Penultimate

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next to last

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Penury

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extreme poverty

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Peregrination

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an expedition; wandering

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Perfidious

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faithless; untrustworthy

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Perfunctory

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careless; unenthusiastic; done merely as duty

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Perorate

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to make a long; formal speech; to sum up a speech

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Perquisite

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a privilege or perk that goes along with a job

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Perspicacious

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shrewd; astute; showing strong powers of discernment

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Petulant

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cranky; ill tempered; irritable; peevish

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Phantasm

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an apparition; phantom

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Phlegmatic

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calm; indifferent; not easily aroused

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Piquant

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pungent; charmingly provocative

Kaplan 900 (10 decks)

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