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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
just beginning; not organized or orderly; incomplete
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Iniquitous
evil; unjust
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Insouciant
nonchalant; lighthearted; unconcerned
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Interregnum
the period between two successive governments;
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Intransigent
uncompromising; stubborn
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Inveterate
habitual; deeply rooted or established
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Irascible
hot
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Itinerant
moving from place to place
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Juggernaut
a massive; unstoppable object
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Junta
a small group that rules a country after a coup d’etat
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Largess
a generous giving of gifts; philanthropy
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Lassitude
a weariness; listlessness; a state of lethargy
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Leitmotif
a dominant or recurring theme or emotion
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Levee
an embankment designed to prevent a river from flooding
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Libation
a pouring of a liquid for a religious ceremony; a drink
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Libidinous
lustful; lascivious
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Lope
to run at steady; easy pace
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Macerate
to soften by soaking; to cause to waste away
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Machination
scheming activity foe an evil purpose
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Malapropism
the humorous misuse of a word that sound very much like the word intended
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Malfeasance
an illegal act especially by a public official
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Martinet
one who adheres strictly to rules
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Matriculate
to enroll; most particularly in college
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Maudlin
overly sentimental
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Mellifluous
sweetly flowing
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Mendacious
dishonest; deceitful
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Mercurial
emotionally unpredictable; give to rapid changes in mood
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Miasma
a poisonous swamp vapor; a harmful influence or atmosphere
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Milieu
environment; surroundings
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Mirthful
merry; gleeful
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Mordant
bitingly sarcastic; incisive; caustic in manner
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Moribund
being in a dying or decaying condition
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Muckrake
to expose political misconduct
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Munificent
generous
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Myopia
nearsightedness; lacking foresight
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Nabob
a wealthy; influential person
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Nascent
coming into existence; being born
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Neophyte
a beginner; a novice
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Nepotism
showing favoritism to friends or family; as in granting positions in jobs or politics
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Niggardly
stingy; small in a mean way
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Nihilism
the belief that there are no values or morals in the universe;
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Nirvana
a blissful; painless state;
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Noisome
harmful; unwholesome; stinking; putrid
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Nonplus
to bewilder; to puzzle
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Obdurate
stubborn
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Obsequious
fawning; subservient; servile
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Oeuvre
a work of art; the sum of an artist’s work
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Officious
unnecessarily helpful; meddlesome; interfering
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Omniscient
all knowing; infinite awareness
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Omnivorous
eating or absorbing everything; feeding on both animal and vegetable Substances
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Onerous
burdensome; oppressive; troublesome
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Onus
burden; blame; obligation
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Opprobrious
damning; extremely critical; disgraceful
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Opus
a creative work; musical composition
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Oscillate
to swing back and forth
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Ossify
to become rigid; to be come set in one’s ways
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Palliate
to hide the seriousness of something with excuses or apologies;
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Pallid
lacking color; wan
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Panacea
a remedy that cures everything
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Panegyric
lofty praise; eulogistic writing
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Paradigm
a model or example
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Parsimonious
stingy
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Patina
surface discoloration caused by age and oxidation;
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Patois
a language used by a particular population that differs from standard Speech
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Penultimate
next to last
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Penury
extreme poverty
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Peregrination
an expedition; wandering
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Perfidious
faithless; untrustworthy
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Perfunctory
careless; unenthusiastic; done merely as duty
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Perorate
to make a long; formal speech; to sum up a speech
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Perquisite
a privilege or perk that goes along with a job
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Perspicacious
shrewd; astute; showing strong powers of discernment
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Petulant
cranky; ill tempered; irritable; peevish
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Phantasm
an apparition; phantom
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Phlegmatic
calm; indifferent; not easily aroused
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Piquant
pungent; charmingly provocative

Kaplan 900 (10 decks)

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