Card A 451-475
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| n. enthusiastic and lengthy applause | ovation
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| n. a leader who obtains power by appealing to the emotions and passions of the people | demagogue
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| v. to stir up negative feelings, esp. those that lead to violent action | foment
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| v. to prod or urge, as if with a pointed stick; n. a long stick used to prod animals; something used to urge on | goad
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| v. to torment or tease by showing something desirable while keeping it out of reach | tantalize
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| adj. warm and friendly; hearty | cordial
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| v. add beauty; to decorate | adorn
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| n. a professional copyist of manuscripts and documents, esp. in ancient times | scribe
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| adj. not easy to please; very critical or discriminating | fastidious
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| v. to claim, esp. falsely | purport
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| v. to define the limits of | circumscribe
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| n. leaves | foliage
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| adj. too pleased with oneself; self-satisfied | complacent
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| n . the forms of behavior of polite society | etiquette
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| adj. gruesome; awful | morbid
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| v. to hold back | inhibit
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| adj. based on personal experience or feeling, not from external evidence | subjective
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| v. to happen subsequently | ensue
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| adj. extremely wicked; abominable | heinous
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| adj. sophisticated | urbane
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| v. to influence, esp. by persuasion; to bring about; to infer by inductive reasoning | induce
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| adj. easy and carefree in manner | debonair
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| n. the study of origins of words | etymology
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| adj. apparently indifferent to joy, grief, pleasure, or pain | stoic
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| n. an excessive amount | plethora
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