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48 Cards in this Set
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Abberant |
deviating from the norm |
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alacrity |
eager and enthusiastic willingness |
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anomaly |
deviation from the normal order,form,rule. abnormality |
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approbation |
an expression of approval or praise |
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assuage |
to ease or lessen;to appease or pacify |
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audacious |
daring or fearless; recklessly bold
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capricious |
inclined to change one's mind impulsively;erratic |
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censure |
to criticize severely |
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chicanery |
trickery or subterfuge |
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connoisseur |
an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert |
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discordant |
conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound |
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disparate |
fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
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eloquent |
well-spoken;expressive;articulate |
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ennui |
dissatisfaction or restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
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equivocate |
to use ambiguous language with deceptive intent |
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exculpate |
exonerate;to clear of blame |
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exigent |
urgent;pressing;requires immediate action |
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filibuster |
intentional onstruction |
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ingenuous |
artless;frank and candid;lacking in sophistication |
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inured |
accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
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irascible |
easily angered;prone to temperamental outbursts |
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laud |
to praise highly |
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magnanimity |
the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart |
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martial |
associated with war and the armed forces |
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mundane |
of the world;typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
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nascent |
coming into being; in early development stages |
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nebulous |
vague;cloudy;lacking clear defined form |
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neologism |
a new word,expression or usage;the creation or use of new words or senses |
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noxious |
harmful;injurious |
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obtuse |
lacking sharpness of intellect;not clear or precise in thought or expression |
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obviate |
to anticipate and make unnecessary |
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onerous |
troubling;burdonsome |
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parody |
a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect |
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perennial |
recurrent through the year or many years |
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perfunctory |
cursory;done without care or interest |
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prattle |
to babble meaninglessly;to talk in an empty and idle manner |
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prescience |
foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring |
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prevaricate |
to deliberately avoid the truth;to mislead |
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refute |
to disprove; to successfully aruge against |
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relegate |
to forcibly assign |
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solicitous |
concerned and attentive; eager |
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sporadic |
occurring only occasionally;or in scattered instances |
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static |
not moving,active or in motion;at rest |
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stupefy |
to stun,baffle or amaze |
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tortuous |
winding;twisting;excessively complicated |
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truculent |
fierce and cruel;eager to fight |
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vocarious |
having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit;ravenous |
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waver |
to move to and fro;to sway;to be unsettled in opinion |
