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53 Cards in this Set
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acumen
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quick or accurate knowledge
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dissemble
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to disguise or mislead
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evanescent
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vanishing
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exacerbate
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to make worse
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grandiloquence
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pompous speech
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iconoclast
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one who undermines tradition and convention
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impassive
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revealing no emotion
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impunity
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immunity from punishment
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inchoate
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not fully formed
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infelicitous
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unfortunate
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insipid
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bland
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mitigate
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to make less severe
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occlude
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to block
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pedagogy
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the art of teaching
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penury
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poverty
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pith
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the central part
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placate
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to calm or appease
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platitutde
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a superficial remark
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prodigal
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wasteful or extravagant
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recalcitrant
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difficult to manage
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repudiate
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to disown
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rescind
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to invalidate
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specious
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seeming true, but actually false; misleadingly attractive
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spurious
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false
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succinct
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brief
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surfeit
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excess
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tenacity
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pesistance to something valued
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tirade
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a long and harsh speech
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adulterate
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to reduce in purity by combining inferior parts
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archaic
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outdated; primitive
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aver
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to support/confirm
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eccentric
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departing from the norms/convention
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endemic
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characteristic of peoples/region/locality
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hackneyed
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made trite/commonplace from constant use
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hedonism
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devotion to pleasurable pursuits
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hegemony
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dominance of over a state/ideology of people
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loquacious
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extremely talkative
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luminous
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characterized by brightness/illumnation
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malevolent
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having/showing hatred
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misanthrope
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one who hates all other humans
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pine
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to yearn; to lose vigor
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pithy
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brief/concise
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plummet
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to plunge/fall straight down
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profuse
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extravagant; abundant
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proliferate
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to grow in abundance
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queries
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questions; inquiries; reservations
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querulous
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prone to complaining
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reverent
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awe inspiring
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subpoena
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court order requiring appearance/testimony
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superfluous
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exceeding what is necessary/sufficient
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tenuous
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flimsy; weak; lacking substance
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transient
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fleeting; brief; passing quickly
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zealous
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fervent; ardent; passionate
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