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77 Cards in this Set
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Abscond |
To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide |
Clandestinely |
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Aberrant |
Deviating from the norm |
Sassy liberal |
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Alacrity |
Eager and enthusiastic willingness |
Anxiety |
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Anomaly |
Deviation from the normal order, form or rule; abnormality |
S.t.a.l.k.e.r. |
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Approbation |
An expression of approval or praise |
Teachers pet |
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Arduous |
Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort |
Onerous |
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Assuage |
To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify |
Ameliorate, Abate |
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Audacious |
Daring or fearless; recklessly bold |
Sky diver |
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Austere |
Without adornmen; bare; severely simple ascetric |
Bare |
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Axiomatic |
Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth |
Ancient, traditional |
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Canonical |
Following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards |
Bible |
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Capricious |
Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable |
Mom |
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Censure |
To criticize severly; to officially rebuke |
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Chicanery |
Trickery or subterfuge |
Deceit |
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Connoisseur |
An informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert |
Judge holms |
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Convoluted |
Complex or complicated |
Mud |
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Disabuse |
To undeceive; to set right |
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Discordant |
Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound |
Cacophony |
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Disparate |
Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
Distinct |
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Effrontery |
Extreme boldness; presumptuous |
Heroic |
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Eloquent |
Well spoken, expressive, articulate |
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Enervate |
To weaken; to reduce in vitality |
Medicine |
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Ennui |
Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
Idle hands |
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Equivocate |
To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent |
RCC Chancellor |
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Erudite |
Very learned; scholarly |
Book smart |
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Exculpate |
Exonerate; to clear of blame |
Pardon |
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Exigent |
Urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention |
ER |
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Extemporaneous |
Improvised; done without preparation |
I.E.D. |
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Filibuster |
Intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speechmaking to dely legislative action |
Ran paul |
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Fulminate |
To loudly attack or denounce |
Talk **** |
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Ingenuous |
Artless; frank and candid; lacking sophistication |
Straight talk |
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Inured |
Accustomed to accepting something undesirable |
Low self-esteem |
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Irascible |
Easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts |
Anger |
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Laud |
To praise highly |
Paise |
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Lucid |
Clear; easily understood |
Clear talk |
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Magnanimity |
The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, especially in forgiving |
Noble |
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Martial |
Associated with war and armed forces |
Matial law |
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Mundane |
Of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
Simple |
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Nascent |
Coming into being; early development stages |
Fetus |
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Nebulous |
Vauge; cloudy; lacking clear defined judgment |
Nebula mind |
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Neologism |
A new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses |
Bling |
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Noxious |
Harmful, injurious |
Ow |
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Obtuse |
Lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression |
Inarticulate |
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Obviate |
To anticipate and make unnecessary |
Patrick |
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Onerous |
Troublesome, burdensome |
Stress |
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Paean |
A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving |
Baby Jesus |
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Parody |
A humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art |
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Perennial |
Recurrent throughout the year or many years; happining repeatedly |
Kali yuga |
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Perfidy |
Intentional breach of faith; trechery |
Whore |
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Perfunctory |
done without care or interest; cursory |
Aaron |
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Perspicacious |
Acutely perceptive; having keen discernment |
Perceptive |
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Prattle |
To babel meaninglessly; to talk an in empty idle manner |
Tower Babel |
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Precipitate (verb) |
To cause or happen before anticipated or required |
Premature |
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Predilection |
A disposition in favor of something; preferences |
Preference |
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Prescience |
Foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring |
Nostra domas |
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Prevaricate |
To deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead |
Equivocate |
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Precipitate (adj) |
Acting with excessive haste or impulse |
Haste |
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Qualms |
Misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy |
Problems |
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Recant |
To retract, especially a previous held belief |
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Refute |
To disapprove; to successfully argue against |
Argue |
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Relegate |
To forcibly assign especially to a lower place or position |
Demoted |
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Reticent |
Quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings |
Reserved |
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Solicitous |
Concerned and attentive; eager |
Attentive |
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Sordid |
Characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul |
Degenerate |
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Sporadic |
Occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances |
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Squander |
To waste by spending or using irresponsibly |
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Static |
Not moving, active, or in motion; at rest |
At rest |
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Stupefy |
To stun, baffle, or amaze |
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Stymie |
To block; to thwart |
Immobile |
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Torque |
A force that causes rotation |
Engine |
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Tortuous |
Winding, twisting; excessively complicated |
Tornado |
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Truculent |
Fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
Mma fighter |
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Veracity |
Truthfulness, honesty |
Truthfulness |
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Virulent |
Extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic |
Snake |
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Voracious |
Having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous |
Cross fit |
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Waiver |
To move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion |
Unsteady |
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Synthesis |
The combination of parts to make a whole |
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