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141 Cards in this Set
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cogent
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reasonable, convincing
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eloquence
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ability to speak vividly or persuasively
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lucid
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easily understood; clear
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arbiter
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a judge who decides a disputed issue
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exculpate
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to free from guilt
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incontrovertible
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not able to be denied or disputed
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integrity
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trustworthiness; completeness
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penitent
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expressing remorse for one's misdeeds
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substantiated
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supported with proof or evidence; verified
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vindicated
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freed from blame
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condescending
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treating people as inferior or weak
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contemptuous
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feeling hatred; scornful
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despotic
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exercising absolute power; tyrannical
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disdain
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contempt; scorn
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haughty
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arrogant; vainly proud
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imperious
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arrogantly domineering
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inherent
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built-in
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innate
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possessed from birth
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inveterate
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long established
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elusive
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difficult to capture
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transient
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passing away with time
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transitory
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short lived or temporary
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affable
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easy-going
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amenable
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agreeable
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camaraderie
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good will between friends
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cordial
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friendly; sincere
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facetious
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playfully humorous
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impinge
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hinder
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truncated
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shorten; cut off
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dilettante
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amateurish understanding
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eclectic
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made of variety of sources or styles
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convoluted
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intricate; complex
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quandary
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state of perplexity
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indolent
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lazy
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insipid
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uninteresting
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listless
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lacking energy
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torpor
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laziness
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disparity
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inequality in age, rank, or degree; different
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embellish
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to decorate
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opulent
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exhibit great wealth
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ostentatious
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describing a showy or pretentious display
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poignant
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profoundly moving; touching
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ebullience
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intense enthusiasm
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effusive
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emotionally unrestrained
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egregious
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conspicuously bad or offensive
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flagrant
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extremely shocking or noticeable
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frenetic
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wildly excited
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superfluous
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extra; unnecessary
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alleviate
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to ease pain
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auspicious
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favorable
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virtuoso
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a tremendously skilled artist
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equanimity
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even-tempered; composure
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propriety
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appropriateness of behavior
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prudent
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exercising good judgment or common sense
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staid
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unemotional
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stoic
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indifferent to pleasure or pain
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disparage
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to belittle
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pejorative
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describing words/phrases that belittle someone
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vilify
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to make vicious statement about
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brusque
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rudely abrupt
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caustic
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bitingly sarcastic or witty
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fractious
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quarrelsome
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incorrigible
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unable to be reformed
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ingrate
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an ungrateful person
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pugnacious
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combative
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reprehensible
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worth of blame
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deleterious
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injurious
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enmity
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mutual hatred or ill-will
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heinous
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hatefully evil; abominable
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malfeasance
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wrongdoing; misconduct
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malice
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extreme ill-will or spite
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rancorous
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hateful
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incumbent
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imposed as a duty
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malleable
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easily shaped or formed
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subdue
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to restrain; hold back
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intrepid
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courageous; fearless
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maverick
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one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
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obdurate
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stubborn
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obstinate
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stubbornly adhering to an opinion or action
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tenacity
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persistence
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conception
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the ability to form or understand an idea
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dogmatic
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stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
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exemplary
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commendable; worthy of imitation
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idealize
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to consider perfect
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laudatory
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giving praise
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paramount
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of chief concern or importance
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venerated
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highly respected
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fastidious
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difficult to please
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meticulous
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extremely careful and precise
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pragmatic
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practical
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solvent
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able to pay one's debt
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anachronism
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something out of place in time or sequence
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anthropomorphism
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attribution of human like characteristics to inanimate things
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apposition
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grammar construction in which a noun is placed with another as an explanation
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archetype
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a perfect example; an original pattern or model
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chiasmus
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inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
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lexicon
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dictionary
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metonymy
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figurative language in which one term is replaced by another of close association
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paradigm
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example or model
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benevolent
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generous
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benign
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kind and gentle
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mollify
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calm or soothe
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reclamation
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make something useful again
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slander
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false accusations about someone
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spurious
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not genuine
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astute
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clever
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clandestine
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secretive
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coup
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brilliantly executed plan
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disingenuous
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not straightforward; crafty
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ruse
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crafty trick
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stratagem
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clever trick use to deceive or outwit
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surreptitiously
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done by secretive means
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wily
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cunning
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ambivalent
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simultaneously having opposing feelings
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apathetic
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little emotion
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arbitrary
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determined by impulse than reason
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capricious
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impulsive and unpredictable
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equivocate
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avoid making definite statement
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inconsequential
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unimportant
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superficial
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shallow
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tenuous
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shaky; weak; unsure
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hackneyed
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worn through overuse; trite
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austere
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without decoration
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mundane
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commonplace
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ponderous
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extremely dull
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prosaic
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unimaginative; dull
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sedentary
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settled
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harbinger
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something that indicates what is to come
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premonition
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a feeling of the future
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timorous
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timid
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trepidation
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uncertainty
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nascent
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emerging
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candor
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sincerity; openness
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acrid
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describing dry, rainless climate; arid
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conflagration
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widespread fire
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sonorous
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producing a deep or full sound
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copious
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plentiful
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permeated
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spread or flow throughout
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pervasive
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dispersed throughout
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prodigious
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enormous
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replete
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filled to capacity
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