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60 Cards in this Set
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Abjure |
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure |
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Abstemious |
Sparingly used or consumed |
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Acrid |
Sharp, pungent smell or taste |
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Acuity |
Sharp mental or visual insight |
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Acumen |
Quickness or accuracy of judgment |
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Acumen |
Quickness or accuracy of judgment |
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Adamant |
Forceful, inflexible |
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Adroit |
Skillful |
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Adroit |
Skillful |
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Adulation |
Strong admiration |
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Adroit |
Skillful |
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Adulation |
Strong admiration |
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Auspicious |
Marked by success; prosperous |
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Adroit |
Skillful |
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Adulation |
Strong admiration |
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Auspicious |
Marked by success; prosperous |
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Bellicose |
Showing a ready disposition to fight |
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Adroit |
Skillful |
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Adulation |
Strong admiration |
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Auspicious |
Marked by success; prosperous |
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Bellicose |
Showing a ready disposition to fight |
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Boorish |
ill-mannered |
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Bourgeois |
Middle-class |
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Brevity |
Being brief |
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Brevity |
Being brief |
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Brusque |
Blunt or abrupt |
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Brevity |
Being brief |
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Brusque |
Blunt or abrupt |
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Churlish |
Rude; having a bad disposition |
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Brevity |
Being brief |
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Brusque |
Blunt or abrupt |
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Churlish |
Rude; having a bad disposition |
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Circumlocution |
The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language |
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Brevity |
Being brief |
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Brusque |
Blunt or abrupt |
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Churlish |
Rude; having a bad disposition |
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Circumlocution |
The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language |
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Debunk |
Expose a false claim or myth |
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Brevity |
Being brief |
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Brusque |
Blunt or abrupt |
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Churlish |
Rude; having a bad disposition |
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Circumlocution |
The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language |
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Debunk |
Expose a false claim or myth |
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Decorum |
Dignified behavior |
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Brevity |
Being brief |
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Brusque |
Blunt or abrupt |
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Churlish |
Rude; having a bad disposition |
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Circumlocution |
The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language |
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Debunk |
Expose a false claim or myth |
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Decorum |
Dignified behavior |
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Deleterious |
Having a harmful effect |
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Epiphany |
A sudden realization |
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Epiphany |
A sudden realization |
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Epitomized |
Typified or characterized |
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Esoteric |
Difficult to understand |
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Esoteric |
Difficult to understand |
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Espouse |
To promote or support |
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Esoteric |
Difficult to understand |
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Espouse |
To promote or support |
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Etymology |
The study of word origins |