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50 Cards in this Set
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Inscrutable |
Devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation |
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Coddle |
Cook in nearly boiling water |
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Pejorative |
Expressing disapproval |
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Milieu |
The environmental condition |
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Artisan |
A skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft |
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Divert |
Turn aside; turn away from |
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Inscrutable |
Of an obscure nature |
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Speckle |
A small contrasting part if something |
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Punctilious |
Marked by precise accordance with details |
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Verbosity |
An expressive style that uses excessive or empty words |
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Peerless |
Eminent beyond or above comparison |
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Cogitate |
Consider carefully and deeply |
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Fortitude |
Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity |
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Diurnal |
Having a daily cycle or occurring every day |
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Cogent |
Powerfully persuasive |
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Veracity |
Unwillingness to tell lies |
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Stagnant |
Not growing or changing;without force or vitality |
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Metaphorical |
Expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another |
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Purloin |
Make off with belongings of others |
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Innovate |
Bring something new to an environment |
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disseminate
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cause to become widely known
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Innocuous
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not inurious to physical or mental health
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prudent
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marked by sound judgement
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ascetic
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someone who practicies self denial as a spiritual discipline
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coercion
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using force to cause something to occur
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fortuitous
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occuring by happy chance
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meticulous
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marked by precise accordance with details
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puerile
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displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
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sporadic
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recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances
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assiduous
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marked by care and persistent effort
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fractious
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easily irritated or annoyed
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mettle
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the courage to carry on
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pellucid
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transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
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punctilious
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marked by precise accordance with details
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spurious
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plausible but false
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assuage
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provide physical relief, as from pain
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docile
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easily handled or managed
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fraudulent
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intended to decieve
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pensive
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deeply or seriously thoughtful
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vertigo
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a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
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astute
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marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
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collage
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a paste up of pieces to form an artistic image
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dogmatic
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pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritave
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frivolous
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not serious in content or attitude or behavior |
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mire
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a soft wet area of low lying land that sinks underfoot
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penury
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a state of extreme poverty or destitution
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pusillanimous
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lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution
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staid
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characterized by dignity and propriety
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vestigal
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not fully developed in mature animals
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insipid
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lacking interest or significance or impact
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