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46 Cards in this Set
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Acumen
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keenness of judgement
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amoral
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without moral standards
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asperity
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harshness severity in temper
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belie
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to disprove or demonstrate to be false' to contradict appearances
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bulwark
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a strong defense
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cavil
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to find petty fault
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compatible
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agreeable consistent
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conruscant
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sparkling
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demarcate
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to establish the limits of
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diminution
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reduction or decrease dcue to outside influence
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dudgeon
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sullen resentment or anger
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emoluments
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payments
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evince
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to prove conclusively or demonstrate
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feral
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wild and uncontrolled
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gauche
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clumsy
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heresy
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unorthodox doctrine
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impinge
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to collide
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importune
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to plead with
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ineluctable
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unavoidable; impossible to overturn, inevitable
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infernal
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fiendish, devilish
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introspection
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self-examination
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inure
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harden, to become accustomed to
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lassitude
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sluggishness
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locution
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style of speaking
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mellifluous
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flowing sweetly and smoothly
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mnemonic
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meant to aid in memory (mnemonic devices aid in learning)
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myriad
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innumerable
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onerous
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burdensome, troublesome
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opus
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a major work of art, music, or literature
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penury
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extreme poverty
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phlegmatic
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sluggish, unemotional, stolid, stoic
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posit
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to stipulate
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posit
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to stipulate
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primordial
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original
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propound
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to offer (a theory) for reviewq or consideration; to present
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recondite
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difficult ot understand
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replete
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to fill abundantely
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ruminate
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to ponder or review mentally
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satorial
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pertaining to clothes
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sinecure
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position not requiring much work
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solipsism
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the practice of extreme self centeredness
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talisman
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a charm
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tome
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a thic, or heavy book
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tout
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to publicis eor to praise highly
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vagary
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whim; a capricious or eccentric idea or action
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waylay
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to wait in line for
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