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36 Cards in this Set
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Aggregate |
Accumulate |
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alacrity |
Willingness/eagerness to do something |
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Buttress |
Support/make defensible |
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Cogent |
Convincing |
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Commensurate |
Proportionate |
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Dessicate |
State of extreme dryness |
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Desultory |
Lack of aim/purpose. ,Casual |
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Endemic |
Originating in an area |
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Enervate |
Sap energy from |
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Fledgling |
Beginner |
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Flout |
Refuse to comply, disregard |
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Impervious |
Impenetrable/unaffected |
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Implacable |
Cannot be made less angry |
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Loquacious |
Talkitive |
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Lucid |
Easily understood |
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Mollify |
Make less angry |
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Mitigate |
Make less severe |
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Ostentatious |
Showy/vulgar |
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Perfidious |
Treachery |
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Perfunctory |
Superficial,not thorough,lack of interest |
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Reproach |
Express disapproval |
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Reprobate |
An unprincipled person |
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Skeptic |
Doubter |
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Solicitous |
Worried |
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Truculence |
Aggression |
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Alleviate |
Relieve |
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Compendium |
Brief |
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Deterrent |
Hindrance |
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Engender |
Cause |
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Foment |
Create public stir up |
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Implicit |
Understood |
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Luminous |
Shining |
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Morose |
Melancholy |
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Permeable |
Allows to pass |
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Repudiate |
Reject |
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Soporific |
Sleep inducing |
