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30 Cards in this Set
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content
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claim; thesis
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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contrite
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penitent
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conundrum
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riddle; difficult problem
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craven
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cowardly
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daunt
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intimidate; frigthen
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default
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failure to act
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delineate
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portray; depict; sketch
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denigrate
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blacken
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deterrent
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something that discourages; hinderance
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dichotomy
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split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)
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diffuse
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wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
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discordand
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not harmonious; conflicting
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disingenuous
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lacking genuine candor; insincere
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disinterested
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unprejudiced
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disparage
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belittle
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dissolution
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disintegration; looseness in morals
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distend
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expand; swell out
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divest
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strip; deprive
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ebullient
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showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm
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effrontery
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impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness
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elicit
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draw out by discussion
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endemic
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prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
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equanimity
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calmness of temperament; composure
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equivocate
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lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
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extrapolation
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projection; conjecture
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facetious
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joking (often inappropriately); humorous
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fallacious
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false; misleading
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fatuous
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brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug
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felicitous
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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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