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32 Cards in this Set
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sedulous
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diligent, persevering
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sedulity
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diligence
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aver
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To affirm positively; declare; To justify or prove.
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fulminate
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to issue denunciations; to cause to explode; to issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation, condemnation, or the like.
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perspicacious
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having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning:
to exhibit perspicacious judgment |
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detraction
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disparaging or belittling the reputation or worth of a person, work, etc
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discursive
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rambling
passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive;. |
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contemn
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to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt
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contumacious
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willfully and obstinately disobedient
insubordinate |
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episodic
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loosely connected
occurring sporadically or incidentally. |
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descry
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1. to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy: The lookout descried land.
2. to discover; perceive; detect. |
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descant
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to comment at length
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doggerel
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(of verse)
a. comic or burlesque, and usually loose or irregular in measure. b. rude; crude; poor. |
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discomfit
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1. to confue and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question; to frustrate the plans of; thwart; foil; to defeat utterly; rout: The army was discomfited in every battle.
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phlegmatic
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1. not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
2. self-possessed, calm, or composed. |
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macerate
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to soften/separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.; to soften or decompose (food) to cause to grow thin. to waste away.
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militate
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to weigh heavily:
His prison record militated against him. |
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luculent
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easily understood
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nugatory
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inconsequential
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meretricious
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cheap,showy
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minatory
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threatening
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ossified
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conventional, tending to become more rigid
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jejune
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uninteresting
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officious
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objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
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mettlesome
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spirited; courageous.
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obloquoy
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sharp criticism
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maunder
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to digress
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involute
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complex
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nostrum
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quack medicine.
2. a scheme, theory, device, etc., esp. one to remedy social or political ills; panacea. |
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credulous
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gullible
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insouciant
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carefree
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implacable
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not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.
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