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29 Cards in this Set
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cacaphony
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harsh, jarring sound
-discord; clamor; din |
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capricious
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changing one's mind quickly and often; fickle
-whimsical; mercurial |
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candid
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straightforward; sincere; undisguised
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castigate
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to punish or criticize harshly
-chide; upbraid; tax; reproach; reprove |
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catalyst
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something that brings about a change in something else
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chaos
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great disorder or confused situation
-snarl; jumble; muddle; disarray |
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caustic
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biting in wit
-acerbic; mordant; trenchant |
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chicanery
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deception by means of craft or guile
-artifice; sophistry; subterfuge |
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chauvinist
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biased; colored; partisan; tendentious; prepossessed
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coalesce
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to grow together to form a single whole
-amalgamate; consolidate; fuse |
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circumspect
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cautious, aware of potential consequences
-heedful; prudent; solicitous; wary |
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condone
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to overlook, pardon or disregard
-exculpate; remit |
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cogent
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convincing and well-reasoned
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convoluted
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intricate and complicated
-byzantine; labyrinthine; perplexing; tangled |
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connoisseur
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expert; epicure; gastronome; gourmet
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credulous
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too trusting; gullible
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corroborate
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supporting evidence
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coagulate
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thicken; congeal
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coda
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something that summarizes or concludes
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commensurate
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proportional
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compendium
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brief, comprehensive summary
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complaisant
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overly polite; willing to please
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conciliatory
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overcoming distrust or hostility
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confound
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to baffle; perplex; mix up
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contend
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to assert
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contentious
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quarrelsome
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conundrum
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riddle; puzzle with no solution
-enigma |
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craven
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cowardly
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crescendo
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steadily increasing in volume or force
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