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20 Cards in this Set
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acquisitive
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(adj) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
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animadversion
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(n) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
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banal
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(adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
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celerity
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(n) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
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congeal
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(v) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid
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decry
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(v) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate
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eschew
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(v) to avoid, shun, keep away from
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eulogy
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(n) a formal statement of commendation; high praise
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feckless
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(adj) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable
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halcyon
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(n) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
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intransigent
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(adj) refusing to compromise; irreconcilable
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maelstrom
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(n) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
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nefarious
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(adj) wicked, deprave, devoid of moral standards
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pejorative
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(adj) tending to make worse; expressing disaprroval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling
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piquant
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(adj) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative
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reconnaissance
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(n) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary expection or examination
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summarily
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(adv) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
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temporize
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(v) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
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undulate
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(v) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
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verdant
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(adj) green in tine or color; immature in experience or judgment
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