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20 Cards in this Set
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arrogate
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(v) to claim or take w/o right
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articulate
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(v) to pronouce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints (adj) expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ language clearly and forcefully; jointed
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avid
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(adj) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
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carping
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(adj) intending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty or hairsplitting way (n) petty, nagging, criticism
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credence
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(n) belief, mental acceptance
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devious
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(adj) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
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dissemble
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(v) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression
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emulate
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(v) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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exhume
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(v) to remove from a grave, to bring to light
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germane
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(adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
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histrionic
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(adj) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artifical; melodramatic
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invidious
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(adj) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
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myopic
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(adj) nearsighted, lacking a broad, realistic view of a situtaion; lacking foresight or discernment
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propinquity
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(n) nearness in place or time; kinship
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propriety
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(n) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
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substantiate
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(v) to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
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suppliant
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(adj) asking humbly and earnestly (n) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly. a petitioner, a suitor
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tenable
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(adj) capable of being held or defended
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unwonted
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(adj) not usual or expected; not in character
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verbiage
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(n) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression
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