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12 Cards in this Set
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vapid
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dull, lacking in taste or flavor
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sinecure
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a position that requires little or no work but still gives a payment
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anodyne
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agent that soothes and relieves pain
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impending
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close in time; about to occur
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equivocal
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the misleading use of a word with more than one meaning
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sordid
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morally degraded; unethical or dishonest
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incongruous
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not similar; not matching or fitting in
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odious
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causing dislike, displeasure
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archaic
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words or phrases that are old fashioned and no longer sound natural when used
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plausible
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seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable
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specious
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seemingly well-reasoned or factual, but actually insincere
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dessemble
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to disquise or conceal something
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