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40 Cards in this Set
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adumbrate |
vague/foreshadow/ to obscure |
shadow |
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arcane |
a secret |
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covert |
hidden |
covert operation |
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educe |
deduce, draw out or reveal |
deduce |
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fathom |
understand |
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impenetrable |
impossible to understand, break, or pierce |
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impervious |
incapabkle of being harmed or affected |
Professor Umbridge is impervious to logic or decency. |
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limpid |
understood/undisturbed |
limpid water |
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manifest |
apparent/obvious reveal passenger of transport |
evident reveal orient express |
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nebulous |
vague/hazy |
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adjunct |
together/connected (to) |
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amalgamate |
to combine or integrate |
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compatriot |
a man born of his country a cohort, companion or coworker |
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conclave |
a meeting |
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contiguous |
continuous |
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diffuse |
to put out, spread, or lessen |
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diverge |
split, seperate, differ |
"diverged in the wood" divergent |
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parity |
equal/equality |
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synergy |
interaction for bigger outcome |
"the sum of our equal parts" |
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transcend |
surpass/exist independently |
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axiomatic |
self-evident |
we hold these truths to be axiomatic |
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definitive |
precisely described authoritative (verifiable) complete/conclusion |
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dialectic |
coming to a truth via argument |
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empirical |
relying on or derived from observation or experiment |
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presuppose |
estimate require or involve necessarily as pre-existing condition |
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rationalise |
self-satisfying but incorrect reasons for behaivour to make rational |
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rebuttal |
refute |
farmer (rebuttal) |
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repudiate |
reject the information |
repudiate a claim or accusation |
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tenuous |
flimsy |
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verifiable |
ability to be proven true |
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bedlam |
noise/chaotic uproar |
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bowdlerise |
modify/simplify to censor |
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chauvinism |
a prejudiced belief of a groups superiority glorification of ones country |
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draconion |
harsh or severe |
Draco Malfoy |
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martinet |
rigid military commander a stickler for rules |
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maudlin |
overly emotional |
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mesmerise |
to captivate, enthrall or hypnotise |
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silhouette |
a dark outline of something to outline |
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stentorian |
extremely loud |
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titanic |
enormous size, strength or influence |
take a ******* guess |
