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40 Cards in this Set
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Abstruse
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(adj) extremely difficult to understand
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Affront
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(n) An open or intentional insult; a slight (v) to insult to one’s face; to face in defiance, confront
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Canard
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(n) A false rumor, fabricated story
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Captious
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(adj) excessively ready to find fault; given to pretty criticism; intended to trap, confuse, or show up
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Cognizant
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(adj) aware, knowledge, informed; having jurisdiction
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Contrite
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(adj) regretful for some misdeed sin; plagued by a sense of guilt; thoroughly penitent
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Cynosure
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(n) The center of attraction, attention, or interest; something that serves to guide or direct
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Decorous
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(adj) well behaved, dignified, socially proper
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Deign
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(v) To think it appropriate or suitable one’s dignity to do something; to condescend
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Desiccated
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(adj, part.) Thoroughly dried out; divested of spirit or vitality; arid and uninteresting
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Efficacy
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(n) The power to produce a desired result
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Engender
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(v) to bring into existence, give ride to, produce; to come into existence, assume form
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Ethereal
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(adj) light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound)
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Façade
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(n) The front or face of a building; a surface appearance (as opposed to what may lie behind)
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Ghoulish
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(adj) Revolting in an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys
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Incongruous
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(adj) not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible
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machination
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(n) a crafty, scheming, or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end
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mesmerize
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(v) to hypnotize, entrance; to fascinate, enthrall, bewitch
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opprobrium
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(n) disgrace arising from shameful conduct; contempt, reproach
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putative
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(adj) generally regarded as such reputed; hypothesized, inferred
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beatific
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(adj) blissful; rendering or making blessed
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behemoth
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(n) a creature of enormous size, power, or appearance
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blandishment
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(n, often pl) anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk, apple-polishing
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cacophonous
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(adj) harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonant
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chicanery
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(n) trickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double-dealing
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consign
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(v) to give over to another’s care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for a special use
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coup
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(n) a highly successful stroke, masterstroke, tour de force, act, plan, or stratagem; a sudden takeover or power or leadership
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euphemism
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(n) a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one; a substitute
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febrile
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(adj) feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic
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gainsay
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(v) to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose
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imminent
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(adj) about to happen, threatening
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innate
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(adj) natural, inborn, inherent; built-in
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loath
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(adj) unwilling, reluctant, disinclined
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manifest
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(adj) clear, evident to the eyes or mind; (v) to show plainly, exhibit, evince; (n) a list of cargo and/or passengers
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minutiae
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(pl. n.) small or trivial details, trifling matters
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moratorium
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(n) a suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay
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nostrum
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(n) an alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness
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pariah
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(n) one who is rejected by a social group or organization
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visionary
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(adj) not practical, lacking in realism; having the nature of a fantasy or dream; (n) one given to far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight
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wizened
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(adj, part) dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as a result of aging)
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