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30 Cards in this Set
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Petulant |
Peevish, easily annoyed irritated, annoyed by truffles |
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Unctuous |
Trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, exceedingly smug |
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Prerogative |
A special quality showing excellence, a special right or privilege |
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Assuage |
To make easier or milder, relieve, to put an end to, appease, calm |
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Expotulate |
To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision |
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Approbation |
An expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise |
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Intrinsic |
Essential or inherent, belonging by its very nature |
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Ameliorate |
To improve or make better |
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Exhort |
To urge strongly or advise earnestly |
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Epitome |
An instance that represents a larger reality, a summary |
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Inadvertent |
Marked by a lack of attention, accidental |
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Expedite |
To cause to progress faster or make easier |
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Expiate |
To make up for, to avert |
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Circuitous |
Not direct |
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Adventitious |
Resulting from chance, accidental |
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Remonstrate |
To object to or argue and plead |
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Repudiate |
To disown or deny the validity of |
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Inscrutable |
Incapable of being understood |
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Propensity |
A natural inclination |
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Erudite |
Bookish, scholarly, well learned |
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Affable |
Easy to speak to |
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Amorphous |
Without unity or cohesion, not having shape or character |
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Sepulchral |
Gloomy, pertaining to a funeral |
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Soporific |
Tending to cause sleep |
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Caveat |
Warning to discourage behavior |
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Equitable |
Fair and just |
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Extricate |
To free from entanglements |
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Ennui |
Boredom |
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Vicarious |
One person taking the place of another |
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Anamalous |
Abnormal |
