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20 Cards in this Set
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paraphrase
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to restate, to put what someone else has expressed into different words
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ostensible
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apparent or seeming to be true, professed or declared as true without being demonstrated or proved
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digress
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to wander, ramble, deviate, stray from the point
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uncanny
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eerie, strange, weird, mysterious
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candor
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frankness, openness, sincere expression
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morose
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gloomy, muddy, glum, grumpy, ill-tempered, depressed
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adept
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skilled, able
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saturated
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soaked, thoroughly wet, full of moisture
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pragmatic
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practical, having to do with actual practice
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congenial
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sympathetic, agreeable, compatible
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capricious
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unpredictable, tending to change abruptly for no apparent reason
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blatant
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noisy, disagreeably or offensively loud, boisterous, clamorous
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obligatory
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required, necessary, mandatory
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negligible
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unimportant, trifling, of little consequence
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adamant
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unyielding, immovable, inflexible, refusing to give in
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sporadic
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occasional, infrequent, irregular
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vanguard
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the forefront of an action or movement, leading position or person in a movement
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concur
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to agree, be in accord with, unite in opinion
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precociousness
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early development or maturity, especially in mental ability
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aloof
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apart, at a distance, removed, withdrawn, not wishing to speak or associate with others
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