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20 Cards in this Set
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arrogate
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to claim or take without right
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articulate
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(v) to pronounce distinctly; to express well in words; to connect by a joint or joints; (adj) expressed clearly and forcefully; able to employ language clearly and forcefully; jointed
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avid
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desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
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(adj)
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carping
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(adj) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n) petty, nagging criticism
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credence
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belief, mental acceptance
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devious
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straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
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dissemble
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to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression
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emulate
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to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
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exhume
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to remove from a grave; to bring to light
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germane
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relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
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histrionic
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pertaining to actors and their techniques,; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic
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invidious
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offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment
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myopic
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nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
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propinquity
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nearness in time or place; kinship
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propriety
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(n) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
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substantiate
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to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to
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suppliant
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(adj)asking humbly and eanestly;
(n) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, a suitor |
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tenable
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capable of being held or defended
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unwonted
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not usual or expected; not in character
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verbiage
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language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression
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