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100 Cards in this Set
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Devious (adj)
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1. Meant to Trick; not strait forward; shifty.
2. Departing from the correct or accepted way. 3. Departing from a strait or direct course. |
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Duplicity (noun)
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Deliberate deception in behavior or speech.
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Fictitious (adj)
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1. False or fake; adopted or assumed in order to deceive.
2. Imaginary; unreal; relating to fiction |
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Guile (noun)
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Sly intelligence; craftiness with the intention to deceive.
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gullible (adj)
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Easily deceived or fooled.
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Hypocritical (adj)
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Giving a false appearance; saying one thing but doing another.
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Masquerade (verb/noun)
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1. To disguise oneself; to put on a false or deceptive appearance.
2. A disguise or false appearance; a scheme or charade. |
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Overt (adj)
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Open and observable; not hidden or secret
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Reputable (adj)
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Having a good reputation; well thought of; honorable and trustworthy.
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Veracity (noun)
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Truthfulness or accuracy; conformity to fact or truth.
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Acme (noun)
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The highest point of achievement.
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Adept (adj)
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Very skillful.
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Aptitude (noun)
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1. Natural ability; talent.
2. Quickness in understanding; intelligence. |
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Astute (adj)
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Having shrewed judgment; observant, clever, and cunning.
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Finesse (verb/noun)
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1. To achieve a goal or handle a situation with subtle skill.
2. refinement, delicacy, and skill. 3. Subtle, skillful in handling a potentially difficult situation. |
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Painstaking (adj)
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Marked by or requiring great care; demanding extended or extreme effort, or diligence.
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Precocious (adj)
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Showing unusually early development or maturity.
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Prodigy (noun)
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A person, often young, with exceptional talents or powers.
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Resourceful (adj)
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Effective and imaginative in solving problems; practical
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Virtuoso (noun)
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A very skilled musician or other type of artist; An expert or master artist.
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Idiosyncrasy (noun)
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An unusual habit of one particular person.
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Innocuous (adj)
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Harmless; not likely to offend anyone.
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Obtrusive (adj)
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1. Unpleasantly noticeable; bold.
2. Thrusting out. |
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Orthodox (adj)
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1. Doing or believing what is commonly accepted or customary.
2. Following established faiths and beliefs. |
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Prevalent (adj)
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Widely or commonly existing or practiced.
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Prosaic (adj)
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dull; ordinary;lacking in imagination and spirit.
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Quaint (adj)
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Charmingly odd, especially in an old fashioned way.
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Rarity (noun)
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Something that is very infrequent or scarce.
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Singular (adj)
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1. Being one of a kind; unique.
2. Being beyond what is ordinary or usual; remarkable. |
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Trite (adj)
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overused and therefor lacking of interest.
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Appraisal (noun)
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Evaluation or estimation of worth.
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Base (adj)
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low or inferior in position or quality.
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Candid (adj)
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1. Frank; honest; expressing one's honest opinion.
2. Not posed or rehearsed. |
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Criterion (noun)
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A standard of judgment.
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Dexterity (noun)
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1. Skill and grace in physical movement.
2. Cleverness. |
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Legitimate (adj)
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1. Lawful; proper and acceptable.
2. Genuine. |
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Mediocre (adj)
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Moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary.
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Meritorious (adj)
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Worthy; deserving of praise.
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Truism (noun)
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A statement of self-evident truth; a saying that, while true, has been overused.
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Validate (verb)
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To establish or confirm the truth or legality of something.
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Circumlocution (noun)
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The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
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Cogent (adj)
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Logical and convincing; appealing to reason.
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Discourse (noun/verb)
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1. Formal speech or writing
2. To speak or write formally, and at length. |
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Falter (verb)
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1. To hesitate or stammer in speech.
2. To move or function in an unsteady way. |
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Literate (adj)
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1. Able to read and write; knowledgeable; educated; well expressed.
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Prattle (verb/noun)
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1. To talk foolishly; to chatter.
2. Foolish, annoying talk. |
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Raconteur (noun)
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A person who tells stories and relates incidents with skill and wit.
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Sophistry (noun)
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Clever arguments that are misleading or incorrect.
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Utterance (noun)
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Something that is said
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Verbose (adj)
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Using or containing to many words; excessively wordy.
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Aficionado (noun)
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An enthusiastic fan or admirer.
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Bravado (noun)
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False bravery; a boastful display of courage.
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Embargo (noun)
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A government order preventing trade with another country.
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Flotilla (noun)
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A small fleet of boats or ships.
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Hacienda (noun)
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A large estate or ranch; the main house of such a ranch.
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Incommunicado (Adj/Adverb)
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Without a way to communicate.
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Junta (noun)
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1. A group of military leaders who seize and hold power over a country.
2. A council or small governing body, especially in Central and South America. |
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Peccadillo (noun)
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A small fault; often habitual.
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Peon (noun)
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1. An unskilled laborer or farm worker.
2. A person low in hierarchy; a person of low status. |
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Renegade (noun/adj)
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1. An outlaw, rebel, deserter, or traitor.
2. Abandoning a cause, group or principle. |
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Appreciable (adj)
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Noticeable; able to be perceived or estimated.
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Breadth (noun)
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1. Width; distance from side to side.
2. A wide range. |
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Copious (adj)
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Plentiful; abundant.
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Gargantuan (adj)
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Gigantic; or immense size, volume or capacity.
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Innumerable (adj)
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Too many to count.
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Inordinate (adj)
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Exceeding reasonable limits.
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Negligible (adj)
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Not enough to be worth considering; insignificant.
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Paucity (noun)
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Smallness of number; fewness; scarcity.
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Pittance (noun)
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A very small amount; an inadequate wage.
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Proliferate (Verb)
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To multiply, increase or spread rapidly.
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Arbitrary (adj)
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Based on impulse or random chance, rather than on reason.
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Coincidental (adj)
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Happening or existing at the same time by accident.
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Contrive (verb)
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To cleverly plan, plot or design.
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Deliberation (noun)
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Slow, careful thought.
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Fortuitous (adj)
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Happening by lucky accident.
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Haphazard (adj)
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Without plan or order; chosen randomly.
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Premeditated (adj)
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Planned or arranged in advance.
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Prophetic (adj)
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Foreseeing or predicting the future.
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Spontaneity (noun)
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The quality of following personal impulse rather than outside influences or planning.
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Unwittingly (adverb)
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Unknowingly; without awareness.
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Assert (verb)
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To state or express firmly.
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Ferocity (noun)
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Fierceness.
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Flout (verb)
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To disobey openly; to defy.
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Foolhardy (adj)
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Unwisely bold; rash.
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Headstrong (adj)
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Determined to have one's own way; stubborn and often recklessly willful.
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Incisive (adj)
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Clear and sharp in analysis or expression.
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Outspoken (adj)
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1. Frank and unreserved in speech.
2. Spoken in a frank or unreserved way. |
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Undaunted (adj)
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Not discouraged by danger or difficulty.
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Vehement (adj)
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Showing intense emotion or passion; forceful.
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Vibrant (adj)
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1. Pulsing with energy; vigorous.
2. Having bright colors. |
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Disregard (verb/noun)
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1. To ignore; to pay no attention to.
2. Lack of proper attention or respect. |
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Enthrall (verb)
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To capture someone's attention; to charm; to fascinate.
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Heedless (adj)
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Not paying attention; thoughtless.
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Oblivious (adj)
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Lacking awareness.
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Preoccupy (verb)
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To hold attention completely.
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Rapt (adj)
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Deeply absorbed in something; engrossed.
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Receptive (adj)
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Ready or willing to accept something.
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Scrutinize (verb)
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To examine carefully; with close attention to detail.
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Tacit (adj)
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Not spoken; understood through actions or statements.
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Vigilant (adj)
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Watchful; on the alert.
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