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25 Cards in this Set
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Abstruse
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hard to understand, esoteric
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Affable
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easy to apporach and talk to, friendly, sociable, amiable
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Audacity
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bold or daring, confident
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Contrite
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filled with guilt, remorse
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Credulous
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willing got believe or trust, trustworthy, gullible
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Depravity
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corrupt act or practice, lacking morality
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Deprecate
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to express disapproval, to protest against, belittle
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Didactic
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intended for instruction, inclined to teach
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Dormant
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asleep, inactive
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Enigmatic
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puzzling, mysterious, perplexing, hard to interpret
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erudite
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characterized by great knowledge, educated, scholarly
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exotic
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something that is foriegn, unique or strange
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Fuse
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blended together to form unity
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IMmutable
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unchangeable, not able to change
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Incorrigible
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one that cannot be reformed or corrected
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Loathe
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to feel disgust towards someone, to detest
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Mitigate
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to lessen in force or intensity, to make less severe, to alleviate
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Nullify
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to declare something void, to annul
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Pacifistic
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one who is opposing to war or violence of any kind
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Pretentious
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making an exaggerated outward show, ostentatious, or pompous
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prologue
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introductory speech or passage, opening words
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recant
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to withdraw, retract, to deny, to repudiate
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servile
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to be submissive, act like a servant, slavish
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trepidation
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trembling fear, shaking, fright, agitation
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vilify
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to speak ill of , disparage, to defame (stronger than deprecate)
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