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20 Cards in this Set
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inexorable
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impossible to stop or prevent
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Cursory
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hasty;not detailed
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Cupidity
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greed for money or possession
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Loquacious
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talkative
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pervasive
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spreading widely though an area or a group of people
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Deprecate
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express disapproval of
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Assuage
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to make less intense
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Paucity
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the presence of something in small or insufficient quantity;scarcity
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Reticent
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not revealing one's thought or feelings
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Taciturn
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reserved in speech
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Surreptitious
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Kept secret because it would not be approved of
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Obsequious
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Obedient or attentive to an excess or servile degree
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Surfeit
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An excess amount of something
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Pernicious
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Having a harmful effect
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Rumination
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think deeply about something
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Succinct
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briefly and clearly expressed
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Blase
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unimpressed or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it before
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Esoteric
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Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge or interest
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Atrophy
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decline in effectiveness or vigor due to underuse or neglect
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supercilious
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haughtily disdainful or contemptuous as a person or facial expression; arrogant
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