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15 Cards in this Set
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incongruous
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not harmonious, inappropriate
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deride
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to tease, mock
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archaic
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ancient, old
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incontrovertible
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not open to question or dispute, indisputable
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ascetic
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a person who leads an austerely simple life, esp. one who abstains from the normal pleasures of life or denies himself or herself material satisfaction
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incorrigible
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bad beyond correction or reform, willful, unruly, uncontrollable
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assuage
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to make milder or less severe, relieve, ease, mitigate
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atrophy
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degeneration, decline, or decrease, as from disuse
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didactic
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teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson
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expedient
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a means to an end
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opaque
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not allowing light to pass through, dark, dull, obscure, hard to understand
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indolent
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slothful
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autonomous
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independent, self-governing, uncontrolled, free
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extricate
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disentangle, untangle, clear, extract, free, liberate, loose, remove, rescue
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ostentatious
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flamboyant, pretentious, elaborate, extravagant, flashy
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