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15 Cards in this Set
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discursive
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passing aimlessly from one subject to another, rambling, digressive
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perfunctory
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hasty, superficial, performed merely as a routine duty
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innocuous
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harmless, not interesting, inoffensive
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disparage
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belittle, depreciate, to treat slightingly, to reduce in esteem or rank
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indigent
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needy, poor, impoverished, lacking necessities of life because of poverty
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labyrinthian
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complicated, tortuous, resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
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perfidious
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deliberately faithless, treacherous, deceitful
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culpable
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blameworthy
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ethereal
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refined, delicate, heavenly
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apex
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tip, summit, climax, peak
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eulogy
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high praise, a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing (especially in honor of a deceased person
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insatiable
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incapable of being satisfied or appeased
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prosaic
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commonplace, dull, matter-of-fact, unimaginative
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itinerant
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traveling from place to place (especially for duty or business)
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encomium
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a formal expression of high praise, eulogy
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