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39 Cards in this Set
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Abominate
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to have an intense dislike or hatred for
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Acculturation
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the modifications of social patterns traits or structures of one gorupor society by contact with those of another; theresultant blend
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Adventitious
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resulting from chance rather than from and inherent cfause or character, accidental not essential
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Ascribe
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toassign or refer to as a cause or source attribute
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Circuitous
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Roundabout not direct
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Commiserate
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to sympathize with hve pity or sorrow for share a felling of distress
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Enjoin
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to direct or sorder to perscribe a course of action in an authoritative way to prohibit
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Expedite
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to make easy cause to progress faster
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Expiate
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to make amends to make up for to avert
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Ferment
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a state of great excitment
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Inadvertent
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resulting from or marked by lack of attention; unintentional accidental
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Nomial
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existing in mane only not real too small to be considerd or taken seriously
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Noncommittal
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not decisive or definite unwilling to take a clear position or to sya yes or no
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Peculate
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to steal someting that has been given into one's trust
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Proclivity
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a naturalor habitual inclination or tendency
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Sangfroid
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Composure or coolness especially i trying curcumstances
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Tenuous
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thin slender not dense lacking a sound basis poorly supported
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Vitriolic
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bitter sarcastic highlu caustic or biting
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Wheedle
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to use coaxing or flattery to gain some desired end
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Affable
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Courteous and pleasant sociable easy to speak to
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Aggrandize
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to increase with greatness power of wealth to build op or intensity to make appear greater
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Amorpous
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shapeless without definite form
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Aura
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that which surrounds (atmosphere) a distinctive air or personal quality
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Contraband
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illegal traffic smuggled goods
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Erudite
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scholarly learned bookish
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Gossamer
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thin light delicate insubstantial (n) thin light cloth
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Infer
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to find out by reasoningto arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought
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inscrutable
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incapable of being understood impossible to see through physically
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Insular
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relating to charactersitic of situated on an island narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
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Irrevocable
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incapable of being changed or called back
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Propensity
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a natural inclination or predilection toward
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Querulous
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peevish complaining threatfull
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remonstrate
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to argue or plead with someone against something protest against
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repudiate
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to disown refect or deny the validity of
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Resilient
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able to return to an original shape or form able to recover quickly
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Re-verberate
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to re-echo resound to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
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Scurrilous
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coursily abusive vulgar or low foul mouthed
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Sedulous
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persistant showing industry and determination
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Sleazy
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thin of flimsy in texture chap shoddy
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