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39 Cards in this Set
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Sanguine |
Cheerful |
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Obdurate |
Unyielding to emotions |
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Pithy |
Concise and full in meaning |
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Ponderous |
Slowly heavily ..like frankenstein |
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Bloviate |
Talk on and on and on in a pompous way |
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Spasmodically |
Irregularly |
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Vocation |
Partical occupation for which you are trained for |
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Gambit |
Chess khelda suru ma police khuwaune move..sm risk u take for advantage later |
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Duress |
COMPULSORY force or threat |
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Cronies and chums |
Close friends/henchmen |
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Misanthropic |
Jerk |
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Recondite, esoteric |
Not known to many |
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Prosaic |
Dull, unoriginal |
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Cognizant of |
Have knowledge of |
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Exacerbate |
Make worse |
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Attenuate |
Weaken, make worse like waves attenuate through a distance |
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Spurious |
Plausible but false |
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Spurn |
To reject with contempt and disdain |
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Feckless |
Irresponsible and incompetent ...usually used in politics |
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Notwithstanding |
Despite |
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By no means |
Not at all |
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Apothegm |
A short pithy instructive saying |
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Marginalia |
Text written in the margin |
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Consign |
Transfer permanently to another |
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Blase |
Unconcerned |
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Cogent |
Persuasive and clear |
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Efficacy |
Adequacy, competence |
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Veritable |
True (at least it seems true) |
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Intrepid |
Brave fearless |
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Inimical |
Hostile (usually weather) |
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Avarice |
Excessive desire for gain |
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Judicious |
characterized by, or done with good judgment or sound thinking. |
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Cynical |
Skeptical |
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Prosaic, pedestrian |
Lacking imagination and originality |
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Clairvoyance |
To see into the future |
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Artifice and subterfuge |
Cunning plot to deceive |
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Provenance |
Source of origin..like the provenance of pottery shards |
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Supercilious |
Haughty and condescending |
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Divulge |
To make known |
