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42 Cards in this Set
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Diffident
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Lacking self-confidence
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Assuage
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To make something unpleasant less severe
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Dissemble
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To present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or character
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Engender
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To produce, cause, or bring about
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Deride
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To speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
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Ardor
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Intense and passionate feeling
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Disparate
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Fundamentally different; entirely unlike
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Advocate
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To speak in favor of
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Exigent
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Urgent; requiring immediate action
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Erratic
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Wandering and unpredictable
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Deference
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Respect, courtesy
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Credulous
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Too trusting; gullible
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Caustic
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Biting in wit
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Ambiguous
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Doubtful or uncertain; able to be interpreted several ways
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Enigma
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A puzzle; a mystery
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Bolster
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To support; to prop up
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Dilettante
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Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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Fanatical
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Acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion
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Abscond
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To leave secretly
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Eclectic
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Selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
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Efficacy
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Effectiveness
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Amalgamate
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To combine; to mix together
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Apathy
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Lack of interest or emotion
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Desiccate
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To dry out thoroughly
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Ameliorate
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To make better; to improve
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Bombastic
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Pompous in speech or manner
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Enumerate
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To count, list, or itemize
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Banal
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Predictable, cliched, or boring
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Analogous
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Similar or alike in some way; equivalent to
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Ephemeral
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Lasting a short time
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Anachronism
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Something out of place in time
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Candid
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Impartial and honest in speech
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Dogmatic
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Dictatorial in one's opinions
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Abyss
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An extremely deep hole
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Arbitrate
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To judge a dispute between two opposing parties
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Dupe
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To deceive; a person who is easily deceived
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Castigate
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To punish or criticize harshly
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Archaic
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Ancient, old-fashioned
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Diatribe
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An abusive, condemnatory speech
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Abate
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To reduce in amount, degree, or severity
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Abstain
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To choose not to do something
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Articulate
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Able to speak clearly and expressively
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