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120 Cards in this Set
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amenable
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adjective: obedient and responsive to authority
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anodized
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verb: to cover metal with an oxide
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arabesque
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noun: a complex pattern or design
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aver
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verb: to affirm or prove
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burgeon
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verb: to grow or blossom
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burnish
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noun: to make smooth and bright by polishing
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cadge
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verb: to beg
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capricious
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adjective: unpredictable and uncertain
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cavern
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noun: a cave
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centrifuge
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noun: a device used to simulate conditions in space
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churlish
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adjective: vulgar and ungracious
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coalesce
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verb: to come together as one
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cognizance
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noun: awareness
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cordon
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noun: a line of people or objects around a specific area
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covetous
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adjective: having a strong desire to own
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craven
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adjective: cowardly
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desiccate
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verb: to dry out
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diffidence
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noun: the state of being shy and untrusting
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diminutive
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adjective: extremely small
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discordant
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adjective: conflicting
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disingenuous
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adjective: insincere
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disinter
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verb: to exhume a grave
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disparate
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adjective: completely different
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dissemble
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verb: to hide or conceal using a false appearance
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dissipation
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noun: the act of breaking up and scattering
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distillate
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noun: a liquid produced by evaporation during distillation
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dubious
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adjective: doubtful
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effrontery
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adjective: offensively bold
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elegy
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adjective: a poem of mourning
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encomium
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noun: praise
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enervate
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verb: to remove courage or nerve
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engender
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noun: to create or procreate
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ennui
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noun: boredom
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enigmatic
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adjective: like a puzzle
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ephemeral
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adjective: very brief in duration, usually only one day
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epithet
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noun: a descriptive word or phrase
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excoriation
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noun: the act of chafing the skin
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exigent
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adjective: needing necessary, immediate action
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extrapolate
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verb: to use past knowledge to hypothesize or estimate
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extricable
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adjective: able to be freed from entanglement or trouble
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fatuous
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adjective: foolish
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feint
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noun: a false ploy meant to draw attention away from the real purpose
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floridness
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adjective: flushed
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flustered
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adjective: to be in a state of confusion or uncertainty
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foment
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verb: to excite
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fortuitous
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adjective: happening by chance
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garrulous
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adjective: extremely talkative
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glib
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adjective: done with ease
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gristle
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noun: tough cartilage in meat
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guile
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noun: deceit and treachery
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hackneyed
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adjective: predictable and overused
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hapless
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adjective: unlucky
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harbinger
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noun: something that foreshadows the future
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harrow
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noun: a farming tool verb: to bother or torment
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imperiousness
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noun: the condition of being overbearing
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imperturbability
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noun: self-assured calm and collectiveness
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impetuosity
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noun: the condition of being impulsive
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incongruous
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adjective: incompatible
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inimitable
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adjective: no capable of being copied or imitated; unique; MATCHLESS
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interpolate
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verb: to insert, as in text. Often implies corruption
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intransigence
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noun: the condition of being stubborn and uncompromising
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irascible
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adjective: easily angered
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laconic
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adjective: using few words; concise
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lambaste
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verb: to scold or beat
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limn
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verb: to describe, especially with an illustration
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mercenary
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noun: a hired killer
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mercurial
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adjective: relating to mercury OR quick tempered
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miscreant
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noun: a villain
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nadir
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noun: lowest point
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nib
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noun: the tip
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noisome
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adjective: offensive odor; toxic
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obdurate
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adjective: hardened emotionally
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obviate
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verb: to prevent through anticipation
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odium
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noun: the state of being strongly dislike or dishonored
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opprobrium
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noun: disgrace
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paean
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noun: a song of praise
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parse
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verb: to break a sentence into parts of speech
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parsimonious
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adjective: miserly and frugal
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pedantic
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adjective: having a obsessive focus on book-learning and small details
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perfidious
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adjective: relating to treachery
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pith
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noun: the center; the significant part of something
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platitudinous
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adjective: dull and unoriginal; clichéd
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prevarication
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noun: the act of avoiding the truth
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prodigal
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adjective: extremely wasteful
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prolixity
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noun: the state of being too wordy, as in writing
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pungency
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noun: quality of being sharp or biting, especially to the taste or smell
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quaff
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verb: to drink quickly
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quiescent
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adjective: quiet; at rest
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quixotic
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adjective: romantically unrealistic or impulsive
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quotidian
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adjective: common
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rancorous
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adjective: showing resentment
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raucous
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adjective: loud and harsh
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recondite
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adjective: ambiguous
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refractory
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adjective: difficult to work with; unmanageable
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reproach
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verb: to scold or shame
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resplendent
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adjective: beautiful and often shining brilliance
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salacious
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adjective: stimulating, sexy but trashy
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salutary
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adjective: promoting improvement
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sap
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noun: liquid from a tree noun: a covered trench dug for war
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sedulous
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adjective: diligent effort; constant pursuit
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sidereal
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adjective: concerning stars or constellations
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sinuous
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adjective: having curves
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sordid
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adjective: dirty
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stanch
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verb: to stop the flow of fluids
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stolid
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adjective: emotionless
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subsume
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verb: to classify in a more complete category
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supercilious
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adjective: proud, haughty
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supine
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adjective: lying on the back, face upward OR adjective: indifferent
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tangential
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adjective: barely touching
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tenuous
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adjective: slender
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timorous
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adjective: timid
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torpor
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noun: state of inactivity
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turpitude
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noun: corruption
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tyro
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noun: a novice
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univocal
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noun: a word with only one definition
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venal
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adjective: corruptible for a price; open to bribery
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volubility
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noun: the condition of using fluent speech
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waft
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verb: to float
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wheedle
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verb: to use flattery as a means of persuasion
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relegated
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verb: to demote or assign to an inferior position
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