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51 Cards in this Set
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Innocuous |
Harmless |
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Benign |
gentle, gracious, favourable |
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Caprice |
Unpredictable change |
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Trite |
Lack Freshness |
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Antedated |
preceded, predate (earlier date) |
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Taciturn |
Shy, hesitant to speak up |
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modicum |
a little amount of |
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demur |
object or disagree |
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schism |
disunion/break up |
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didactic |
too much/ too instructional/ boring |
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Syntactic |
logical, language related |
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sartorial |
related to clothes |
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frivolous |
not serious |
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panache |
grand/flamboyant |
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quixotic |
too extravagant / impractical |
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brandish |
waving (a flag or sword) |
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flout |
scorn, treat with disdain |
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attenuate |
weaken |
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posthumous |
continuing after death |
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innocuous |
harmless |
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synoptic |
taking a common view, summarize |
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abridged |
summarized (shorten but content remains intact) |
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luric |
shocking, gruesome |
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deferential |
respectful |
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intransigent |
uncompromising, firm |
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obsequious |
compliant, deferential |
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allegory |
representation |
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probity |
honesty |
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disapprobation |
disapproval |
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profligate |
shameless, immoral, rechlessly extravagant |
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fractiousness |
readily angered, unruly, disobedient |
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erroneous |
wrong
incorrect |
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antithetical |
opposite, contrast |
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suffrage |
right to vote |
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temperance |
self-restrain |
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inimical |
harmful |
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pellucidity |
clarity, clearness |
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populous |
populated |
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malignant
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harmful |
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virulence |
hostile |
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conspicuous |
easily seen |
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immure |
imprison |
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incessant |
unending |
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corroborate |
confirm |
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curtail |
cut short, abridge |
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fester |
causing irritation |
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indemnified |
compensate for damage |
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manacle |
restrain |
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subversion |
overthrowing |
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estrangement |
diversion from usual |
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accord |
agree |
