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73 Cards in this Set
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Acerbic
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Having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting
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Aggrandize
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To increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige
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Alchemy
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A medieval science aimed at the transmuation of metals, esp. base metals into gold
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Amenable
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Agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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Anachronism
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Someting or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
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Astringent
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Having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe
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Bombast
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Self-important or pompous writing or speech
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Contiguous
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Sharing a border; touching; adjacent
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Convention
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A generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
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Credulous
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Tending to believe too readily; gullible
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Cynicism
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An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
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Decorum
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Polite or appropirate conduct or behavior
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Derision
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Scorn; ridicule; contemptuous
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Desiccate
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To dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
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Dilettante
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One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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Disparage
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To slight or belittle
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Divulge
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To disclose something secret
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Fawn
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To flatter or praise excessively
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Flout
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To show contempt for, as in a rule or convention
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Garrulous
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Pointlessly talkative, talking too much
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Glib
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Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
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Hubris
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Overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance
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Imminent
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About to happen; impending
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Immutable
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Not capable of change
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Impetuous
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Hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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Indifferent
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Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
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Inimical
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Damaging; harmful; injurious
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Intractable
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Not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate
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Intrepid
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Steadfast and courageous
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Laconic
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Using few words; terse
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Maverick
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An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
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Mercurial
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Characterized by rapid and unpredicatable change in mood
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Mollify
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To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity
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Neophyte
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A recent convert; a beginner; novice
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Obfuscate
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To deliberately obscure; to make confusing
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Obstinate
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Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising
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Ostentatious
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Characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy
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Pervade
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To permeate throughout
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Phlegmatic
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Calm; sluggish; unemotional
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Plethora
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An overabundance; a surplus
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Pragmatic
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Practical rather than idealistic
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Presumptuous
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overstepping due bounds; takig liberties
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Pristine
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Pure; uncorrupted; clean
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Probity
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Adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
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Proclivity
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A natural predisposition or inclination
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Profligate
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Excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
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Propensity
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A natural inclination or tendency, penchant
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Prosaic
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Dull; lacking in spirit or imagination
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Pungent
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Characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste
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Quixotic
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Foolishlyimpractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
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Quotidian
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Occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
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Rarefy
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To make or become thin, less dense; to refine
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Recondite
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Hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
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Refulgent
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Radiant; shiny; brilliant
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Renege
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To fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
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Sedulous
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Diligent; persistent; hardworking
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Shard
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A piece of broken pottery or glass
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Soporific
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Causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
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Sparse
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Thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
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Spendthrift
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One who spends money wastefully
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Subtle
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Not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern
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Tacit
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Implied; not explicityly stated
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Terse
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Brief and concise in wording
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Tout
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To publicly praise or promote
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Trenchant
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Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
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Unfeigned
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Genuine; not false or hypocritical
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Untenable
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Indefensible; not viable; unihabitable
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Vacillate
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To waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; waver
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Variegated
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Multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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Vexation
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Annoyance; irritation
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Vigilant
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Alertly watchful
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Vituperate
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To use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; berate
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Volatile
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Readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
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