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39 Cards in this Set
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acumen
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quick, keen
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adulterate
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reduce purity
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aver
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to state as fact
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dissemble
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to disguise or conceal, to mislead
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endemic
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characteristic of or often found in particular locality, region or people
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evanescent
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vanishing
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grandiloquence
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pompous speech or expression
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hackneyed
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rendered trite or commonplace
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hedonism
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devotion to pleasurable persuits
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iconoclast
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one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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impassive
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revealing no emotion
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impunity
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immunity from punishment
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inchoate
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in an initial stage, not fully formed
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infelicitous
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unfortunate
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inispid
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without taste or flavor
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loquacious
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extremely talkative
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misanthrope
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one who hates all other humans
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mitigate
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to make or become less severe or intense
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occlude
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to obstruct or block
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pedagogy
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art or profession of training, teaching or instructing
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penury
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poverty
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pith
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essential or central part
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pithy
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precise and brief
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placate
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appease
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platitude
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superficial remark
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prodigal
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recklessly wasteful
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queries
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questions
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querulous
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quarrelsome
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recalcitrant
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defiant of authority
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repudiate
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to disown
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specious
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seeming true but actually false
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subpoena
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court order requiring appearance
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spurious
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false
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succinct
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brief
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superfluous
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exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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surfeit
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excess
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tenuous
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flimsy, weak
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transient
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fleeting
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zealous
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frevant
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