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48 Cards in this Set
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Aberrant
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deviating from the norm
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Alacrity
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eager and enthusastic willingness
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Anomaly
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deviation from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality
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Approbation
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an expression of approval or praise
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Assuage
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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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Audacious
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daring and fearless; recklessly bold
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Capricious
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inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable
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Censure
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to criticize severely; to offically rebuke
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Chicanery
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trickery or subterfuge
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Connoisseur
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an informed and astute judge in matters of taste; expert
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Disparate
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fundamentally distinct or dissimiliar
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Eloquent
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well-spoken; expressive; articulate
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Enervate
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to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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Ennui
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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Equivocate
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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Exculpate
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exonerate; to clear of blame
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Exigent
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urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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Filibuster
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intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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Ingenuous
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artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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Inured
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accustomed to accpeting something undesirable
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Irascible
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easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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Laud
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to praise highly
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Magnanimity
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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving
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Martial
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associated with war and the armed forces
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Mundane
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of the world; typical or concerned with the ordinary
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Nascent
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coming into being; in early developmental stages
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Nebulous
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vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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Neologism
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a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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Noxious
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harmful; injurious
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Obtuse
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lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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Obviate
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to anticipate and make unneccesary
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Onerous
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troubling; burdensome
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Parody
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a humorous imitation intended for riducle or comic effect, esp. in literature and art
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Perennial
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recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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Perfunctory
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cursory; done without care or interest
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Prattle
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to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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Prescience
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foreknowledge of events
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Prevariacate
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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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Refute
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to disprove; to successfully argue against
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Relegate
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to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
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Solicitous
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concerned and attentive; eager
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Sporadic
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occuring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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Static
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not moving; at rest
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Stupefy
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to stun, baffle, or amaze
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Tortuous
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winding; twisting; excessively complicated
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Truculent
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Voracious
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having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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Waver
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to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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