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77 Cards in this Set
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Abscond
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To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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Aberrant
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Deviating from the norm (aberration)
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Alacrity
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Eager and enthusiastic willingness
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Anomaly
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Deviating from the normal order, form, or rule; abnormality (anomalous)
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Approbation
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An expression of approval or praise
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Arduous
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Strenuous, taxing; requiring significant effort
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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 (audacity)
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Austere
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Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic (austerity)
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Axiomatic
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Taken as a given; possessing self-evident truth (axiom)
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Canonical
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Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards (canon)
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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 severly; to officially 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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Convoluted
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Complex or complicated
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Disabuse
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To undeceive; to set right
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Discordant
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Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
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Disparate
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Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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Effrontery
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Extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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Eloquent
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Well-spoken, expressive, articulate (eloquence)
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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 (equivocal)
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Erudite
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Very learned; scholarly (erudition)
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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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Extemporaneous
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Improvised; done without preparation
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Filibuster
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Intentional obstruction, esp. using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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Fulminate
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To loudly attack or denounce
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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 accepting 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 (laudatory)
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Lucid
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clear; easily understood
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Magnanimity
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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving (magnanimous)
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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 of or concerned with the ordinary
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Nascent
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coming into being; in the 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 unnecessary
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onerous
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troubling; burdensome
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paean
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a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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parody
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a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art
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perennial
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recurrent through the year and many years; happening repeatedly
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perfidy
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intentional breach of faith; treachery (perfidious)
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perfunctory
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cursory; done without care or interest
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (perspicacity)
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prattle
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to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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precipitate
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acting with excessive haste or impulse
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precipitate
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to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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predilection
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a disposition in favor of something; preference
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prescience
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foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring (prescient)
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prevaricate
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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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qualms
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misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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recant
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to retract, esp. a previously held belief
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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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reticent
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quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive; eager
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sordid
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characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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sporadic
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occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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squander
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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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static
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not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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stupefy
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to stun, baffle, or amaze
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stymie
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to block; thwart
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synthesis
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the combination of parts to make a whole (synthesize)
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torque
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a force that causes rotation
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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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veracity
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truthfulness, honesty
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virulent
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extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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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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