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76 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
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Alacrity
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Eager and enthusiastic willingness
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Anomaly
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Deviation from the normal order
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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
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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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Austere
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Without adornment; bare; severely simple; ascetic
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Axiomatic
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Taken as a given; posessing self-evident truth
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Canonical
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Following or in agreement with accepted
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Capricious
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Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic
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Censure
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To criticize severely; 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 and 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
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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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Erudite
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Very learned; scholarly
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Exculpate
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Exonerate; to clear of blame
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Exigent
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Urgent
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Extemporaneous
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Improvised; done without preparation
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Filibuster
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Intentional obstruction
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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
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Lucid
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Clear; easily understandable
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Magnanimity
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The quality of being generously noble in mind and heart
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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 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
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Noxious
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Harmful
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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
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Perennial
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Recurrent throughout the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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Perfidy
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Intentional breach of faith; treachery
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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
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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;To cause to 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 occuring
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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
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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
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Reticent
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Quiet
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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
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Sporadic
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Occuring only occasionally
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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
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Stupefy
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To stun
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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
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Torque
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A force that causes rotation
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Tortuous
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Winding
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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
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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
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