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65 Cards in this Set
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ACUMEN
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QUICK, KEEN OR ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE OR INSIGHT
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ADULTERATE
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TO REDUCE PURITY BY COMBINING WITH INFERIOR INGREDIENTS
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ARCHAIC
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OUTDATED; ASSOCIATED WITH AND EARLIER, PERHAPS MORE PRIMITIVE TIME TO STATE AS A FACT; TO CONFIRM OR SUPPORT
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DISSEMBLE
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TO DISGUISE OR CONCEAL; TO MISLEAD
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ECCENTRIC
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DEPARTING FROM NORMS OR CONVENTIONS
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CELERITY
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SPEED, ALACRITY; To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of
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FATUOUS
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SILLY, INANELY (One that lacks sense or substance) FOOLISH
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SYCOPHANT
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TOADY, ONE WHO DOES DISTASTEFUL OR UNPRINCIPLED THINGS IN ORDER TO GAIN FAVOR, SERVILE, SELF-SEEKING FLATTERER, PARASITE
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GROUSE
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TO COMPLAIN OR GRUMBLE
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MINCE
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to soften, moderate, or weaken (one's words), esp. for the sake of decorum or courtesy; EUPHEMIZE(To express in delicate language)
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SAP
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A FOOL OR NITWIT (A STUPID OR SILLY PERSON; TO ENERVATE OR WEAKEN THE VITALITY OF
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EXCORIATE
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TO CENSURE SCATHINGLY (HARSH), TO UPBRAID (TO REBUKE SEVERELY OR BITTERLY
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PUISSANCE
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POWER, STRENGTH
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DIAPHANOUS
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TRANSPARENT, GAUZY
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RAIL
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TO COMPLAINABOUT BITTERLY
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FRACTIOUS
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QUARRELSOME, REBELLIUOS, UNRULY, REFRACTORY, IRRITABLE
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DESULTORY
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RANDOM; AIMLESS; MARKED BY A LACK OF PLAN OR PURPOSE
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SCURVY
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CONTEMPTIBLE (DESERVING OF CONTEMPT OR SCORN; WORTHLESS; DESPICABLE), DESPICABLE
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DESUETUDE
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DISUSE, the state of being no longer used or practiced
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MEET
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FITTING, PROPER
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CONTUMACIOUS
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INSOBURDINATE, REBELLIOUS; SCORN, ASPERSION
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PRIZE
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TO PRY (A TOOL FOR RAISING/MOVING SOMETHING BY LEVERAGE), TO PRESS/FORCE WITH A LEVER
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STENTORIAN
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EXTREMELY LOUD AND POWERFUL
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ENDEMIC
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CHARACTERISTIC OF OR OFTEN FOUND IN A PARTICLULAR LOCALITY, REGION OR PEOPLE
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EVANESCENT
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TENDING TO DISAPPEAR LIKE VAPOR; VANISHING
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EXACERBATE
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TO MAKE WORSE OR MORE SEVERE
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HACKNEYED
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RENDERING TRITE OR COMMONPLACE BY FREQUENT USAGE
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HEDONISM
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DEVOTION TO PLEASURABLE PURSUITS
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HEGEMONY
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THE CONSISTENT DOMINANCE OF ONE STATE OR IDEOLOGY OVER OTHERS
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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 OR PENALTY
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INCHOATE
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AN INITIAL STAGE; NOT FULLY FORMED
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INFELICITOUS
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UNFORTUNATE; INAPPROPRIATE
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INSIPID
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WITHOUT TASTE OR FLAVOR; LACKING IN SPIRIT; BLAND
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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; TO MODERATE
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OCCLUDE
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TO OBSTRUCT OR BLOCK
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PEDAGOGY
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THE PROFESSION OF TEACHING
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PENURY
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POVERTY; DESTITUTION
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PINE
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TO YEARN INTENSELY; TO LANGUISH; TO LOSE VIGOR
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PITCH
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THE 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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TO APPEASE; TO CALM BY MAKING CONCESSIONS (yield)-She was so persistent that I conceded at last
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PLATITUDE
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A SUPERFICIAL REMARK OFFERED AS MEANINGFUL
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PLUMMET
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TO PLUNGE OR DROP DOWN; something that weighs down or depresses
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PRODIGAL
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RECKLESSLY WASTEFUL; EXTRAVAGANT; PROFUSE; LAVISH
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PROFUSE
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GIVEN OR COMING FORTH ABUNDANTLY; EXTRAVAGANT
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PROLIFERATE
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TO GROW OR INCREASE SWIFTLY AND ABUNDANTLY
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QUERIES
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QUESTIONS, INQUIRES, DOUBTS IN THE MIND; RESERVATIONS
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QUERRULOUS
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PRONE TO COMPLAINING OR GRUMBLING; QUARRELSOME
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RECALCITRANT
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OBSTINATELY DEFIANT OF AUTHORITY; DIFFICULT TO MANAGE
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REPUDIATE
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TO REFUSETO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH; DISOWN
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RESCIND
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TO INVALIDATE; TO REPEAL; TO RETRACT
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SPECIOUS
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SEEMING TRUE BUT BEING FALLACIOUS; MISLEADINGLY ATTRACTIVE
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SPURIOUS
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LACKING AUTHENSITY OR VALIDITY; FALSE; COUNTERFEIT; FORGED
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SUCCINCT
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BRIEF; CONCISE
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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; OVERINDULGENCE
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TENACITY
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THE QUALITY OF ADHERENCE OR PERCISTENCE TO SOMETHING VALUED
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TENUOUS
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HAVING LITTLE SUBSTANCE OR STRENGTH; FLIMSY; WEAK
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TIRADE
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A LONG AND EXTREMELY CRITICAL SPEECH; A HARSH DENOUNCIATION
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TRANSIENT
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FLEETING; PASSING QUICKLY; BRIEF
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ZEALOUS
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FERVENT; ARDENT; IMPASSIONED
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