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80 Cards in this Set
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prevaricate
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v. lie
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probity
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n. uprightness, incurruptibility
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propitiate
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v. appease. to propitiate the gods
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proscribe
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v. ostracize, banish, outlaw. to proscribe the criminals from town
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quibble
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n. minor objection or complaint
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quiescent
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at rest, dormant, temporarily inactive
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rareified
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made less dense (of a gas). mountain climbers have a hard time breathing in the rareified atmosphere
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recalcitrant
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obstinately stubborn, determined to resist authority
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recondite
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abstruse, profound, secret. you need lots of recondite material for a thesis
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refractory
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stubborn, unmanageable
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reprobate
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person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency
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reticent
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reserved, uncommunicative, inclined to silence
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salubrious
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healthful
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solicitous
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worried, concerned. you can be solicitous about a co-workers health
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soporific
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sleep-causing, marked by sleepiness
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specious
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seemingly reasonable but incorrect, misleading (often intentionally)
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stolid
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dull, impassive
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tacit
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understood, not put into words
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tangential
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peripheral, only slightly connected. you often make tangential remarks when trying to avoid a question
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tenuous
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thin, rare, slim
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torpor
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lethargy, sluggishness, dormancy
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truculence
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agressiveness, ferocity
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vacillate
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to waver, fluctuate
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vituperative
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abusive, scolding
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welter
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turmoil, bewildering jumble
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attenuate
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to make thinner; weaken or lessen (in density, force, degree)
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aver
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assert confidently or declare, state formally as a law
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belie
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contradict, give false impression
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burgeon
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grow forth, send out buds
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burnish
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make shiny by rubbing, polish
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cogent
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convincing
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compendium
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brief, comprehensive summary
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craven
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cowardly
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derivative
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unoriginal, obtained from another source
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desultory
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aimless, haphazard
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disabuse
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correct a false impression, undeceive
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dissemble
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disguise, pretend
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ebullient
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showing excitement, over flowing with enthusiasm
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efficacy
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power to produce desired effect
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effrontery
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impudence, shameless boldness, sheer nerve, presumptuousness
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equanimity
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calmness of temperment, composure
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esoteric
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hard to understand, known by only a chosen few
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exigency
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urgent situation, pressing needs or demands, state of requiring immediate attention
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fatuous
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brainless, inane, foolish, yet smug
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felicitous
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apt, suitably expressed, well-chosen
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flout
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reject, mock, show contempt for
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foment
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to stir up, instigate
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gainsay
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deny. you can be too honest to gainsay gossip
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garrulous
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wordy, talkative
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goad
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to urge on
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guileless
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without deceit
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harangue
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long, passionate and vehement speech
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iconoclastic
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attacking cherished traditions
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inchoate
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recently begun, rudimentary, elementary
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indigence
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poverty
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indolent
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lazy
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insipid
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lacking in flavor, dull
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intransigence
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refusal of any compromise, stubbornness
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inured
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accustomed, hardened
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invective
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abuse
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irascible
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irritable, easily angered
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irresolute
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uncertain how to act, weak
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laconic
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brief and to the point
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lassitude
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languor, weariness
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levity
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lack of seriousness or steadiness, frivolty
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malingerer
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one who feigns illness to escape duty
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mendacious
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lying, habitually dishonest
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obdurate
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stubborn
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obsequious
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slavishly attentive, servile
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obviate
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to make unnecessary, get rid of
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occlude
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shut, close
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officious
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meddlesome, excessively pushy in offering one's services
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onerous
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burdensome
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opprobrium
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infamy, villification
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paragon
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model of perfection
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paucity
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scarcity
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penury
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severe poverty, stinginess
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perfidious
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treacherous, disloyal
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perfunctory
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superficial, not thorough, lacking interest, care or enthusiasm
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phlegmatic
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calm, not easily disturbed
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