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45 Cards in this Set
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Capricious |
(adj) changing often and quickly; fickle |
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Castigation |
(n) punishment; chastisement; criticism |
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Catalyst |
(n) something causing change Something that precipitates an event |
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Caustic |
(adj) sarcastically biting; burning |
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Chicanery |
(n) trickery; fraud |
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Cogent |
(Adj) convincing |
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Commensurate |
(adj) proportional |
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Compendium |
(n) brief; comprehensive summary |
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Complaisant |
(adj) trying to please; overly polite; obliging |
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Compliant |
(adj) yielding (do what others want); conforming to requirements |
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Conciliatory |
(adj) reconciling; soothing |
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Condone |
(v) forgive; overlook; excuse |
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Confound |
(v) confuse; puzzle |
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Connoisseur |
(n) person competent to act as a judge of art, etc; a lover of an art |
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Contention |
(N) claim; thesis Contend is the verb |
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Contentious |
(adj) quarrelsome |
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Contrite |
(adj) very sorrowful for a wrong |
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Converge |
(v) approach; tend to meet; come together |
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Convoluted |
(adj) intricate; complicated; involved |
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Craven |
(adj) cowardly |
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Daunt |
(v) intimidate; frighten |
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Decorum |
(n) propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners |
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Default |
(n) failure to act |
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Deference |
(n) courteous regard for another's wish |
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Delineate |
(v) portray; depict; sketch |
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Denigrate |
(v) to slur someone's reputation |
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Deride |
(v) ridicule; make fun of |
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Derivative |
(adj) unoriginal; obtained from another source |
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Desicate |
(v) dry up |
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Desultory |
(adj) aimless; random; disconnected |
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Deterrent |
(n) something that discourages; hindrance |
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Diatribe |
(n) bitter scolding; invective |
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Dichotomy |
(n) split; division into two usually contradictory parts |
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Diffidence |
(n) shyness |
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Diffuse |
(adj) wordy; rambling (V) spread out (like a gas) |
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Digression |
(n) wandering away from the subject |
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Disabuse |
(v) correct a false impression |
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Discerning |
(adj) perceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgement |
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Discordant |
(adj) not harmonious; conflicting |
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Discredit |
(v) dishonor; disgrace; cause to be doubted |
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Discrepancy |
(n) lack of consistency; difference |
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Discrete |
(adj) separate; unconnected |
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Disingenuous |
(adj) lacking of genuine candor; insincere |
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Disinterested |
(adj) unprejudiced; unbiased |
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Conundrum |
(n) riddle; puzzle with no solution |
