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50 Cards in this Set
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simpatico (adj)
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pleasant, congenial, compatible
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hirsute (n)
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hairy, shaggy,
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noisome (adj)
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offensive or disgusting,harmful or injurious
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artless (adj)
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free from deceit, cunning or craftiness, lacking art, knowledge or skill, crude, simple
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ignoble (adj)
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of low character, of humble descent or rank, base
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excoriate (v)
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to denounce or berate severely "excoriated for his mistakes"
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repatriate (v)
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to bring or send back a person to country of origin, "repatriate after 20 years abroad"
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censure (v) or (n)
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official reprimand, strong or vehement expression of disapproval
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obfuscate (v)
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to confuse, bewilder, stupefy,to obscure, or unclear
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splenetic (adj)
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irritable, peevish, spiteful
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churlish (adj)
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difficult to work or deal with, mean, boorish, rude
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abstruse (adj)
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hard to understand, recondite, secret
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recondite (adj)
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little known, obscure, dealing with very profound difficult manner,
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periphrasis (n)
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to use of an unnecessarily roundabout or long expression,
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dysphemisms (n)
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substitution of a harsh disparaging or unpleasant expression for a more neutral manner
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somnolence (n)
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sleepy, dreamy, causing sleep
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incognizance (n)
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without knowledge or awareness
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acumen (n)
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keen insight, shrewdness,
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esculent (adj)
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edible, suitable for use as food
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comestible (adj)
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edible,
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smelt (v)
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to fuse or melt metal to refine
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disinter (v)
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to bring from obscurity into view,
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espy (v)
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to see at a distance, catch sight of
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tendentious (adj)
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expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view especially a controversial one
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apolitical (adj)
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not interested or involved in politics
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compendium (n)
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collection of concise but detailed info about a particular subject
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impugn (v)
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dispute the truth, validity or honesty, "the father does not impugn her capacity as a good mother"
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parry (v)
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ward off (blow or attack), answer a question evasively
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defalcate (v)
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embezzle funds to which one has been entrusted "they were charged with defalcating government money"
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apposite (adj)
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apt in the circumstances or in relation to something
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obstreperous (adj)
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noisy and difficult to control
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prefigure (v)
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to imagine beforehand
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umbrage (n)
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offense or annoyance "she took umbrage at his remarks"
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idiosyncratic (adj)
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strange, peculiar
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nigh (adj)
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near, approaching "evening is nigh"
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circumscribe (v)
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to draw line around, define, limit or confine "his social activities were circumscribed by regulations"
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natty (adj)
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neatly or trimly smart in appearance,
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adumbrate (v)
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to outline or sketch, to prefigure, to darken or conceal
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recondite (adj)
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obscure, profound or difficult subject manner, beyond ordinary understanding
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welter (v)
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to roll, toss or heave, wallow around in, to become extensively involved
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panegyric (n)
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a lofty oration in praise of something, formal or elaborate praise
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sententious (v)
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given to excessive moralizing, self-righteous, given to or using pithy maxims
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profligate (adj)
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recklessly extravagant or prodigal, shamelessly immoral
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cogency (n)
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convincingly logical or persuasive, "the cogency of the argument was irrefutable"
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prescience (n)
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knowledge of things before they exist or happen, foreknowledge
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asseverate (v)
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to declare earnestly, or solemnly, affirm positively
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limn (v)
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to represent in drawing and painting, to portray in words
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arcadian (adj)
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rural, rustic simplistic in nature,
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jingoism (v)
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bellicose chauvinism, professes patriotism,
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egregious (adj)
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extremely bad, glaring, flagrant "an egregious liar"
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