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25 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, form, or rule; abnormailty
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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, taxing; requiring significant effort
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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; severly simple; ascetic
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Axiomatic
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Taken as a given; possessing self evident truth
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Canonical
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Following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
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Capricious
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Inclined to change one's mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable
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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 or 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, expressive, articulate
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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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