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49 Cards in this Set
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ALACRITY
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EAGER AND ENTHUSIASTIC WILLINGNESS
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APPROBATION
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EXPRESSION OF APPROVAL
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DISABUSE
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TO SET RIGHT; UNDECEIVE
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ERUDITE
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VERY LEARNED; SCHOLARLY
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LAUD
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TO PRAISE HIGHLY
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MAGNAMIMITY
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QUALITY OF BEING GENEROUSLY NOBLE, ESP IN FORGIVING
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PERSPICACIOUS
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ACUTELY PECEPTIVE
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SOLICITOUS
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CONCERNED AND ATTENTIVE; EAGER
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VERACITY
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TRUTHFULNESS
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ANOMALOUS
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DEVIATION FROM NORMAL ORDER
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ASSUAGE
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TO EASE OR LESSEN; TO PACIFY
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AUSTERE
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BARE; SIMPLE
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AXIOMATIC
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TAKEN AS A GIVEN; POSSESS SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH
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CONVOLUTED
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COMPLEX
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DISPARATE
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FUNDEMENTALLY DISTINCT OR DISSIMILAR
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EXCULPATE
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EXONERATE; TO CLEAR OF BLAME
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EXIGENT
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URGENT
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EXTEMPORANEOUS
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IMPROVISED
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INGENUOUS (secondary meaning)
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FRANK; CANDID; LACKING IN SOPHISTICATION
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INURED
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ACCUSTOMED TO ACCEPTING SOMETHING UNDESIRABLE
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MUNDANE
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OF THE WORLD; CONCERNED W/THE ORDINARY
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NASCENT
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COMING INTO BEING; IN EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
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OBVIATE
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TO ANTICIPATE & MAKE UNNECESSARY
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PAEAN
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SONG OR HYMN OF PRAISE
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amārēris
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2sg
Imperfect Passive Subjunctive |
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PERFUNCTORY
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DONE W/O CARE OR INTEREST
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PRECIPITATE (secondary)
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ACTING W/EXCESSIVE HASTE OR IMPULSE
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PREDILECTION
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A PREFERENCE
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PRESCIENCE
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FORKNOWLEDGE OF EVENTS
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RETICENT
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QUIET; RESERVED
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STATIC (adj.)
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NOT MOVING; AT REST
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STYMIE
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TO THWART; TO BLOCK
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SYNTHESIS
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COMBINATION OF PARTS TO MAKE A WHOLE
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TORTUOUS
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WINDING, TWISTING; EXCESSIVELY COMPLICATED
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CENSURE
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TO CRITICIZE SEVERELY
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EQUIVOCATE
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TO USE AMBIGUOUS LANGUAGE w/DECEPTIVE INTENT
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ENNUI
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DISSATISFACTION & RESTLESSNESS CAUSED BY BOREDOM OR APATHY
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FILIBUSTER
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INTENTIONAL OBSTRUCTION ESP. USING PROLONGED SPEECHMAKING TO DELAY LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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FULMINATE
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LOUDLY ATTACK OR DENOUNCE
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IRASCIBLE
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EASILY ANGERED; PRONE TO OUTBURSTS
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NOXIOUS
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HARMFUL
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OBTUSE
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LACKING SHARPNESS OF INTELLECT; NOT CLEAR IN THOUGHT OR EXPRESSION
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PERFIDY
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INTENTIONAL BREACH OF FAITH
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PRATTLE
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TO BABBLE MEANINGLESSLY
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PREVARICATE
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TO DELIBERATELY MISLEAD
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RELEGATE
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TO FORCIBLY ASSIGN ESP TO A LOWER POSTION
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TRUCULENT
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FIERCE; CRUEL; EAGER TO FIGHT
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VIRULENT
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BITTERLY HOSTILE; EXTREMELY HARMFUL
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CAPRICIOUS
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ERRACTIC; CHANGING MIND IMPULSIVELY; UNPREDICTABLE
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