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37 Cards in this Set
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arduous
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strenous; taxing; requiring significant effort
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audacious
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daring and fearless; resklessly bold (noun form audacity)
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austere
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without adornment; bare; severly simple; ascetic (noun form: austerity)
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axiomatic
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taken as a given: possessing self-evident truth (noun form: axiom)
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canonical
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following or in agreemen with accepted, traditional standards (noun form: canon)
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capricious
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inclined to change one's mind implusively; erratic; unpredicatable
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convoluted
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complex or complicated
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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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eloquent
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well-spoken; expressive; articulate (noun form: eloquence)
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erudite
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very learned; scholoarly (noun form: erudition)
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exigent
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urgent; pressing; requiring immediate action or attention
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extemporaneous
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improvised; done without preparation
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ingenuous
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artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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inured
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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irascible
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easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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lucid
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clear; easily understood
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martial
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associated with war and the armed forces
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mundane
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of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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nebulous
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vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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noxious
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harmfull; injurious
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obtuse
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lacking sharpness fo intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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onerous
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troubling; burdensome
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perennial
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recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly
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perfunctory
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cursory; done without care or interest
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment (noun form: perspicacity)
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precipitate
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acting with excessive haste or impluse
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reticent
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quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive; eager
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sordid
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characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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static
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not moving, active or in motion; at rest
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tortuous
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winding; twisting; excessively complicated
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truculent
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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virulent
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extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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voracious
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having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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aesthetic
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dealing with, appreciative of, or responsive to art or the beautiful
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aberrant
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deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration)
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