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22 Cards in this Set
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aggrandize
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to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige
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contiguous
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sharing a border; touching; adjacent
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credulous
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tending to believe too readily; gullible
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decorum
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polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
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dilettante
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one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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flout
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to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention
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hubris
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overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance
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impetuous
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hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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inimical
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damaging; harmful; injurious
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laconic
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using few words; terse
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phlegmatic
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calm; sluggish; unemotional
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probity
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adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
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prosaic
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dull; lacking in spirit or imagination
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rarefy
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to make or become thin, less dense; to refine
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recondite
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hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
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refulgent
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radiant; shiny; brilliant
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sedulous
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diligent; persistent; hard-working
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soporific
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causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
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spendthrift
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one who spends money wastefully
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trenchant
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sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
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variegated
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multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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vituperate
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to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate
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