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143 Cards in this Set
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approbation
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praise
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axiomatic
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possessing self-evident truth
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canonical
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following traditional standards
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chicanery
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trickery
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effrontery
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boldness
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nebulous
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vague, cloudy
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neologism
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a new word
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noxious
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harmful
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obtuse
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lacking sharpness
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onerous
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burdensome
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paean
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song of praise and thanksgiving
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perfidy
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treachery
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perfunctory
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cursory, quotidian
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perspicacious
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smart
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precipitate
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acting on impulce
OR a preference |
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predilection
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preference
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prevaricate
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to mislead
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recant
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to retract a belief
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solicitous
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eager
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stymie
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thwart
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tortuous
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winding, twisting
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veracity
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truthfulness
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adulation
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praise, adoration
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acetic
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rigid self denial as an act of religious devotion
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bucolic
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rustic, pastoral
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chary
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wary
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contentious
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argumentative
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demur
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to question
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dogmatic
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opinion based on unproved principles
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ebullience
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lively expression of thoughts
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elegy
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mournful poem
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emollient
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smoothing
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mollifying
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smoothing
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empirical
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based on observation or experiment
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ephermal
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fleeting
syn: evanescent |
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facetious
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playful, joking
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impecunious
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poor
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incipient
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beginning to come into being
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inert
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unmoving, sluggish
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intransigent
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stubborn
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inveigle
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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penurious
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stingy
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pernicious
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extremel harmful, could cause death
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prodigious
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abundant in size or force
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quaff
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to drink deeply
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quiescence
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stillness, being at resk
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redoubtable
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awe-inspiring, worthy of honor
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supplant
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to take th eplace of
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torpid
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lethargic, sluggish
syn: inert |
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urbane
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sophisticated
NOT mundane |
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viscous
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sticky
NOT slick |
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intrepid
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fearless
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foment
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instigate, incite
syn: exhort |
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exhort
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to urge, to advise
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dilatory
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procrastinating
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gaffe
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faux pas
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dirge
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funeral song
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prevaricate
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to mislead, to lie
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vociferous
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noisy, loud
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recalcitrant
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resisting authority, hard to manage
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mendicant
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beggar
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revenant
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someone who returns
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velutinous
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soft velvet texture, like lambs ear
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crepitate
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to crackle
crepitant: crackling |
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flocculent
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fluffy, wooly
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ingratiate
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put in the good graces
_____ himself with his guests |
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winsome
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charming
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homunculus
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fetus, small human made by scientists
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immanent
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inherent
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torsion
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twisting
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prelapsarian
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the innocence before the fall
____ innocence of youth/Eve. |
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vindictive
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vengeful
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incredulous
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skeptical
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apotropaic
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intended to ward off evil
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sardonic
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mocking, derisive
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derisory
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mocking
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paroxysm
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sudden outburst
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costive
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slow to act
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cant
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the language of a certain group
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minatorial
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menacing
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etiolate
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to drain of color
growing celery under a pot ___ it |
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insouciant
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carefree
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ziggurat
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pyramid type building
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adulterate
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to reduce purity
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diatribe
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harsh denunciation
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dissemble
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to conceal or mislead
NOT dissessemble |
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endemic
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characteristic of a certain group
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fortuitous
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by chance
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germane
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relevant
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grandiloquence
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pompous speech
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halcyon
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calm
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hegemony
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consistent dominance over another
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iconoclast
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attacker of traditional conventions
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idolatrous
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prone to excessive worshipping
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impassive
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emotionless
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imperturbable
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will not be perturbed
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implacable
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will not be placated
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impunity
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immunity
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inchoate
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not yet developed
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infelicitous
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unlucky
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insipid
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bland
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intractable
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stubborn, unyielding
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misanthrope
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hates all other humans
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acerbic
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bitter
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alchemy
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changing metals to gold
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amenable
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agreeable
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contiguous
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touching borders
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credulous
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gullible
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deride
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to ridicule
n: derision adj: derisive |
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desiccate
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to dry out
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dilettante
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amateur knowledge of the arts or knowledge
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immutable
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cannot change
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impetuous
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hasty, rash
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inimical
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harmful
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intractable
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stubborn
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maverick
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doesn't go along with the party
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neophyte
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recent convert, novice
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obfuscate
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to deliberately confuse
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rhapsodic
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enthusiasm in writing, music, speech
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scintilla
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iota
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deference
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1. respectfully back down
2. respectfully regard with ___ to his opinion |
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interminable
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unending
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supercilious
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haughty contempt
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nepotism
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favoring ones own kid
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hauteur
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arrogance
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sedition
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promoting rebellion
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insolent
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arrogantly rude
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indolent
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lazy
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deputation
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appointing
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desultory
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wavering, unsteady
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petulant
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suddenly irritated
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phlegmatic
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calm, unemotional
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probity
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having high morals
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prosaic
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dull, lacking imagination
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rarefy
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to thin out
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recondite
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obscure, hard to understand
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refulgent
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shiny
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sedulous
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hard-working
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soporific
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inducing sleep
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spendthrift
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spend wastefully
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trenchant
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keen, perceptive
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untenable
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not viable
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vituperate
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to berate
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