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40 Cards in this Set
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peripatetic
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walking/traveling from place to place
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skulk
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avoid duties/lurk
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protean
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displaying considerable variety/diversity
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glabrous
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smooth
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sedulous
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diligent in pursuit
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pastiche
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work imitating style of previous work/hodgepodge
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imbue
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to tinge/dye deeply or to instill profoundly
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ineffable
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incapable of being expressed in words
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caveat
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notice of warning or caution
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ineluctable
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impossible to evade, inevitable
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erudite
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learned/scholarly
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apocryphal
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of doubtful authority or authenticity
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desultory
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jumping from subject to subject, erratic
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lineament
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(n.) distinctive shape, contour, line
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arcane
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understood by only a few
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sui generis
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being only example of its kind, unique
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aplomb
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assurance of manner/action, confidence
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insouciant
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marked by blithe unconcern, nonchalant
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hebetude
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mental dullness, sluggishness
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brio
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enthusiastic vigor, vivacity
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equipoise
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state of being equally balanced, equilibrium
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ambrosial
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very pleasing to the senses
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anachronism
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artifact/person appearing after its own time or out of chronological order
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antediluvian
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ancient/outmoded
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antipathy
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aversion to
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arbitrate
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settle a dispute by impulse
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attenuate
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weaken
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aver (v.)
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to declare
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blandishment
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speech or action intended to coax someone to do something
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bombast
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pompous speech
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buttress (v)
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to support
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cadge (v.)
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to get something by taking advantage
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castigate
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chastise
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chicanery
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deception by trickery
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craven
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cowardly
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culpable
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deserving of blame
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deference
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submission/courteous yielding
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descry
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to make clear/say
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desiccate
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to dry out thoroughly
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diffident
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modest, lacking self-confidence
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