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29 Cards in this Set

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insensible
unconscious; unresponsive (e.g. to shame)
insipid
lacking in flavour, dull
insularity
narrow-mindedness; isolation
intractable
unruly; stubborn; unyielding
intransigence
refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
levee
earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
levity
lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity
loquacious
talkative
lucid
easily understood; clear; intelligible
magnanimity
generosity
mollify
soothe
morose
(adj) ill-humoured; sullen;
melancholy
neophyte
recent convert; beginner
obdurate
stubborn
obsequious
slavishly attentive; servile; sycohphantic
obviate
make unnecessary; get rid of
occlude
shut; close ('a blood clot occluded..')
officious
meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services
onerous
burdensome
opprobrium
infamy; vilification
paragon
model of perfection
partisan
one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
paucity
scarcity
penchant
strong inclination; liking
penury
severe poverty;
stinginess
maverick
rebel, nonconformist
mendacious
lying; habitually dishonest
malingerer
one who feigns illness to escape duty
malleable
capable of being shaped by pounding