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27 Cards in this Set
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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prattle
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to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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precipitate
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acting with excessive haste or impulse
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precipitate
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to cause or happen before anticipated or required
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predilection
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a disposition in favor of something; preference
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prescience
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foreknowledge of events; knowing of events prior to their occurring
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prevaricate
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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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qualms
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misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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recant
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to retract, especially a previously held belief
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refute
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to disprove; to successfully argue against
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relegate
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to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position
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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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sporadic
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occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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squander
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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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static
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not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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stupefy
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to stun, baffle, or amaze
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stymie
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to block; thwart
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synthesis
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the combination of parts to make a whole
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torque
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a force that causes rotation
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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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veracity
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truthfulness, honesty
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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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waver
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to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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