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90 Cards in this Set
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incredulous
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skeptical, not believing
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ingenuous
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having a frank and open nature
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apposite
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adj. apt, pertinent, appropriate
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complacent
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self-satisfied
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complaisant
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eager to please, obliging
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aberrant
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adj. abnormal, traying from the normal or usual path
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arcane
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adj. obscure, secret, mysterious
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aspersion
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n. slanderous statement; a damaging or derogatory criticism
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assiduous
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adj. carefully attentive, industrious
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attenuate
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v. to make thin or slender, to weaken or dilute
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baleful
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adj. harmful, malign, detrimental
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bombast
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n. pompous speech, pretentious words
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cant
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n. insincere or hypocritical statements of high ideals, the jargon of a particular group or occupation
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caprice
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n. a sudden, unpredictable, or whimsical change
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chicanery
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n. trickery or deception
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churlishness
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n. crude or surly behavior, behavior of a peasant
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cloture
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n. a parliamentary procedure to end debate and begin to vote
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cogent
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adj. to the point, clear, convincing in its clarity and presentation
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cogitate
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v. to think hard, ponder, meditate
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commodious
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adj. spacious and convenient, roomy
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connotative
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adj. containing associated meanings in addition to the primary one
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constrain
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v. to force, compel, to restrain
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contentious
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adj. quarrelsome
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contiguous
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adj. touching, or adjoining and close, but not touching
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contravene
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v. to act contrary to; to oppose or contradict a puzzle or riddle
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coterie
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n. a clique; a group who meet frequently, usually socially
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debacle
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n. disaster; collapse; a rout
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decorous
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adj. suitable, proper, seemly
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denigrate
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v. to defame, to blacken or sully, to belittle
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deprecate
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v. to express disapproval of to protest against
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deride
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v. to laugh at with contempt; to mock
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derision
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n. the act of mocking; ridicule, mockery
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diatribe
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n. a bitter or abusive speech
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diffident
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adj. timid; lacking self-confidence
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disparate
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adj. unequal, dissimilar; different
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dissemble
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v. to pretend; to feign; to conceal by pretense
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ebullience
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n. an overflowing of high spirits; effervescence
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ellipsis
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n. omission of words that would make the meaning clear
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emollient
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adj. sofetning or soothing to the skin; having power to soften or relax living tissues
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encomium
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n. high praise
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exigent
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adj. requiring immeidate action; urgent, pressing
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extemporize
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v. to improvise; to make it up as you go along
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gainsay
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v. to speak against; to contradict; to deny
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inchoate
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adj. not yet fully formed rudimentary
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ingenuous
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adj. noble; honorable; candid; also, naive
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insipid
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adj. uninteresting, boring, flat, dull
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intractable
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adj. stubborn, obstinate; not easily taught or disciplined
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intransigent
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adj. uncompromising
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irascible
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adj. prone to anger
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macerate
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v. to soften by steeping in liquid (including stomach juices)
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maculate
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adj. spotted, blotched; hence defiled, impure (opposite: immaculate)
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maculate
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v. to stain, spot, defile
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magnanimity
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n. a quality of nobleness ot mind, disdaining meanness or revenge
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misanthrope
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n. a hater of mankind
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obdurate
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adj. stubborn
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obsequious
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adj. servilely attentive; fawning
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obviate
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v. to make unnecessary
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panegyric
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n. high praise
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parsimonious
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adj. very frugal; unwilling to spend
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pedantic
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adj. emphasizing minutiae or form in scholarship or teaching
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penurious
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adj. stingy, miserly
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perfunctory
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adj. done in a routine, mechanical way, without interest
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rancor
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n. strong ill will; enmity
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recalcitrant
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adj. stubbornly rebellious
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recondite
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adj. hard to understand; concealed; characterized by profound scholarship
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sagacious
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adj. wise
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salubrious
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adj. promoting good health
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sinuous
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adj. full of curves; twisting and turning
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specious
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adj. plausible, but deceptive; apparently, but not actually, true
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spurious
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adj. not genuine, false; bogus
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sycophant
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n. a flatterer of important people
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taciturn
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adj. inclined to silence; speaking little; dour, stern
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tenuous
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adj. thin, slim, delicate; weak
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tortuous
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adj. full of twists and turns; not straightforward; possibly deceitful
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truculent
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adj. fierce, savage, cruel
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vacuous
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adj. dull, stuid; empty-headed
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welter
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n. a confused mass; turmoil
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tractable
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adj. easily managed (opposite: intractable)
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subjugate
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v. to dominate or enslave
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petulant
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adj. peevish, cranky, rude
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prevaricate
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v. to speak equivocally or evasively to lie
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quiescence
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n. state of being at rest or wthout motion
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garrulous
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adj. extremely talkative or wordy
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laconic
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adj. sparing of words; terse, pithy
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loquacious
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adj. very talkative; garrulous
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palpable
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adj. touchable; clear, obvious
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paradigm
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n. model, prototype; pattern
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paradox
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n. a tenet seemingly contradictory or false, but actually true
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implacable
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adj. unwilling to be pacificed or appeased
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banal
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adj. trite; without freshness or originality
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