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100 Cards in this Set
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HAVOC
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WIDESPREAD DISTRUCTION
GREAT CONFUSION OR DISORDER |
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STRAFE
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TO ATTACK WITH MACHINE GUNS FROM THE AIR
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BRAZENLY
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BOLD AND SHAMELESS
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EGREGIOUS
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OUTSTANDINGLY BAD
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PROTRACTED
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LASTING LONGER THAN EXPECTED
DRAWN OUT IN TIME PROLONG |
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BUTTRESS
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(N) SUPPORTS A WALL
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INTRACTABLE
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STUBBORN, NOT OBEDIENT
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SUBSTANTIVELY
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A LOT
OR HAVING TO DO WITH THE SUBSTANCE |
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COGNOSCENTE
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AN EXPERT
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EPICURE
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GOURMAND, GLUTON
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EPITAPH
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WORDS IN GRAVESTONE
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EPIPHANY
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SUDDEN REVELATION
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EPITHET
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WORD OR PHRASE THAT DESCRIBES
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PARODY
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SATIRE. MOCKERY
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HOLD
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A PLACE WHERE CARGO IS KEPT
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CONTENT
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TO SATISFY
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REFRACTORY
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OF A DISEASE, NOT RESPONDING TO TREATMENT
STUBBORN |
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CAVALIER
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GALLANT
UNCEREMONIOUS, HAUGHTY, DISDAINFUL |
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DISINTERESTEDNESS
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IMPARTIAL, UNBIASED
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CONVICTION
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A FIRMLY HELD BELIEF
IN COURT, "FOUND GUILTY" |
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SCRUTINY
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CLOSE AND CRITICAL EXAMINATION
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PUNGENCY
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SHARPNESS, STINGING QUALITY IN SMELLS OR TASTES
VS BLANDNESS |
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PERFIDIOUS
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TREACHEROUS
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ABROGATE
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DO AWAY WITH...
TO END A LAW OR AGREEMENT |
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INSULARITY
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STATE OF BEING ISOLATED OR CONFINED
VS. COSMOPOLITANISM |
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PREMONITION
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FOREWARNING
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PRESAGE
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TO PREDICT, TO FORESHADOW
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PRECURSOR
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A FORERUNNER, AHEAD OF THEIR TIME
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QUIXOTIC
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UNREALISTICLY ROMANTIC IDEALS
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PROPITIATE
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TO CONCILIATE, APPEASE.
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SALUTARY
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BENEFICIAL IN GENERAL
SALUBRIOUS |
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EDIFY
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TO INSTRUCT SO AS TO FOSTER MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL GROWTH
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EVENHANDED
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FAIR
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SPELL
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SIGNIFY
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HARDHEADED
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STUBBORN, INSENSITIVE, TOUGH
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IMPASSIVE
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UNFEELING
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LOQUACIOUS
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TALKATIVE
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ELOCUTION
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SKILL OF SPEAKING CLEARLY AND PRONOUNCING WORDS DISTINCTLY
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TANGENTIAL
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ONLY SLIGHTLY RELEVANT OR CONNECTED
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VERBATIM
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WORD FOR WORD. IN EXACTLY THE SAME WORDS AS THE ORIGINAL ONES
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CIRCUMLOCUTION
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INDIRECT EXPRESSION
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CONTRITE
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REGRETFUL, PENITENT
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DISINGENUOUS
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APPARENTLY, BUT NOT ACTUALLY, HONEST
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DOGGEREL
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LOOSE UNSKILLFUL WRITING OR SPEECH
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EFFLUVIUM
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EMANATION OR EXHALATION AS A VAPOR OR GAS
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EXTEMPORIZE
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TO SPEAK SPONTANEOUSLY
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FLIPPANT
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FRIVOLOUSLY SHALLOW AND DISRESPECTFUL
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FORBEAR
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TO REFRAIN FROM DOING SOMETHING
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FLOUT
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SHOW SCORN OR CONTEMPT FOR
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DEBAUCHERY
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EXTREME INDULGENCE OF ONE'S APPETITES
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CONUNDRUM
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A PUZZLE
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DISSEMINATE
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TO DISTRIBUTE
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DISSONANT
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DISCORDANT
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EPHEMERAL
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SHORT LIVED
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FRIVOLOUS
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OF LITTLE VALUE, TRIFLING OR SILLY AND LIGHT MINDED
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FURTIVE
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SECRETIVE
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GARRULOUS
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TALKATIVE
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GENIAL
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GOOD HUMORED
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CUNNING
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SKILLED AT DECEIVING PEOPLE, CLEVER
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SLY
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OF DECEITFUL NATURE. HAVING SECRET KNOWLEDGE
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GUILE
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slyness and cunning in dealing with others
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IMPEDE
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to thwart
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IMPROVIDENT
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LACKING FORESIGHT, UNWISE
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IMPUGN
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TO ATTACK (ESPECIALLY THE INTEGRITY OF SOMEONE)
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INCIPIENT
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JUST BEGINNING TO EXIST
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INCURSION
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HOSTILE INVASION
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MELLIFLUOUS
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SOUNDING SWEET AND SMOOTH
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MUNDANE
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OF THE WORLD, COMMONPLACE
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MUNIFICENT
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VERY GENEROUS; LAVISH (GIVING IN GREAT AMOUNTS)
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NULLIFY
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TO MAKE INVALID
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OBDURATE
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HARDHEARTED, STUBBORN
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PALLIATE
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EASE THE PAIN WITHOUT ACUTALLY CURING
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PARADOX
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A STATEMENT THAT SEEMS CONTRADICTORY BUT THAT MAY ACTUALLY BE TRUE
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PEDAGOGUE
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A TEACHER (USUALLY A PEDANTIC ONE)
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PLUMB
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TO EXAMINE SOMEHTHING CLOSELY
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GUILE
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slyness and cunning in dealing with others
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IMPEDE
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to thwart
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IMPROVIDENT
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LACKING FORESIGHT, UNWISE
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IMPUGN
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TO ATTACK (ESPECIALLY THE INTEGRITY OF SOMEONE)
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INCIPIENT
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JUST BEGINNING TO EXIST
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INCURSION
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HOSTILE INVASION
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MELLIFLUOUS
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SOUNDING SWEET AND SMOOTH
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MUNDANE
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OF THE WORLD, COMMONPLACE
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MUNIFICENT
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VERY GENEROUS; LAVISH (GIVING IN GREAT AMOUNTS)
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NULLIFY
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TO MAKE INVALID
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OBDURATE
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HARDHEARTED, INTRACTABLE, CALLOUS
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PALLIATE
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TO LESSEN PAIN OF AN ILLNESS WITHOUT ACUTALLY CURING IT
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PARADOX
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A STATEMENT THAT SEEMS CONTRADICTORY BUT THAT MAY ACTUALLY BE TRUE
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PEDAGOGUE
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A TEACHER (USUALLY A PEDANTIC ONE)
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PLUMB
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TO EXAMINE SOMEHTHING CLOSELY
TO MEASURE DEPTH |
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PLUMMET
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TO FALL STRAIGHT DOWN
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PROPINQUITY
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PROXIMITY, KINSHIP OR SIMILARITY
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PUNDIT
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A LEARNED PERSON, A CRITIC
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SALIENT
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PROMINENT
CONSPICUOUS=EASILY NOTICED |
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SEVER
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TO BREAK OFF
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SPECIOUS
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FALSE, MISLEADING. DECEPTIVELY ATTRACTIVE
VS. GENUINE |
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SURREPTITIOUS
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OBTAINED OR DONE IN A CLANDESTINE OR STEALTHY WAY
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TEMERITY
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RASHNESS OR FOOLISH BOLDNESS CONSIDERED RUDE OR DISRESPECTFUL BY OTHERS
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TRUCULENT
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SAVAGE, FIERCE
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UBIQUITOUS
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PRESENT OR SEEMING TO BE PRESENT EVERYWHERE AT THE SAM TIME
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