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20 Cards in this Set
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Recondite |
Abstruse, Obscure, Difficult to penetrate |
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Deferential |
Showing respect |
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Bucolic |
Relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life |
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Reticent |
Reserved; Disinclined to talk; Not revealing one's thought |
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Aesthete |
A person who is appreciative of & sensitive to art and beauty |
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Platitude |
A remark that has been too often, a trite or obvious remark, cliche, a banal remark |
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Preclude |
Make impossible, prevent from happening |
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Bucolic |
Synonyms: Countryside, Pastoral, Rural, Rustic Ant: Urban |
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Didactic |
Intended to teach, instructive |
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Volubility |
Quality of talking and writing easily and continuously |
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Decorous |
Well behaved, decent, good taste in manner and conduct |
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Culpability |
The state of guilt |
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Dogmatic |
Opinionated, if you are dogmatic, you are certain that you are right and that everyone else is wrong ; conceited assertive |
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Conspicuous |
Clearly visible, completely obvious |
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Perfidy |
Deliberate betrayal |
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Aesthetic |
Artistic, concerned with beauty |
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Dictatorial |
Ruled by a dictator, typical of ruler with total power |
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Engender |
Give rise to |
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Prescience |
Power to forsee the future |
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Glut |
Excessive supply |
