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21 Cards in this Set
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recondite
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hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
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refulgent
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radiant; shiny; brilliant
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renege
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to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
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sedulous
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diligent; persistent; hard-working
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shard
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a piece of broken pottery or glass
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soporific
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causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
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sparse
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thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
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spendthrift
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one who spends money wastefully
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subtle
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not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern
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tacit
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implied; not explicitly stated
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terse
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brief and concise in wording
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tout
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to publicly praise or promote
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trenchant
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sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
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unfeigned
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genuine; not false or hypocritical
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untenable
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indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
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vacillate
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to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; waver
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variegated
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multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color
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vexation
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annoyance; irritation (verb form: vex)
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vigilant
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alertly watchful (noun form: vigilance)
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vituperate
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to use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; berate
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volatile
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readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive (noun form: volatility)
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