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36 Cards in this Set
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abscond
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to depart clandestinely
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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approbation
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an expression of approval or praise
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canonical
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in agreement with traditional standards
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chicanery
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trickery or subterfuge
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disabuse
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to undeceive; to set right
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disparate
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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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effrontery
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extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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enervate
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to weaken
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erudite
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very learned; scholarly
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exculpate
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exonerate
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exigent
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urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action
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extemporaneous
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improvised; done without preparation
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fulminate
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to loudly attack or denounce
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ingenuous
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artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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inured
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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irascible
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easily angered
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magnanimity
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the quality of being noble, esp. with forgiveness
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nascent
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beginning stages
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nebulous
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vague
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neologism
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a new word, expression, or usage
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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paean
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a song or hymn of praise
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perfidy
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intentional breach of faith; treachery
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perfunctory
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cursory; done without care or interest
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive
noun: perspicacity |
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precipitate (adj)
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acting with haste or impulse
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precipitate (noun)
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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
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prescience
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foreknowledge of events
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prevaricate
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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive; eager
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stymie
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to block; thwart
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torque
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a force that causes rotation
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truculent
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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tortuous
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winding, twisting; excessively complicated
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