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65 Cards in this Set
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diffident
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shy
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exigent
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urgent (expedient)
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phlegmatic
and torbor |
sluggish
mentally sluggish |
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cupidity
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greedy
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cosset
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pamper (women in corsets like to be cosseted)
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quiscent
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still and quiet
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specious
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deceptively attractive
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di.aph.a.nouse
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delicate fabric
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disabuse
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to correct misconception
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slake
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assuage (slake your thirst)
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disparate
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fundamentally different (we are desperate to relate but we are too disparate)
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irascible
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ornery (a rascal)
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foment
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arouse or incite (foment a riot)
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tangential (adj.)
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tangent
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inchoate
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incoherent
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florid
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excessively decorated
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inimical
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hostile
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chicanery
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deception
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pan.e.gyric
and opprobrium |
public praise
public criticism |
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prolix
voluble loquacious garrulous |
wordy
talkative |
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abstemious
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small appetite
abstain |
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approbation
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approval and praise
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apocryphal
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doubtful authenticity
think EPOC is a not a legitimate abortion facility. |
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collusion
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collaborate
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diffident
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shy, lack of confidence
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efficacy
e-fih-ka-see |
effective, efficiency
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exacerbate
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to make worse
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effrontery
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shameless boldness
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furtive
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secret, stealthy
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itinerant
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wandering from place to place, no itinerary
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impecunious
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poor
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irascible
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easily made angry, like david
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invective
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abusive language
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intrepid
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fearless
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impugn
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verbally attack
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inimical
ih-nim-i-kul |
hostile
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lassitude
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weak, no energy
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levity
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lack of seriousness
levit interrupts people in meetings to make jokes |
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malinger
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pretending to be ill to avoid work
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nadir
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low point, rock bottom
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nascent
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beginning to develop, fetus
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obviate
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to prevent
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officious
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obsequious
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ostensible
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apparent
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probity
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honest
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paragon
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model of excellence
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pariah
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outcast, pat the pariah
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perspicacious and sagacious
per-spuh-kay-shus |
shrewd, keen
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raconteur
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story teller
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repudiate
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reject validity of something
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restive
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restless
think opposite |
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pithy
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profound yet concise
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surfeit
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surplus
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trenchant
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acute, sharp
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veracity
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truth
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vituperate
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verbally abuse
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credulous
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gullible
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aberrant
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deviation from normal
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abeyance
uh-bey-ance |
temporary suppression
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desultory
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disconnected
she has a desultory academic record. |
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demur
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express doubt
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axiom
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a truth
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alacrity
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speed
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analogous
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similar
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amalgamate
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combine, mix together
alchemy |
