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76 Cards in this Set
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Abscond (v)
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To depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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Aberrent (adj)
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Deviating from the norm
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Alacrity (n)
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Eager and enthusiastic willingness
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Anomaly (n)
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Abnormality
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Approbation (n)
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An expression of approval or praise
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Arduous (adj)
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Strenuous; taxing; requiring significant effort
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Assuage (v)
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To appease
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Audacious (adj)
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Recklessly bold
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Austere (adj)
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Severely simple
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Axiomatic (adj)
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Possessing self evident truth
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Canonical (adj)
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Following accepted, traditional standards
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Capricious (adj)
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Inclined to change one's mind impulsively
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Censure (v)
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To criticise severely
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Chicanery (n)
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Trickery; subterfuge
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Connoisseur (n)
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An astute judge in matters of taste
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Convoluted (adj)
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Complicated
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Disabuse (v)
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To undeceive; to set right
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Discordant (adj)
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Conflicting
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Disparate (adj)
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Fundamentally dissimilar
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Effrontery (n)
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Presumptuousness
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Eloquent (adj)
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Expressive and articulate
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Ebervate (v)
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To weaken; to reduce in vitality
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Ennui (n)
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Dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting froom boredom or apathy
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Equivocate (v)
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To use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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Erudite (adj)
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Very learned; scholarly
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Exculpate (v)
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To exonerate; to set right
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Exigent (adj)
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Urgent
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Extemporaneous (adj)
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Improvised
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Filibuster (n)
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Intentional obstruction, esp using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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Fulminate (v)
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To attack loudly or denounce
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Ingenuous (adj)
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Artless; frank and candid
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Inured (adj)
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Accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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Irascible (adj)
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Easily angered
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Laud (v)
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To praise highly
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Lucid (adj)
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Clear
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Magnanimity (n)
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Quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp in forgiving
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Martial (adj)
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Associated with war and the armed forces
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Mundane (adj)
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Typical of the ordinary
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Nascent (adj)
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In the early developmental stages
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Nebulous (adj)
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Vague
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Neologism (n)
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Creation or use of new words or senses
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Noxious (adj)
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Harmful
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Obtuse (adj)
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Not clear or precise in thought or expression
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Obviate
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To anticipate and make unnecessary
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Onerous (adj)
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Troubling
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Paean (n)
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A song or hymn of praise or thanksgiving
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Parody (n)
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A humorous imitation meant to ridicule
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Perennial (adj)
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Occurring repeatedly through the year or over many years
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Perfidy (n)
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Intentional breach of faith
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Perfunctory (adj)
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Cursory; done without care or interest
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Perspicacious (adj)
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Acutely perceptive
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Prattle (v)
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To babble meaninglessly
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Precipitate (adj/v)
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Acting with excessive impulse; to cause to happen before anticipated
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Predilection (n)
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Disposition in favour of something
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Prescience (n)
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Foreknowledge of events
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Prevaricate (v)
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To mislead
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Qualms (n)
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Misgivings
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Recant (v)
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To retract
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Refute (v)
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To disprove
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Relegate (v)
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To forcibly assign, esp to a lower position
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Reticent (adj)
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Quiet and reserved
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Solicitous (adj)
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Eager
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Sordid (adj)
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Foul
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Sporadic (adj)
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Occurring at scattered instances
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Squander (v)
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To waste by using irresponsibly
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Static (adj)
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Unmoving
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Stupefy (v)
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To baffle
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Stymie (v)
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To thwart
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Synthesis (n)
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Combination of several parts to make a whole
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Torque (n)
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A force that causes rotation
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Tortuous (adj)
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Winding; excessively complicated
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Truculent (adj)
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Fierce and cruel
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Veracity (n)
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Honesty
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Virulent (adj)
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Extremely harmful; bitterly hostile
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Voracious (adj)
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Having an insatiable appetite
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Waver (v)
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To sway; to be undecided in opinion
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