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25 Cards in this Set
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desultory
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(adj.) aimless; haphazard
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disparate
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(adj.) basically different
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dissemble
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(v.) to disguise; pretend
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distend
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(v.) expand; swell out
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ebullient
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(adj.) showing excitement
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effrontery
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(n.) impudence
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engender
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(v.) cause; produce
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erudite
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(adj.) learned, scholarly
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exculpate
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(v.) to clear from blame
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exigency
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(n.) urgent situation
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fatuous
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(adj.) brainless; inane
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felicitous
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(adj.) apt; suitably expressed
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flag
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(v.) to droop; grow feeble
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foment
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(v.) to stir up; instigate
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gainsay
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(v.) to deny
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grandiloquent
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(adj.) pompous; bombastic
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guile
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(n.) deceit
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inchoate
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(adj.) recently begun
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incongruity
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(n.) lack of harmony
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invective
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(n.) abuse
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lassitude
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(n.) languor; weariness
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malingerer
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(n.) one who feigns illness to escape duty
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obsequious
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(adj.) slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic
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occlude
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(v.) to shut; close
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officious
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(adj.) meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services
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