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25 Cards in this Set
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Abstruse |
(adj) difficult to understand; obscure |
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Affable
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(adj) friendly, good natured, easy to talk to, aimiable
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Audacity
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(noun) rude or disrespectful behavior, take bold risks |
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Contrite
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(adjective) feeling orexpressing remorse, effected by guilt |
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credulous
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(adjective) showing too great a readiness to believe things, gulliable
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depravity
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(noun) moral corruption
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deprecate
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(verb) express disaproval of, belittle, condemn |
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didactic
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(adjective) intended to teach |
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dormant
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(adjective) having normal physical functions suspended |
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enigmatic
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(adjective) difficult to interpret or understand, mysterious, puzzling |
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erudite
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*adjective) having or showing great knowledge or learning, scholarly |
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exotic |
foreign |
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fuse
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(verb) to join or blend together
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immutable
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(adjective) unchanging overtime, unable to be changed
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incorrigible
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(adj) not able to be corrected, improved or reformed
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loathe
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(verb) deep seeted hatred or dislike
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mitigate
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(verb) make less severe, serious or painful,
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nullify (verb)
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make legally null and void, invalidates
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pacifistic
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(adj) belief that any violance is unjustifiable
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pretentious
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(adj) atttempting to impress by affecting greater importance than is actually possessed, pompus, showy, ostentatious
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prologue
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(noun) seperate introductory section of musical and literary work
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recant
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verb say that one on longer holds an opinion or belief, renounce, revoke
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servil
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adjetive, having shown excessive willingness to please others
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trepidation
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noun feeling of fear or agitation about somehting may happen
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vilify
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verb speak or write about in a abusive manner, slander defame
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