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82 Cards in this Set
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abscond
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depart clandestinely, steal and hide
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aberrant
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deviating form the norm
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alacrity
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enthusiastic willingness
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anomaly
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deviation from normal
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approbation
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expression of approval
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arduous
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(energico, strenuo) strenuos
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(to) assuage
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ease or lessen
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audacious
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daring and fearless
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austere
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without adornment
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axiomatic
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taken as given
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canonical
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following traditional standards
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capricious
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unpredictable
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censure
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to offically rebuke
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rebuke
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(sgridare, rimproverare)
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chicanery
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subterfuge, trickery
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convoluted
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complex, complicated
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disabuse
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to set right
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discordant
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conflicting, dissonant
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disparate
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distinct, dissimilar
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effrontery
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(sfrontatezza), presumptuousness
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eloquent
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well-spoken, articulate
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enervate
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to weaken, reduce in vitality
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ennui
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(noia) dissatisfaction
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restlessness
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(insoddisfattezza)
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equivocate
equivocal |
use ambiguous language
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erudite
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(dotto) very learned
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exculpate
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exonerate
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exigent
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(pressante)urgent, pressing
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extemporaneous
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improvised, done without preparation
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filibuster
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intentional obstruction
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fulminate
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(imprecare) loudly attack
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ingenuous
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frank and candid
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inured
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(avvezzo) accustomed to accepting something undesiderable
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irascible
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easily angered
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laud
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praise highly
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lucid
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clear, easily understood
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magnaminity
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being noble in mind and heart, eps. in forgiving
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martial
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associated with war
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mundane
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(terreno, mondano) typical or concerned with the ordinary
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nascent
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coming into being
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nebulous
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vague, cloudy
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neologism
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new word, expression
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noxious
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harmful, injurous
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obtuse
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lacking sharpness of intellect
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obviate
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(ovviare a, evitare) anticipate, make unnecessary
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onerous
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troubling
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paen
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hymn of praise
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parody
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humorous imitation
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perennial
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(ricorrente) recurrent
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perfidy
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(sleale) intentional breach of faith
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perfunctory
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(superficiale) done without care or interest
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cursory
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affrettato
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perspicacious
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(percettivo) acutely perceptive
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prattle
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(balbettare, cianciare) babble meaninglessly
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precipitate
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acting with excessive haste or impulse
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(to) precipitate
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(anticipare, affrettare) to cause before anticipated
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predilection
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disposition in favor of something
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prescience
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(preveggenza) foreknowledge of events
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prevaricate
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(tergiversare, mentire) deliberately avoid the truth, mislead
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qualm
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(preoccupazione, riserva) reservation
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to recant
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(ritrattare) to retract
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refute
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(confutare) disprove
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relegate
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(relegare) assign to a lower place or position
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forcibly
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(energicamente)
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reticent
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quiet, reserved, reluctant to express feelings
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solicitous
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(sollecito) concerned
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sordid
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characterized by squalor
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sporadic
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occuring only occasionally
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squander
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to waste by spending or using irresponsably
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static
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not moving
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stupefy
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(sconcertare)
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baffle
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(sconcertare)
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stymie
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(ostacolare) block
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synthesis
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combination of parts
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torque
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force that causes rotation
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tortuous
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winding, twisting
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truculent
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fierce and cruel
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veracity
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honesty
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virulent
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extremely harmful
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voracious
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insatiable appetite
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waver
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(oscillare)
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sway
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(oscillare), to be unsettled in opinion
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