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22 Cards in this Set
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Precipitate, adj
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acting with excessive haste or impulse
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Prevaricate, v
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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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Qualms, n
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misgivings; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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Recant, v
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to retract, esp. a previously held belief
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Refute, v
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to disprove; to successfully argue against
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Relegate, v
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to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position
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Reticent, adj
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quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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Solicitous, adj
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concerned and attentive; eager
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Sordid, adj
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characterized by filth, grime, or squalor; foul
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Sporadic, adj
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occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances
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Squander, v
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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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Static, adj
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not moving, active, or in motion; at rest
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Stupefy, v
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to stun, baffle, or amaze
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Stymie, v
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to block; thwart
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Synthesis, n
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the combination of 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, twisting; excessively complication
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Truculent, adj
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fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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Veracity, n
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truthfulness, honesty
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Virulent, adj
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extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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Voracious, adj
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having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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Waver, v
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to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion
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