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20 Cards in this Set
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Cajole |
V. To persuade by pleasant words or false promises |
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Callous |
Adj. Unfeeling; insensitive |
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Capitulate |
V. To surrender; to cease resisting |
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Capricious |
Adj. Changeable; fickle |
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Carping |
Adj. Complaining |
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Catalyst |
N. Someone or something that brings about a change |
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Catharsis |
N. An emotional purification or relief |
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Caustic |
Adj. Stinging; biting |
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Celestial |
Adj. Having to do with the heavens; divine |
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Censure |
V. To blame; to criticize adversely |
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Surreptitious |
Adj. Sly; stealthy; done in a writer or secret way |
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Susceptible |
Adj. Very sensitive; capable of bring acted upon, influenced or affected by a specific trait |
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Sycophant |
N. One who tries to win favor or advance himself by flattering persons of influence; a servile self-seeker |
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Taciturn |
Adj. Habitually untalkative; laconic; uncommunicative |
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Tactless |
Adj. Not having or showing a sense of the right thing to do or say without causing anger or hurt feelings; without skill in dealing with people |
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Talon |
N. The claw of a bird of prey; a human finger or hand that looks or grasps like a claw; any object suggestive of a heel or claw |
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Tangential |
Adj. Diverging or digressing; merely touching a subject, not dealing with it at length |
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Tawdry |
Adj. Gaudy and cheap; vulgarly ornamental |
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Tedious |
Adj. Long or verbose and wearisome; toresome; boring |
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Temerity |
N. Rashness; foolish or reckless boldness |
