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92 Cards in this Set
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acumen
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n keen, accurate judgement or insight
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adulterate
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v to reduce purity by combining with inferior elements
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amalgamate
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v to combine several elements into a whole
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archaic
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a outdated, associated with an earlier, perhaps primitive time
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aver
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v to state as a fact, to declare or assert
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bolster
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v to provide support or reinforcement
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bombastic
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a pompous, grandiloquent
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diatribe
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n a harsh denounciation
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dissemble
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v to disguise or conceal, to mislead
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eccentric
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a departing from norms or convention
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endemic
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a characteristic of or often found in a particular region, locality, or people
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evanescent
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a tending to disappear like vapor, vanishing
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exacerbate
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v to make worse or more severe
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fervent
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a greatly emotional or zealous
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fortuitous
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a happening by accident or chance
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acumen
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n keen, accurate judgement or insight
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adulterate
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v to reduce purity by combining with inferior elements
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amalgamate
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v to combine several elements into a whole
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archaic
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a outdated, associated with an earlier, perhaps primitive time
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aver
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v to state as a fact, to declare or assert
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bolster
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v to provide support or reinforcement
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bombastic
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a pompous, grandiloquent
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diatribe
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n a harsh denounciation
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dissemble
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v to disguise or conceal, to mislead
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eccentric
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a departing from norms or convention
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endemic
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a characteristic of or often found in a particular region, locality, or people
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evanescent
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a tending to disappear like vapor, vanishing
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exacerbate
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v to make worse or more severe
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fervent
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a greatly emotional or zealous
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fortuitous
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a happening by accident or chance
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germane
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a relevant to the subject at hand, appropriate in subject matter
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grandiloquence
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n pompous speech or expression
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hackneyed
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a rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
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halycon
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a calm and peaceful
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hedonism
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n devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp. to the pleasures of the senses
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hegemony
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n the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
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iconoclast
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n one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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idolatrous
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a given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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impassive
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a revealing no emotion
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imperturbable
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a marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness
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implacable
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a not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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impunity
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n immunity from punishment or penalty
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inchoate
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a in an initial stage, not fully formed
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infelicitous
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a unfortunate, innappropriate
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insipid
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a without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit, bland
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loquacious
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a extremely talkative
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luminous
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a characterized by brightness and the emission of light
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malevolent
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a having or showing often vicious ill will, spite or hatred
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malleable
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a capable of being shaped or formed, tractable, pliable
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mendacity
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n the condition of being untruthful, disthonesty
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meticulous
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a characterized by extreme care and precision, attentive to detail
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misanthrope
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n one who hates all other humans
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mitigate
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v to make or become less severe or intense, to moderate
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obdurate
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a unyielding, hardhearted, intractable
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obsequious
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a exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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occlude
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v to obstruct or block
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opprobrium
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n disgrace, contempt, scorn
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pedagogy
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n the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing
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pendantic
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a overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education, show-offish about one's knowledge
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penury
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n poverty, destitution
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pervasive
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a having the tendancy to permeate or spread throughout
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pine
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v to yearn intensely, to languish, to lose vigor
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pirate
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v to illegally use or reproduce
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pith
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n the essential or central part
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pithy
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a precise and brief
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placate
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v to appease, to calm by making concessions
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platitude
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n a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful
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plummet
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v to plunge or drop straight down
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polemical
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a controversial, argumentative
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prodigal
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a recklessly wasteful, extravagant, profuse, lavish
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proliferate
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v to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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queries
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n questions, inquiries, doubts in the mind, reservations
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querulous
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a prone to complaining or grumbling, peevish
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rancorous
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a characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
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recalcitrant
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a obstinately defiant of authority, difficult to manage
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repudiate
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v to refuse to have anything to do with, disown
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rescind
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v to invalidate, to repeal, to retract
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reverent
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a marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
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rhetoric
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n the art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion
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salubrious
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a promoting health or well-being
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solvent
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a able to meet financial obligations, able to dissolve another substance
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specious
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a seeming true, but actually being fallacious, misleadingly attractive, plausible but false
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spurious
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a lacking authenticity or validity, false, counterfeit
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subpoena
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n a court order requiring appearance and or testimony
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succinct
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a brief, concise
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superfluous
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a exceeding what is sufficient or necessary
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surfeit
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n/v an overbundant supply, excess, to feed or supply to excess
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tenacity
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n the quality of adherance or persistence to something valued, persistent determination
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tenuous
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a having little substance or strength, flimsy, weak
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tirade
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n a long and extremely critical speech, a harsh denunciation
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transient
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a fleeting, passing quickly, brief
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zealous
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a fervent, ardent, imassioned, devoted to a cause
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