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20 Cards in this Set
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Incoherent
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jumbled; chaotic; impossible to understand
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Repress
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to hold down
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Articulate
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speaking clearly and well
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Solicit
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to ask for; to seek
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Reproach
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to scold
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Condescend
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to stoop to someone else's level, usually in an offensive way; to patronize
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Orthodox
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conventional; adhering to established principles or doctrines; especially in religion; by the book
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Indolence
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laziness
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Congenial
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agreeably suitable; pleasant
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Preclude
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to prevent; to make impossible; to shut out
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Apprehensive
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worried; anxious
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Elaborate
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detailed; careful; thorough
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Arrogant
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feeling superior to others; snooty
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Elusive
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hard to pin down; evasive
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Efface
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to erase; to rub away the features of
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Taciturn
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untalkative by nature
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Ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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Acquiesce
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to give in; to agree (after many attempts)
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Atrophy
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to waste away from lack of use
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Dubious
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doubtful; uncertain
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