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20 Cards in this Set
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CLANDESTINE |
secret; concealed; done in secret; kept hidden |
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CONTINGENCY |
a possibility; something that might or could occur |
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EGOCENTRIC |
self-centered; focused on oneself; seeing everything in terms of one's own interests |
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EXONERATE |
to find or judge something or someone to be innocent; to clear of an accusation or charge |
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INCONGRUOUS |
contradictory; out of place or harmony; not matching or working together |
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INDIGENOUS |
native; living, growing, or produced naturally in a particular place; not imported |
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LIABILITY |
a handicap; something that acts as a drawback or disadvantage |
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PROLIFIC |
creating abundantly; producing a great deal of something |
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REINSTATE |
to put back in a place or a position; to restore to a previous position or condition |
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SUPERFLUOUS |
beyond or more than what is needed or useful; unnecessary; extra |
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BLATANT |
unmistakable; very obvious, often offensively so |
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BLIGHT |
a harmful condition; something that weakens, damages, or destroys |
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CONTRIVE |
to think up; to plan cleverly (Something "contrived" is too cleverly and obviously planned, such as a movie or book plot. It seems inauthentic.) |
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GARBLE |
to jumble up communication; to mix up, confuse, or scramble communications |
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GAUNT |
very thin; hollow-cheeked; bony; emaciated; skinny |
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IMMACULATE |
spotless; without a blemish; perfectly clean |
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PLAGIARISM |
intellectual theft; stealing another's idea or expression by not giving credit to the true source |
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QUALM |
a hesitation; a second-thought; an uneasy feeling about whether an action is right or proper |
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RETALIATE |
to take revenge; give payback ; return an injury for a real or imagined injury |
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GLOAT |
to boast about one's achievement or success; to express self-satisfaction, often spitefully |
