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25 Cards in this Set
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Furtive
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adjective
taken, done, used, etc. surreptitiously or by stealth; secret |
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incandescent
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sdjective
glowing or white with heat |
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incantation
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noun
the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical powerful |
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incipient
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adjective
beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage |
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indelicate
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offensive to a sense of gneerally accepted propriety, modesty, or decency
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indiscreet
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adjective
not discreet; lacking prudence, good judgement, or circumspection |
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ineffable
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incapable of being or described in words
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innate
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possessed at birth; inborn
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insipid
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without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid
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insolent
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boldy rude or disrepspectful; contemptuously impertinent
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irrevocable
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adjective
not to be revoked or recalled, unable to be replealed or annuled, unalterable |
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legion
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a division of the Roman army, usually compromising of 3000-6000 soldiers
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limpid
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adjective
clear, transparent, pellucid, as water, crystal, or air |
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machinations
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noun
crafty schemes; plots; intrigues |
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mercurial
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adjective
changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic |
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munificient
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adjective
extremely liberal in giving; very generous |
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nuance
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noun
a subtle difference or distinction in an expression of meaning, response, etc. |
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ominous
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adjective
portending evil harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious |
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paragon
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noun
a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence |
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paramount
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adjective
chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent |
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perfunctory
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adjective
performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial |
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polemic
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noun
a controversial argument, as are against some opinion, doctrine, etc. |
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precipitous
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adjective
extremely or impassably steep |
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predilection
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noun
partiality; preference |
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prodigious
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adjective
extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc. |
