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20 Cards in this Set
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Acme |
the highest point of achievement |
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Adept |
Very skillful |
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Aptitude |
Natural ability, talent Quickness in understanding; intelligence |
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Astute |
Having shrewd judgement; observant, clever, and cunning |
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Finesse |
To achieve a goal or handle a situation with subtle skill Refinement, delicacy, and skill Subtle, skillful handling of a potentially difficult situation |
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Painstaking |
marked by or requiring great care; demanding extended or extreme effort, or diligence |
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Precocious |
Showing unusually early development or maturity |
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Prodigy |
A person, often young, with exceptional talents or powers |
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Resourceful |
Effective and imaginative in solving problems; pratical |
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Virtuoso |
A very skilled musician or other type of artist; an expert master artist |
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idiossyncrasy |
an unusual habit of one particular person |
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Innocuous |
harmless; not likely to offend anyone |
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Obtrusive |
"to thrust" Unpleasantly noticeable; bold Thrusting out |
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Orthodox |
Doing and believing what is commonly accepted or customary Following established beliefs and faiths |
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Prevalent |
"to be stronger" Widely or commonly existing or practiced |
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Prosaic |
Dull; ordinary; lacking in imagination and spirit |
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Quaint |
Charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned wat |
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Rarity |
Something that is very infrequent or scarce |
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Singular |
Being the only one of a kind; unique Being beyond what is ordinary of usual; remarkable |
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Trite |
Overused and therefore lacking in interest |
