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25 Cards in this Set
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abstuse
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difficult to understand, recondite, concealed
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affable
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friendly, courteous, amiable
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audacity
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excessive boldness, rashness, daring
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contrite
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extgremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant
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credulous
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believing on slight evidence, gullible
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depravity
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moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act
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deprecate
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to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval
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didactic
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instrumentive, designed to teach
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dormant
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inactive, sleeping
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enigmatic
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mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling
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erudite
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scholarly
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exotic
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foreign, unfamiliar
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fuse
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to mix or to join
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immutable
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unchanging
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incorrigible
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incapable of being reformed or improved
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loathe
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to detest
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mitigate
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to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe
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nullify
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to cause not to be in effect, to negate
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pacifistic
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oposed to war or use of force
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pretentious
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making an extravagant outward show, self-important
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prologue
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introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work, introductory action
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recant
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to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief, revoke
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servile
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overly submissive
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trepidation
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fear, trembling , agitation
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vilify
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to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against
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