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25 Cards in this Set
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Ambiguous:
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open to various interpretations, lacking clearness (adjective)
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Amiable:
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friendly, sociable (adjective)
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Crass:
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coarse, crude or unrefined
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Discursive:
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moving from topic to topic, skipping randomly
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Docile:
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easily manageable, passive
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Estrange:
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to keep at a distance, to alienate someone (verb)
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Exonerate:
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to free from any charges, free from guilt (verb)
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Gratuitous:
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given for free without payment (adjective)
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Hypothesize:
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to form a theory about something (verb
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Indignation:
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strong anger against something done unjustly
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Induce:
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to lead by persuasion or influence (verb)
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Intractable:
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not docile, not easily manageable
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Introspective:
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to look to or examine one’s inner feelings or emotions
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Lucid:
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clear, or easily understood (adjective)
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Meticulous:
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taking into account small details or preciseness (adjective)
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Misanthrope:
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a hater of human kind
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Munificent:
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extremely liberal in giving, extremely generous
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Plagiarize:
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to take and use ideas of another’s work
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Profuse:
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spending or giving amounts freely, extravagant; extravagantly abundant, flowing freely
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Recluse:
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a person who lives in seclusion, away from society (noun)
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Sated:
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to fill to satisfy, often in excess (adjective)
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Stupefy:
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to stun or shock, to overwhelm with amazement; to dull the senses
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Terse:
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abruptly concise or blunt (adjective)
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Transient:
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lasting only a short time, temporary (adjective)
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Virtuoso:
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a person who has special skills in a field, usually of art or music
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