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20 Cards in this Set
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Absolve
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To clear from blame, responsibility or guilt
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Caricature
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A representation in which a subject’s characteristic feature is deliberately distorted; to present someone or something in a distorted way
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Clangor
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A loud ringing sound; to make a loud ringing noise
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Contiguous
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Side by side, near, touching; adjacent in time
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Cupidity
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An eager desire for something, greed
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Deleterious
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Harmful, injurious
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Enhance
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To raise to a higher degree, to increase the value or desirability of something
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Enthrall
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To captivate, charm, hold spellbound, enslave, imprison
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Extenuate
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To lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses
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Implicit
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Implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning, potentially contained in
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Incisive
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Sharp, keen, penetrating
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Ostentatious
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Marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy
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Paragon
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A model of excellence or perfection
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Paraphrase
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To restate in other words, a statement that expresses the same idea in different language
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Politic
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Prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient
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Prosaic
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Dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter of fact, straightforward, characteristic of prose not poetry
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Redundant
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Extra, excess, more than needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush
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Sanctimonious
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Making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious; self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou
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Scintillating
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Sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant
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Winsome
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Charming, attractive, pleasing
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