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20 Cards in this Set
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Abstruse |
Adj. Extremely difficult to understand |
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Affront |
N. An open or intentional insult. V. To insult ones face |
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Canard |
N. A false rumor , fabricated story |
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Captious |
Adj. Excessively ready to find fault,.given to petty criticism, faultfinding |
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Cognizant |
Adj. Aware , knowledgeable, informed , having jurisdiction |
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Contrite |
Adj. Regretful for some misdeeds or sin, plagued by sense of guilt |
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Cynosure |
N. The center of attraction, attention, or interest ; something that serves to guide or direct |
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Decorous |
Adj. Well behaved , dignified , socially proper |
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Deign |
V. To think it appropriate or suitable to ones dignity to do something , to condescend |
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Desiccated |
Adj. Thoroughly dried out , divested of spirit or vitality |
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Efficacy |
N. The power to produce a desired result |
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Engender |
V. To bring into existence, give rise to, produce, generate |
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Ethereal |
Adj. Lighy, airy, delicate, highly refined, suggesting what is heavenly |
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Facade |
N. The front or face of a building , a surface appearance |
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Ghoulish |
Adj. Revolting in an unnatural or morbid way, suggestive of someone who robs graves or preys on dead |
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Incongruous |
Adj. Not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible |
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Machinations |
N. A crafty, scheming , or underhanded action designed to accomplish some usually evil end, scheme |
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Mesmerize |
V. To hypnotize , entrance, to fascinate. |
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Opprobrium |
N. Disgrace arising from shameful conduct, contempt , reproach |
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Putative |
Adj. Generally regarded as such reputed, hypothesized, inferred |
