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36 Cards in this Set
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banal |
hackneyed, trite; commonplace; stale |
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carping |
petty, nagging criticism |
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encomium |
formal expression of praise, lavish tribute |
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invidious |
offensive, hateful; malecious |
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taciturn |
habitually silent or quiet |
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tenable |
capable of being held or defended; justifiable |
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animadversion |
strong criticism or dissaproval |
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gambit |
ploy, maneuver, strategy |
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histrionic |
theatrical, stagy |
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incendiary |
causing fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion |
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overt |
open, not hidden |
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undulate |
to move in waves; ripple, fluctuate |
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articulate |
pronounce distinctly; expressed clearly and forcefully |
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credence |
belief, mental acceptance; credit |
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distraught |
very much agitated or upset |
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feckless |
lacking in spirit or strength |
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nefarious |
wicked; devoid of moral standards |
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verbiage |
language that's too wordy |
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atrophy |
wasting away of body organ or tissue; deterioration |
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concord |
state of agreement, harmony |
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exigency |
urgency, pressure |
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glean |
to gather bit by bit; collect |
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jocular |
joking, witty |
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pecuniary |
of or relating to money |
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acuity |
sharpness (particularly of mind or senses) |
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depraved |
marked by evil or corruption |
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enervate |
weaken or lessen mental/physical rigor of |
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mundane |
relating to practical and material affairs; ordinary, routine |
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overweening |
conceited, excessive; inflated |
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ubiquitous |
present or existing everywhere; omnipresent |
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agnostic |
skeptic; without faith |
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derelict |
someone or something that's abandoned or neglected; delinquent |
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inane |
silly, idiodic |
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indubitable |
certain, unquestionable |
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moot |
open to discussion and debate; debatable |
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surveillance |
watch kept over a person; observation |
