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39 Cards in this Set

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Tractable

Controlled or managed

Spur

Driven by

Stymied

Made difficult

Peripheral

Marginal

Provincial

Narrow minded

Robust

String and hard

Belligerent

War like (strong word), hostile

Fledgling

Novice

Empirical

Focus on information that can be verified by observation.

Speak to

Comment on or give evidence

Undermine

Lessen; weaken; de stabilise

Veritable

Unquestionable

Eclectic

Drawn from variety of sources

Asides

Deviating from main point

Pedantic

Academically trivial

Superfluity

Excess

Paucity

Lack of

Affable

Friendly, easy to get along with

Magnanimous

Generous

Morose

Sad, sulking

Meek

Timid

Disdainful

Looking down at people

Repudiated

Denied

Deleterious

Harming, damaging

Comprehensive

Thorough

Reprehensible

Not good.. really bad

Bequeathed

Given

Perusal

Look over something thoroughly

Dispensation

Supply something; exempt from doing something

Eponyms

Place or things named after somebody

Tropes

Conventional ideas. Similar to metaphors

Diminutives

Add something to the end of the word. Like 'ito' in Spanish

Amorphous

Shapeless

Indiscernible

Amorphous, shapeless

Bequeathed

Given us

Dissembler

Puts on a false face

Iconoclast

One who goes against conventions

Raconteur

Story teller

Maverick

Revolutionary