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39 Cards in this Set
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Tractable |
Controlled or managed |
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Spur |
Driven by |
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Stymied |
Made difficult |
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Peripheral |
Marginal |
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Provincial |
Narrow minded |
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Robust |
String and hard |
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Belligerent |
War like (strong word), hostile |
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Fledgling |
Novice |
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Empirical |
Focus on information that can be verified by observation. |
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Speak to |
Comment on or give evidence |
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Undermine |
Lessen; weaken; de stabilise |
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Veritable |
Unquestionable |
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Eclectic |
Drawn from variety of sources |
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Asides |
Deviating from main point |
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Pedantic |
Academically trivial |
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Superfluity |
Excess |
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Paucity |
Lack of |
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Affable |
Friendly, easy to get along with |
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Magnanimous |
Generous |
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Morose |
Sad, sulking |
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Meek |
Timid |
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Disdainful |
Looking down at people |
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Repudiated |
Denied |
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Deleterious |
Harming, damaging |
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Comprehensive |
Thorough |
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Reprehensible |
Not good.. really bad |
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Bequeathed |
Given |
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Perusal |
Look over something thoroughly |
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Dispensation |
Supply something; exempt from doing something |
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Eponyms |
Place or things named after somebody |
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Tropes |
Conventional ideas. Similar to metaphors |
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Diminutives |
Add something to the end of the word. Like 'ito' in Spanish |
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Amorphous |
Shapeless |
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Indiscernible |
Amorphous, shapeless |
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Bequeathed |
Given us |
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Dissembler |
Puts on a false face |
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Iconoclast |
One who goes against conventions |
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Raconteur |
Story teller |
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Maverick |
Revolutionary |