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69 Cards in this Set
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prescience |
power to foresee the future |
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glut |
an excessive supply |
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disaffected |
discontented towards authority |
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exonerate |
pronounce not guilty |
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petulant |
irritable |
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apocryphal |
being of questionable authenticity |
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refute |
prove to be false |
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denigrate |
charge falsely with malicious intent |
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circumscribe |
restrict or confine |
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arcane |
requiring secret knowledge |
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tractable |
easily managed |
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rescind |
officially cancel |
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insolent |
rude and arrogant |
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repudiate |
reject as untrue |
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inscrutable |
unfathomable |
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sycophant |
one who ingratiates |
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dilettante |
an amateur without serious intentions |
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pedestrian |
lacking imagination |
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obsequious |
attentive in an ingratiating manner |
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nonplussed |
unsure on how to act |
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duress |
compulsory force or threat |
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posit |
assume as fact |
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specious |
deceptively pleasing, plausible but false |
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disseminate |
cause to become widely known |
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flux |
indecision about how to act |
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ignominious |
disgraceful |
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furtive |
secretive |
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rebuke |
censure, reproach |
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stringent |
strict with rules |
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askance |
look of suspicion and disapproval |
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fastidious |
overly concerned with details |
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pejorative |
derogatory |
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pine |
to yearn for |
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screed |
an abusive rant |
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indignant |
feeling anger over a perceived injustice |
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extenuating |
making more forgivable |
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vicarious |
hint: porn |
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sanctimonious |
holier than thou |
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stem |
to hold back |
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cadaverious |
emaciated |
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inclement |
stormy, showing no mercy |
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stolid |
not easily aroused |
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avid |
marked by active interest |
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raffish |
marked by carefree unconventionality |
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fete |
to celebrate a person |
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flounder |
behave awkwardly |
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muted |
softened,subdued |
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deter |
turn away from by persuation |
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thwart |
hinder |
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respite |
a pause from doing something |
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ingenuity |
power of creative imagination |
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guffaw |
laugh boisterously |
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malady |
a disease or sickness |
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quandary |
uncertainty with a choice between equally unfavorable options |
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renege |
fail to fulfill a promise |
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rankle |
make acgry |
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facetious |
cleverly amusing in tone |
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assail |
attack in speech or writing |
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grovel |
show submission or fear |
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inadvertant |
unintentional |
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assuage |
placate |
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unruly |
unwilling to submit to authority |
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jargon |
characteristic language of a particular group |
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derisive |
vocally abusing |
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spurn |
reject with contempt |
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cornucopia |
abundant supply of something good |
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genteel |
refined in taste and manner |
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glib |
speaking with ease but without sincerity |
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buck |
resist |
