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40 Cards in this Set
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Preclude
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(v) to make impossible; keep from happening
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Prevaricate
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(v) to manipulate the truth in order to conceal it (a way of lying)
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Sycophant
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(n) a flatterer
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Iconoclast
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(n) a destroyer of icons or tradition
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Commodious
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(adj) spacious; roomy
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Clandestine
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(adj) secretive; covert, often because of an illicit purpose or reason
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Alacrity
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(n) enthusiasm; brisk and cheerful readiness
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Indignation
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(n) a sort of righteous anger at being treated unfairly
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Decorum
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(n) proper behavior according to societal expectations
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Piety
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(n) quality of being religious
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Parsimonious
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(adj) stingy; tight fisted about money; frugal
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Ostentatious
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(adj) flashy; showy for the sake of getting attention
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Petulant
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(adj) childishly sulky or bad tempered
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Enigma
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(n) a mystery; something hard to understand
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Capricious
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(adj) fickle; given to sudden changes of mood
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Propensity
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(n) an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way
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Dichotomy
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(n) a division or contrast between two things
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Bellicose
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(adj) warlike; aggressive
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Succumb
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(v) to fail to resist; to surrender to
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Laconic
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(adj) not talkative; using very few words
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Inauspicious
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(adj) not favorable; marked by ill omen
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Lugubrious
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(adj) marked by excessive sadness; overly mournful
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Plethora
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(n) overabundance; excess
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Virulent
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(adj) harmful; deadly
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Extirpate
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(v) to destroy completely; annihilation
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Magnanimous
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(adj) showing mercy when justice and punishment are deserved
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Pariah
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(n) an outcast; one despised and rejected
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Gregarious
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(adj) friendly; very social
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Precariously
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(adv) dangerously
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Covet
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(v) to want what someone else has
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Paramount
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(adj) of great importance
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Supercilious
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(adj) overly proud; arrogant
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Posthumous
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(adj) occurring after death
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Curmudgeon
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(n) typically an older person marked by grumpiness
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Fortuitous
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(adj) happening by chance (does not necessarily mean “fortunate”)
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Insipid
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(adj) dull; lacking color or flavor
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Peremptory
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(adj) not open to debate; final
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Ambivalent
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(adj) marked by conflicted feelings; uncertainty regarding decisions
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Vicarious
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imagined or experienced secondhand through another person’s experience
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Garrulous
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talkative; very chatty
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