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31 Cards in this Set
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Salient
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(adj) most prominent or noticeable
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Surreptitious
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adj) secretive; on the sly
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Officious
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nosy; forward; pushy; assertive
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Stultify
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to dull or bore through tedious repetition or routine
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Puerile
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childish; immature
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Expunge
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to erase or completely remove
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Flout
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to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt
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Prolix
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wordy; verbose
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Mellifluous
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sweetly flowing; sweet sounding
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Inveigle
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to trick or deceive
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Feign
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to pretend
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Exculpate
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to clear of blame
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Pell-Mell
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confusion; marked by confusion
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Zeitgeist
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the spirit of an age; the “feel” of a cultural or historical time
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Proliferate
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to spread rapidly
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Turpitude
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vile shameful depravity or immorality
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Enervate
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to weaken, take strength away
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Fulminate
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to explode in verbal hostility
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Tyro
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a novice or amateur
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Perfidious
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wickedly deceitful
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Anachronism
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something placed in the wrong time period
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Lexicon
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dictionary; a person’s vocabulary
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Temerity
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boldness; brashness
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Sibilant
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producing a hissing sound like the letter “s”
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Juxtapose
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to put side by side for comparison or contrast
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Indolent
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lazy
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Blandishment
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flattering, coaxing speech
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Purport
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to repute, claim, or allege
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Decrepitude
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broken down by old age
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Exhort
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to urge or encourage strongly
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Remonstrate
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to protest or object to
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