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14 Cards in this Set
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ebullient
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(adj) overflowing with enthusiasm or high spirits; exuberant
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specious
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(adj) deceptive; apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
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espouse
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(verb) to embrace, support, or advocate a cause, idea, etc.
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satiate
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(verb) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; sate; gorge; cloy
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perceptive
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(adj) having sympathetic insight and understanding; capable of keen appreciation; perspicacious
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heresy
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(noun) an opinion different from accepted belief; apostasy
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sear
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(verb) to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface
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quail
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(verb) to shrink in fear or lose in heart in a dangerous situation; cower; flinch
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inculcate
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(verb) to impress upon the mind by repetition; teach persistently; instill; indoctrinate
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palpable
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(adj) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard or recognized; tangible
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eclectic
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(adj) composed of material or ideas gathered from a variety of sources
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salient
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(adj) prominent; standing out; conspicuous
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pernicious
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(adj) extremely harmful; deadly or fatal; baneful;ruinous, virulent
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gauche
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(adj) awkward; lacking social grace; tactless; boorish; uncouth
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