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62 Cards in this Set
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aplomb
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poise, assurance
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callow
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w/o experience
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surmise
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to think or believe w.o supporting evidence
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adventitious
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incidental; accidental
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acculturation
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adaptation
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expediate
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redeem
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seditious
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resistant to authority; rebellious
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tenuous
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vague; hazy
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assuage
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to make easier or milder
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inscrutable
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incapable of being understood
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insular
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narrow outlook or experience
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querulous
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peevish; complaining
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sedulous
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persistant
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scurrilious
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vulgar
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axiomatic
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self-evident
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blazon
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embellishment
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caveat
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warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding
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fractious
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tending to be troublesome
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soporific
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causing sleep
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sepulchral
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funereal
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aspersion
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derogatory statement; defaming
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aspersion
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derogatory statement; defaming
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ennui
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boredom; listlessness
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sinecure
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job that is easy
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surreptitious
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stealthily
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debase
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lower in character
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grandiose
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grand
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mitigate
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make milder or softer
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prate
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blabber; talk a great deal in a foolish way
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acrimonious
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stinging, bitter in temper or tone
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expurgate
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purify
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impugn
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to call into question or accuse
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odium
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hatred
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relegate
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relocate
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anathema
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object of intense dislike
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avarice
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greedy desire
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egregious
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standing out
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penury
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extreme poverty
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slovenly
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untidy, dirty, careless
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torpid
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inactive, sluggish
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accrue
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grow or accumulate over time
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dun
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demand insistently
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invective
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condemnation; abusive
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munificent
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extremely generous
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reprobate
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a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person
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abstemious
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moderate
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denizen
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an inhabitant
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heresy
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opinion different that of accepted belief
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inculcate
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to impress on the mind with repitition
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pernicious
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extremely harmful
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salient
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leaping, jumping, springing forth
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specious
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deceptive; lacking real merit
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extenuate
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to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense
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implicit
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implied or understood though unexpressed
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ostentatious
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overdone
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prosaic
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dull
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redundant
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excess or extra
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sanctimonious
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self-righteous
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scintillating
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sparkling, twinkling
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aver
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to affirm
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collate
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compare critically
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encumber
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weigh down
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