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19 Cards in this Set
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Penchant |
Tendency |
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Rarefy |
Make less dense, to simplify |
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Repine |
To fret, worrying |
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Diaphanous |
Transparent, thin and delicate |
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Feint |
Pretend attack |
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Inured |
Hardened |
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Puissance |
Great power, influence or prowess |
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intransigent |
wont accept pleas, persuasion, or reason, syn: stubborn |
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stolid |
having or revealing little emotion or sensibillity, like stoic not easily aroused or excited |
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retiring |
to retire like job also... doesnt like drawing attention themselves, not arrogant or presuming |
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Inculpate |
Accuse or blame, incriminate |
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Prevaricate |
Deceive, strech the truth |
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Chicanery |
Deception, trickery |
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Gainsay(verb) |
Deny or contradict, challenge The fact that the nba cap is going up cannot be gainsayed. |
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Providential |
Lucky, occuring at a favorable time; opportune |
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Diffidence |
Hesitancy; lack of confidence |
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Fractious |
Irritable and quarrelsome |
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Disparate |
essential different in kind, not allowing comparison syn: discordant, contrasting, dissimilar |
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Sanguine |
Optimistic or positive, especially in a bad or difficult situation |
