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54 Cards in this Set
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PEREMPTORY
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bossy, haughty, authoritative
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ASSENT
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permission
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DISSENT
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disagreement, protest
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DIFFIDENCE
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shyness
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DEFERENCE
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devotion, respect, homage
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ANECDOTE
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brief story, often humorous
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EXCEPTIONABLE
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objectionable
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EXACERBATED
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made worse, irritated
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VACILLATION
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uncertainty, wavering, hestitation
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INTELLIGIBLE
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readable, sensible
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PARITY
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equality
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ACQUISITIVE
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greedy, materialistic, avaricious
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GAMBOL
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play, frolic, cavort
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ACETIC
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sour, relating to vinegar
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ASCETIC
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rigidly plain and simple, monk like, Spartan, stoic
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PRECOCIOUS
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unusually talented or gifted at a young age
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CONTRITE
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sorrowful, apologetic, repentant, remorseful
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URBANE
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refined, sophisticated, suave, cultured, cosmopolitan
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CAUSAL
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causing to happen, inducing
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BOOR
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a rude person, churl, dunce, dullard, oaf, cretin, imbecile
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OFFICIOUS
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meddlesome, nosy, bothersome
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CONTEND
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to compete, vie, dispute, argue
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SPECIOUS
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untrue, sophomoric, imprecise, superficial
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TENET
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belief, canon, creed, doctrine, dogma
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COMPLICITY
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involvement (usu.negative)
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REVEILLE
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a military song played (usu. on a bugle) to awaken soldiers
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GENUS
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type, kind, category
between species and family |
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METTLE
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courage, dauntlessness, pluck
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MEDDLE
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interfere, butt in, tamper, interlope
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CENSURE
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disapprove, reprimand, discipline, admonish, berate
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VENAL
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evil, corrup, willing to take a bribe
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IMPETUOUS
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hasty, impatient, impulsive, zealous
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LIBEL
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defame, slander, revile, besmirch
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EMINENT
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outstanding, esteemed, renowned
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IMMANENT
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built in, inherent, endemic
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INCITE
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stir up, provoke, excite
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DISSEMBLE
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to mask, camouflage, conceal
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SUPPLANT
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replace, substitute
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PROSCRIBE
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prohibit, condemn, sentence, doom
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INDIGENT
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poor, impoverished, destitute
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INDIGENOUS
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native, naturally occuring
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REGIMEN
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schedule, routine
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REGIME
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government
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GARISH
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gaudy, tasteless, ostentatious, overdone
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PEDANT
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showoff (of knowledge), know it all
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INGENUOUS
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simple, naive
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MERETRICIOUS
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gaudy, blatant, brazen, chintzy, flashy, loud
tawdrily attractive |
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EPITHET
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a nickname, often insulting
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EPIGRAM
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a short, clever saying
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ECLECTIC
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chosen from a variety of sources, varied, catholic
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DEPRECATE
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condemn, revile, denigrate, disparage, vilify
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CANON
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principle, creed, belief, tenet, dogma
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STOLID
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unemotional, impassive, stoic, phlegmatic
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WAIVE
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to give up a right or privilege, surrender
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