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18 Cards in this Set
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obfuscate (v)
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to confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex |
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oblique (adj)
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indirect; slanting (deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line)
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obsequious (adj) |
slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic |
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obstreperous (adj) |
boisterous; noisy |
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obtrude (v) |
to push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude; butt in; stick out or extrude |
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obtuse (adj) |
blunt; stupid |
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obviate (v) |
to make unnecessary; get rid of |
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occlude (adj) |
mysterious; secret; supernatural
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odium (n) |
detestation; hatefulness; disrepute
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officious (adj) |
meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services |
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omniscient (adj)
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all-knowing |
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onslaught (n) |
vicious assault |
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onus (n) |
burden; responsibility |
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opprobrium (n) |
infamy; vilification |
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opus (n) |
work |
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oracular (adj) |
prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous |
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ostensible (adj) |
apparent; professed; pretended |
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overweening (adj) |
presumptuous; arrogant |
