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36 Cards in this Set
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surfeit
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an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess
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specious
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seemingly true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
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solvent
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able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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salubrious
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promoting health or well being
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rescind
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to invalidate, to repeal, to retract
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polemical
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controversial, argumentative
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pedantic
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the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules
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opprobrium
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disgrace, contempt scorn
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obsequious
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exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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misanthrope
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one who hates all other humans
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mendacity
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dishonesty
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infelicitous
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unfortunate, inappropriate
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inchoate
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an initial stage, not fully formed
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implacable
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not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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hegemony
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consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
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hegemony
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consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
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halcyon
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calm and peaceful
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redoubtable
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awe inspiring, worthy of honor
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odious
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evoking intense aversion or dislike
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inveigle
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to obtain by deception or flattery
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incipient
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beginning to come into being or to become apparent
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elegy
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mournful poem
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demur
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to question or appose
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dearth
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smallness of quantity or number, scarcity
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culpable
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deserving blame.
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contrite
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regretful, penitent
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truculent
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fierce and cruel, eager to fight
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stymie
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to block or thwart
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relegate
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to forcibly assign to a lower position
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prescience
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knowledge of events before they occur
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persipacious
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acutely perceptive, having keen discernement
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fulminate
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to attack loudly or denounce
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ingenuous
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artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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exulpate
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to clear of blame
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chicanery
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trickery
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approbation
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an expression of approval or praise
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