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63 Cards in this Set
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Altruistic |
Unselfishly concerned for others |
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Skullduggery |
Unfair or dishonest practices carried out to trick |
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Strident |
Loud or strongly expressed |
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Divulged |
Revealed |
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Impalpable |
Difficult to understand |
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Abstruse |
Difficult to understand |
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Confluence |
Coming together |
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Inconsequential |
Unimportant |
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Begrudged |
Done unwillingly |
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Gesticulate |
To gesture, often while speaking |
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Sophistry |
Deceptive reasoning |
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Specious |
Falsely appearing true |
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Mephitic |
Foul smelling |
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Feigned |
Invented or made up |
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Denigrate |
Critize unfairly |
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Deprecated |
Plundered |
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Derided |
Ridicule |
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Officious |
Assertive of authority |
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Portentous |
Serious and significant |
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Trenchant |
Vigorous in expression or style |
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Unimpeachable |
Not to be doubted or critized |
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Descry |
Catch sight of |
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Conflate |
Mix together |
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Constitute |
To create |
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Heterodox |
Contrary to accepted beliefs |
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Somniferous |
Inducing sleep |
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Hypnogogic |
Inducing sleep |
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Bathetic |
Elevated to everyday |
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Impuissant |
Powerless |
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Inperturbable |
Calm and collected |
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Inscrutable |
Difficult to understand |
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Vitiated |
Impaired in quality |
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Eviscerated |
Remove something of significance |
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Wane |
Decrease |
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Promulgate |
To make widely known by public declaration |
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Nugatory |
Of little value |
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Dank |
Unpleasantly wet |
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Bleak |
Offering little hope |
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Mawkish |
Sentimental |
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Suffused |
Spread over |
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Abasing |
Degrading |
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Excoriate |
Critize |
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Indict |
Critize |
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Mitigate |
Reduce is severity |
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Grave |
Serious or solemn |
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Despotic |
Cruel or expressive in one's use of power |
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Appraisal |
Assessment or evaluation |
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Abnegation |
Give up, renounce |
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Venality |
Capable of being bought or bribed |
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Celerity |
Speed |
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Acquiesce |
Give in |
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Perfunctory |
Done routinely or hastily |
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Palliate |
Partially excuse something bad |
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Profane |
Treat with disrespect |
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Despoil |
Desecrate |
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Propound |
Offer |
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Hallow |
Respect |
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Venerate |
Respect |
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Dubitable |
Doubtful |
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Axiomatic |
Accepted as true |
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Disconsolate |
Gloomy |
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Forlorn |
Unhappy |
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Stoic |
Not feeling |
