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15 Cards in this Set
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Flagrant (adj.)
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shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring
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Pugnacious (adj.)
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inclined to fight; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative
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Incisive(adj.)
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penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant
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Iconoclast(n.)
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go against the normal flow of belief
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Verbose(adj.)
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the use of too many words; wordy
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Rescind(v.)
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to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal
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Immutable (adj.)
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not mutable; unchangeable; changeless
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Surmise (v.)
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to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess
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Lampoon (n.)
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an attack on someone; a work of literature or art ridiculing severlt the character or behaviour of a person, society, etc.
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Precocious (adj.)
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abnormally mature in mental development
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Viable (adj.)
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doable; possible; realistic
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Vicarious (adj.)
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beating around the bush; taking the place of another person or thihng; acting or serving as a substitute
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Vitrolic (adj.)
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very caustic; scathing; bitter; angry; harsh;
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Dearth (n.)
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an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack
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Arduous (adj.)
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requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult
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