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31 Cards in this Set
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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approbation
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expression of approval or praise
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axiomatic
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taken as given, possessing self evident truth
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canonical
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following or in agreement with accepted, traditional standards
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censure
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to criticize severely
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discordant
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conflicting, dissonant or harsh in sound
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effrontery
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extreme boldness, presumptuosness
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ennui
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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extemporaneous
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improvised, done without preparation
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fulminate
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to loudly attack or denounce
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inured
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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magnanimity
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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart
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nascent
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coming into being, in early developmental stages
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neologism
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a new word expression or usage
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noxious
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harmful, injurious
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obtuse
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lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear or precise in thought or expression
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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paean
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song or hym of praise and tahnks giving
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perennial
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recurrening thruogh the year or many years
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perfidy
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intentional breach of faith, treacherous
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive
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precipitate
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acting with excessive haste or impulse (adj). to cause or happen before anticipated (v)
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predilection
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a dispostion in favor of something, preference
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prescience
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foreknowledge of events
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relegate
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forcibly assign
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solicitous
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concerned and attentive, eager
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sordid
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characterized by fitlth grime
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squander
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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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stymie
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to block or thwart
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tortuous
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winding complicated
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truculent
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fierce and cruel, eager to fight
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