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111 Cards in this Set
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Acumen
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Acumen - quick, keen, or accurate knowledge or insight
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Ascetic
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Ascetic - practiceses ridgid self-denial, esp. as an act of religious devotion
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Astringent
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Astringent - having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh, severe
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Avarice
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Avarice - greed, esp. for wealth
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Aver
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Aver - to state as fact; to confirm or support
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Bucolic
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Bucolic - rustic & pastoral; characteristic of rural areas & rural folk
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Canon
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Canon - established set of principles or code of laws, esp religious in nature
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Canonical
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Canonical - following or in agreement w/ orthodox requirements
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Chary
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Chary - wary; cautious
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Cynicism
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Cynicism - belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
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Dearth
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Dearth - smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack
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Demur
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Demur - to question or oppose
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Didactic
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Didactic - intended to teach or instruct
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Dilettante
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Dilettante - one with amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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Dissemble
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Dissemble - to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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Ebullience
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Ebullience - quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings
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Effrontery
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Effrontery - extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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Emollient
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Emollient - soothing, esp. to skin; making less hars; mollifying
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Empirical
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Empirical - based on observation or experience
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Ennui
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Ennui - dissatisfaction & restlessness resulting from boredome or apathy
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Evanescent
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Evanescent - tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
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Filibuster
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Filibuster - intentional obstruction, esp. prolonged speechmaking intending to delay legislation
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Flout
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Flout - to demonstrate contempt for, as in a rule or convention
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Fulminate
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Fulminate - to loudly attack or denounce
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Furtive
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Furtive - marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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Germane
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Germane - relavant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
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Glib
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Glib - marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth
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Grandiloquence
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Grandiloquence - pompous speech or expression
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Hackneyed
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Hackneyed - rendered trite or commonplace by frequent use
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Halcyon
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Halcyon - calm and peaceful
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Harangue
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Harangue - to deliver a pompous speech or tirade
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Hegemony
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Hegemony - consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
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Heretical
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Heretical - violating acecpted dogma or convention
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Hubris
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Hubris - arrogant presumption of pride
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Hyperbole
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Hyperbole - an exaggerated statement, usually a figure of speech
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Idolatrous
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Idolatrous - given to intense or excessive devotion to something
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Immutable
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Immutable - not capable of change
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Impassive
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Impassive - revealing no emotion
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Impecunious
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Impecunious - lacking funds; without money
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Impunity
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Impunity - immunity from punishment or penalty
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Incipient
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Incipient - beginning to come into being, or to become apparent
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Infelicitious
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Infelicitious - unfortunate, inappropriate
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Intractable
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Intractable - not easily managed or directed; stubborn, obstinate
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Intrepid
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Intrepid - steadfast and courageous
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Inured
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Inured - accustomed to accepting something undesireable
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Inveigle
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Inveigle - to obtain by deception or flattery
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Magnanimity
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Magnanimity - quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving
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Mendacity
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Mendacity - condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
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Mercurial
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Mercurial - characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
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Nascent
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Nascent - come into being; in early development stages
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Nebulous
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Nebulous - vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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Neologism
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Neologism - a new word, expression or usage; creation or use of new words or senses
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Neophyte
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Neophyte - a recent convert; a beginer, novice
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Obfuscate
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Obfuscate - to deliberately obscure; to make confusuing
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Obtuse
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Obtuse - lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression
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Odious
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Odious - evoking intense aversion or dislike
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Paean
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Paean - a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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Parody
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Parody - a humours imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, esp. in literature and art
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Pedagogy
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Pedagogy - the art or profession of training, teaching or instructing
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Pedantic
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Pedantic - the parading of learning; excessive attention to minutea and formal rules
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Penurious
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Penurious - penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
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Penury
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Penury - poverty; destitution
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Pernicious
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Pernicious - extremely harmful; potentially causing death
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Perspicacious
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Perspicacious - acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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Pine
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Pine - to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
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Pith/Pithy
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Pith/Pithy - the essential or central part; precise and brief
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Polemical
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Polemical - controversial; argumentative
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Prattle
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Prattle - to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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Precursor
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Precursor - one that indicates or announces someone or something to come
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Preen
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Preen - to dress up; to primp; to groom one-self with elaborate care
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Prescience
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Prescience - foreknowledge of events; knowing of events before they occur
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Prodigious
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Prodigious - abundant in size, force, or extent; extraordinary
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Profligate
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Profligate - excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
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Profuse
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Profuse - given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant
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Prolific
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Prolific - producing large volumes or amounts; productive
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Prosaic
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Prosaic - dull, unimaginative
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Putrefy
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Putrefy - to rot; to decay and give off a foul odor
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Quaff
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Quaff - to drink deeply
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Querulous
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Querulous - prone to complaining or grumbling; quarrelsome
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Quixotic
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Quixotic - foolisly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
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Quotidian
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Quotidian - occuring or recurring daily; common place
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Rancorous
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Rancorous - characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
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Recalcitrant
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Recalcitrant - obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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Recondite
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Recondite - hidden, concealed; difficult to understand; obsucre
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Redoubtable
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Redoubtable - awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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Refulgent
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Refulgent - radiant, shiny, brilliant
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Repudiate
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Repudiate - to refuse to have anything to do with; disown
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Salubrious
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Salubrious - promoting health or well-being
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Satire
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Satire - a literary work that ridicules or criticizes human vice through humor or derision
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Sedulous
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Sedulous - diligent, persistent, hardworking
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Solicitious
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Solicitous - concerned and attentive; eager
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Solvent
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Solvent - able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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Sordid
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Sordid - characterized by filth, grime or squalor; foul
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Spurious
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Spurious - lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfit
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Squalid
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Squalid - sordid; wretched and dirty as from neglect
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Static
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Static - not moving, active or in motion; at rest
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Stymie
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Stymie - to block; thwart
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Supplant
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Supplant - to take the place of; supercede
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Surfeit
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Surfeit - excess; overindulgent
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Terse
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Terse - brief and concise in wording
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Tortuous
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Tortuous - winding; twisting; excessivley complicated
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Tout
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Tout - to publicly priase or promote
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Trenchant
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Trenchant - sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
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Truculent
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Truculent - fierce and crule; eager to fight
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Ubiquitious
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Ubiquitious - existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encountered; widespread
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Untenable
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Untenable - indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
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Urbane
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Urbane - sophisticated; refined; elegant
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Variegated
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Variegated - multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different colors
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Vilify
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Vilify - to defame; to characterize harshly
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Virulent
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Virulent - extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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Vituperate
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Vituperate - to use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severly or abusively; berate
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