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25 Cards in this Set
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Mundane |
of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary |
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Nascent |
coming into being; in early development stages |
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Nebulous |
vague; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form |
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Neologism |
a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words |
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Noxious |
harmful; injurious |
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Obstuse |
lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought |
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Obviate |
to anticipate and make unnecessary |
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Onerous |
troubling; burdensome |
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Parody |
a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect |
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Perennial |
recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly |
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Perfunctory |
cursory; done without care or interest |
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Prattle |
to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner |
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Prescience |
foreknowledge of events; knowing events prior to their occuring |
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Prevaricate |
to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead |
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Refute |
to disprove; to successfully argue against |
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Relegate |
to forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place or position |
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Solicitous |
concerned and attentive; eager |
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Sporadic |
occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances |
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Static |
not moving, active, or in motion; at rest |
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Stupefy |
to stun, baffle, or amaze |
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Tortuous |
winding; twisting; excessively complicated |
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Truculent |
fierce and cruel; eager to fight |
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Virulent |
extremely harmful |
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Voracious |
having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous |
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Waver |
to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in opinion |
