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135 Cards in this Set
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orthodox
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traditional
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heterodox
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non traditional
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pretentious
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acting better that you really are
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incredulity
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state of being suprised
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disdain
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looking down on someone else
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vacillation
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unable to make clear dicesions
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pathology
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study of disease
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skepticism
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doubltful
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alacrity
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eagerness
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apathy
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lack of emotion
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ambi
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both
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ambidextrous
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write with both hands
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ambigous
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vagu or unclear
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indulent
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lazy
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toment
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crate or nurture
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purveyor
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one who provides material ( mostly food)
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nullify
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cancel out, negate
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disparage
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to say bad things
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proselytizer
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to preach to convert
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decry
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to mourn
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gregarious
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talkitive out going friendly
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unpalatable
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unacceptable
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parsimonious
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simplistic
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reticent
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quiet non takitive
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recuse
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step back from
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divulge
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give away
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meander
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to wander, go in a non straight path
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pilfred
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to steal
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importure
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to beg
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lucrative
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high earning
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superfluity
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extra
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ardous
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difficult exhausting
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remunerative
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pays well
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mendicany
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state of being a begger
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dogmatic
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traditional
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preemptive
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stop something before it happens
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altruistic
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selflessness
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static
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still
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precocious
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smart beyond your age
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penury
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extreme poverty
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anathema
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hate greatly
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ecstasy
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state of extreme hapiness
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bigotry
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intolerence, predejuice(extreme)
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rhetoric
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art of using language
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innate
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natural origniating in the mind
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intrinsic
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essential belonging naturally
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imponderable
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a factor that is impossible or asess
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alpable
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able rto be touched or felt
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asthetic
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concerned with beauty or the appreciation or beauty
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forgo
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give something up
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undermine
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attack something from its authourity
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artful
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skillflul
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curator
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oversee's the exhibits in museum
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cynicism
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exreme doubt
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succinct
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shorten
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effusive
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excssive emotion
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gerrymandering
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dividing districts to advantage thier party unfairly
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perjury
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lying under oath
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filibuster
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delay the passage of a bill
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denizens
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peaople who live somewhere
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enssconsed
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whip pest
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omen
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sign
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malignant
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causing harm
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elusive
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hidden
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detached
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a part from
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impulsive
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act before yu think
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captivated
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drawn into
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bewildered
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confised
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receptive
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open to
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interperal
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make understandable
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refract
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obscure
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interperal
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make understandable
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chaos
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diorder
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refract
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obscure
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chaos
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diorder
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wane
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diminish
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recedent
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pull back
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varience
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variety
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anathema
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toture, loathsome
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duplicity
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deiet
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ecstacy
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extreme joy
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innate
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natural, originating in the mind
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wane
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diminish
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recedent
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pull back
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varience
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variety
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anathema
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toture, loathsome
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duplicity
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deiet
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ecstacy
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extreme joy
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innate
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natural originating in the mind
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intrinsic
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essential
belonging naturally inside` |
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inponderable
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a factor that is impossible or
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palpable
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able to be touched or felt
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aesthetic
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concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty
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bigotry
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intolerence, predujuice
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penury
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exreme poverty
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altruistic
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selflessness
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tenable
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able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection
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impugned
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call into question
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mollify
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soften
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sustenance
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nourishment
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flotsam
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junk from a ship washed up at sea
people or things that have been rejected |
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infallibility
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unable to fail
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dispelled
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make disappear
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superflous
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more than enough
not needed |
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incontovertible
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cannot be disputed over or denied
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eloquent
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fluent/ clear writing or speaking
clearly expressing |
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impervious
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unable to be affected
unable to penetrate something |
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antiquated
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old fashioned or outdated
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languid
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lazy, peaceful
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clairvoyant
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seer
supernatural ways to see events in the future |
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lax
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inconclusive
careless |
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anthology
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published collection of poems or writings
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edifing
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to provide moral or inspiration
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tenous
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weak
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unequivocal
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unambiguous
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effusive
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exppressing feelings of gratitude
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ineffable
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TOO GREAT TO BE DESCRIBED IN WORDS
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incorrigible
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unable to be fixed
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succinct
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briefly or shortly explained
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preeminence
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high ranking
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prognosis
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the predicton of a disease or
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ephemaral
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lasting for a short time
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esorteric
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only a few group of people can understand or like
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nebulous
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vague, indefinite
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esoteric
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diffucult to understand
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candor
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honesty
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during the investigation, witnesses cooperated and were candor.
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affect
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to put on airs
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to join the club, timmy affected a skull tatoo
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veracity
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truthfulness
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due to the veracity of the witness, the police were able to track the mureder to a small club
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debunk
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to expose something as fraud
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the money at the club was a debunk and actually just copied of of an office printer
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apocryphal
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doubtflul authenticity
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when the cashier was handed the aphocryphal money he denid it.
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forthright
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honest straightforward
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after the the newest member of the club was caught he ws forthright to the police during his confession.
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disingenious
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insincere
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the police were disingenious to the suspects pleas when he was put in jail.
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candid
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straightforward
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the suspect had a candid plan to escape jail.
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dubious
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doubtful
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the members of the club when the suspect told them his plan.
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prevaricate
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to lie
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the suspect had to prevaricate saying he was feeling really sick and needed some freshair.
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