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30 Cards in this Set
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candid
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completely honest, straight forward
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conjecture
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inference, guesswork
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didactic
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instructive
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euphemism
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a mild, indirect or vague term substituting a harsh, blunt, or direct term
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"to pass away" is a common euphemism for dying.
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extrapolate
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tp infer or estimate or projecting known information
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incoherent
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lacking cohesion or connection
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insinuate
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to introduce or communicate stealthly
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lucid
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easily understood; clear
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rhetoric
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the artof using language effectively and persuasively.
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acumen
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quickness, accuracy, and keeness of judgement or insight
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adroit
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dexterous;deft
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ascertain
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to find out, as throug investigation or experimentation
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astute
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shrewd, clever
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circumspect
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careful; prudent; discreet
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disseminate
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to scatter widely, as in sowing weed
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erudition
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deep; extensive learing
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husbandry
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the application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding
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pedantic
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excessively concerned with boook learning and formal rules
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perspicacious
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shrewd; clear sighted
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pragmatic
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practical
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precocious
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exhibiting unusually early intellectual apptitude or maturity
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preospectus
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formal proposal
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rudimentary
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formal proposal
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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calloous
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emotionally hardened; unfeeling
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convoluted
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intricate, complex
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enigma
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a puzzle, mystery or riddle
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inscrutable
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difficult to fathom of understand; impenatrable
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reticent
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inclined to keep quiet reserved
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staid
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unemotional, serious
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