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44 Cards in this Set
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Dross
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Waste; foreign matter, impurity
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Dogmatic
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Authoritatively and/or arrogantly assertive of principles, which cannot often be proved
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Sophistry
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Plausible, but faulty logic
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Tacit
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Implied, not explicitly stated
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Byzantine
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Complex
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Satire
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Safe way to make fun of government or monarch
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Ascetic
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One who practices rigid self denial
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Erudite
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Very learned, scholarly
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Epithet
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Disparaging word or phrase
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Expurgate
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To remove obscenity; purify; censor
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Facetious
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Playful; humorous; not serious
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Intransigent
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Refusing to compromise
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Cacophony
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Harsh, jarring noise
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Laconic
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Someone who is short with you
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Itinerate
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To travel from place to place
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Solicitous
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Concerned and attentive; eager
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Prosaic
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Dull, unimaginative
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Nascent
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Coming into being; early development stages
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Aspersion
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Act of defaming
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Paradigm
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Something that serves as a model, example, or pattern
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Spurious
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Lacking of validity. False or counterfeit
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Arabesque
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An elaborate design of intertwined floral figures
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Catalyst
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Something that causes an important event to happen
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Bellicose
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Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile
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Gossamer
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Delicate; insubstantial; insincere
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Intrepid
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Steadfast; courageous
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Nostrum
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Cure-all; placebo or a questionable remedy
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Polemical
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Controversial or argumentative
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Lachrymose
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Cause tears; showing sorrow
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Non Plussed
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Baffled, at a loss of what to say, do or think
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Obtuse
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Lacking sharpness of intellect, not clear or precise
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Perfidy
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Breech of faith
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Peruse
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To examine with great care
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Peripatetic
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Traveling; nomadic
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Platitude
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A superficial or trite remark
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Grandiloquence
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A pompous speech or definition
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Diatribe
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A harsh denunciation
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Apogee
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Farthest or highest point; culmination
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Apotheosis
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The deification, glorification to godliness
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Appropriate
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To take for one's own use; to confiscate
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Culpable
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Deserving blame
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Cynicism
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Attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
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Dearth
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Smallest of quantity or numbers; lack of
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Paean
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A song or expression of praise or victory
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