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20 Cards in this Set
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Abstruse
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extremely difficult to understand
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Affront
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an open or intentional insult; a slight; to insult to one's face in defiance, confront
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Canard
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a false rumor, fabricated story
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Captious
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excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism; intended to trap, confuse, or show up
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Cognizant
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aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction
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Contrite
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regretful for some misdeed or sin; plagued by a sense of guilt; thoroughly penitent
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Cynosure
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the center of attraction, attention, or interest; something that serves as a guide or direct
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Decorous
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well behaved, dignified, socially proper
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Deign
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to think it appropriate or suitable to one's dignity to do something; to condescend
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Desiccated
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thoroughly dried out; divested of spirit or vitality; arid and uninteresting
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Efficacy
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the power to produce a desired result
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Engender
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to bring into existence, give rise to, produce; to come into existence, assume form
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Ethereal
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light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound)
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Facade
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the front or face of a building; a surface appearance (as opposed to what may lie beyond)
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Ghoulish
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revolting in an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead
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Incongruous
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not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible
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Machination
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a crafty, scheming, or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end
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Mesmerize
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to hypnotize, entrance; to fascinate, enthrall, bewitch
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opprobrium
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disgrace arising from shameful conduct; contempt, reproach
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Putative
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generally regarded as such; reputed; hypothesized, inferred
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