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34 Cards in this Set
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Consummate |
Exhibiting extreme skill or mastery |
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Contemporary |
Modern |
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Corroborate |
To strengthen with evidence |
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Strident |
Overly loud |
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Orthodox |
Consistent with standard practice |
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Scrutinize |
Examine closely |
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Reprehensible |
Deserving of blame |
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Intuition |
Gut feeling , a hunch |
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Perquisites |
Special benefits |
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Sinecure |
A job that pays well for almost no responsibility |
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Cacophony |
Loud confusing noises |
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Aplomb |
Great coolness and composure under stress |
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Recluse |
Withdrawn from society |
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Alacrity |
Eagerness |
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Docile |
Easily managed and trained |
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Flippant |
Innapropriate humor |
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Myriad |
Too many to be counted |
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Ascetic |
Self denial |
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Negligible/trivial |
Too insignificant to consider |
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Facetious |
Sarcastic |
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Disingenuous |
Not straight forward |
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Innocuous |
Harmless |
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Profundity |
Intellectual depth |
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Pedagogy (pedantic) |
The art , method , strategies of teaching |
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Mercurial |
Erratic |
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Erroneous |
In error |
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Bolster |
Support or strengthen |
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Discern |
Differentiate |
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Profligate |
Extravagant |
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Dilettante |
Amateurish , pretending to have knowledge |
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Versatile |
Having great diversity |
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Precocious |
Mental/physical development earlier than average age |
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Prudent |
Careful and sensible |
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Resilient |
Having the property of springing back |
