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54 Cards in this Set
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didatic
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instructive
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extrapolate
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to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information
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lucid
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easily understood; clear
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acumen
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quickness, accuracy, and keeness of judgement or insight
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ascertain
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to find out; as through investigation or experimentation
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circumspect
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careful; pruduent; discreet
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disseminate
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to scatter widely, as in sowing seed
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erudtion
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deep, extensive learning
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pedantic
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excessively concerned with book learnig or formal rules
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perspacious
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clear-sighted, shrewd
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precocious
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exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity
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prospectus
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formal proposal
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rudimentary
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elementary, basic, in the earliest stages of development
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convoluted
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intricate, complex
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enigma
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a puzzle, mystery, or ridle
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inscrutable
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difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable
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reticent
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incined to keep silent; reserved
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staid
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unemotional; serious
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arcane
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known or understood by only a few
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assimilate
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to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar
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cosmopolitan
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worldy; widely sophisticated
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derivative
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something that comes from another source
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esotric
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intended or understood by only a small group of people
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gaffe
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a clumsy social error; faux pas
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idiosyncrasy
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charasteristic peculiar to an individual or group
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insular
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isolated; narrow or provincial
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potentate
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one who had the power or position to rule over others; monarch
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castigate
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to scold, reubuke, or harshly criticize
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censure
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to issue official blame
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vituperative
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marked by harshly abusive condemnation
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circumscribe
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to draw a circle around; to restrict
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contiguous
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sharing an edge or boundary; touching
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concilatory
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appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile
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exonerate
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to free from blame
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incontrovertible
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indisputable; not open to question
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litigious
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prone to engage in lawsuits
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partisan
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devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause
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parity
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equality as in amount, status, or value
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recitude
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moal uprighteousness; righteousness
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remiss
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lax in attending to duty; negligent
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scrupulous
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principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting
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solicitous
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concerned
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sophistry
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plausible but misleading or fallacious argument
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veracity
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adherence to the truth; truthfulness
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vindicate
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to free from blame
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chicanery
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trickery
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obsequious
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fawing and servile
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sycophant
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insincere; obsequious flatterer
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eminent
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prominent; distinguished
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extol
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to praise highly
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laudatory
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full of praise
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magnamonious
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generously noble in mind and heart
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defunct
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no longer exisiting
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extripate
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to destroy
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