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37 Cards in this Set
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Feign |
To fake or pretend |
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Salutary |
Beneficial |
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Viriolic |
Harsh or corrosive tone |
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Vapid |
Dull, lacking significance |
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Sanctimonious |
Making a show of being morally better |
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Immutable |
Unable to be changed |
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Evanescent |
Fleeting, disappearing , vanishing |
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Approbatory |
Tending to approve |
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Pretentious |
Snooty |
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Exculpate |
Free from blame (exonerate) |
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Provisional |
Not under final agreement , tentative |
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Fallacy |
False |
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Luminary |
Inspirational celebrity |
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Vanguard |
Those leading way to new developments |
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Reproach |
Disgrace or shame |
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Complicity |
Accomplice to an inappropriate activity |
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Culpability |
Guilty, reprehensible |
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Progenitor |
Helps to establish something new; pioneer |
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Byzantine |
Highly complex |
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Eschew |
Avoid or stay away from deliberately |
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Itinerant |
Traveling from place to place |
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Derivative |
Coming from somewhere else |
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Maudlin |
Excessively sentimental |
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Hedonistic |
Devoted to seeking pleasure |
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Duplicitous |
Dishonest , two faced |
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Audacious |
Bold, recklessly daring |
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Posthumous |
Occurring after a persons death |
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Quiescent |
Inactive, quiet |
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Trenchant |
Sharp and clear |
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Demography |
Study of human populations |
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Avant-garde |
Experimental, innovative |
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Palliative |
Easing pain |
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Ephermal |
Short lived |
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Prodigy |
Remarkably gifted young person |
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Exasperated |
Intensely irritated |
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Adroit |
Clever and skillful |
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Indelible |
Not able to be forgotten |
