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32 Cards in this Set
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facetious
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joking (often inappropriately); humorous
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facilitate
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help bring about; make less difficult
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fallacious
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false; misleading
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fatuous
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brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug
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fawning
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trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering or cringing
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felicitous
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apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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fervor
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glowing ardor; intensity of feeling
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fiduciary
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of a trust; held or given in trust
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flag
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droop; grow feeble; to decline in vigor or strength
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fledgling
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inexperienced person, newbie
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flout
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to reject; mock; show contempt for
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foment
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to arouse or incite
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forestall
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prevent by taking action in advance
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fractious
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irritable, peevish
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frugality
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thrifty; economy
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fusillade
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continuous discharge of firearms or outburst of criticism
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futile
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useless; hopeless; ineffectual
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gainsay
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deny
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garrulous
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loquacious; talkative; wordy
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goad
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urge on; prod
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gouge
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overcharge (also thumb in the eye)
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grandiloquent
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pompous or inflated in language; bombastic; using high-sounding language
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gregarious
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sociable
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guile
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deceit or trickery
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guileless
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without deceit
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gullible
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easily deceived
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harangue
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long, passionate, and vehement speech
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heterodox
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different from acknowledged standard; holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines
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heterogeneous
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mixed; (not originating in the body?)
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homogeneous
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of the same kind
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hyperbole
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exaggeration; overstatement
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hypocritical
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affecting (making a display of liking or using) virtues or qualities one does not have
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