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28 Cards in this Set
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Prospectus
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formal proposal
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astute
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shrewd; clever
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insinuate
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to imply or communicate stealthily
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circumspect
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careful; prudent; discreet
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adroit
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dexterous; deft
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disseminate
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to scatter widely. as in sowing seed
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inscrutable
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difficult to fgathom or understand; impenetrable
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convoluted
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intricate; complex
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Husbandry
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a mild, indirect, of vague term substititing for a harsh, blunt or offensive term
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conjecture
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inference; guess work
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Lucid
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easily understood; clear
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Pedantic
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excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules
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Staid
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Unemotional; serious
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enigma
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a puzzle, mystery or puzzle
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Extrapoiate
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to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information
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candid
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Completly honest, straight forward
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acumen
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quickness, accuracy, and keeness of judgement or insight
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Prospectus
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exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitiude or maturity
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abtruse
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difficult to understand
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incoherent
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lacking cohension or connection
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Callous
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emotionally hardened; unfeeling
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rhetoric
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the art of using language effectively and persuasively
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perspicacious
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shrewd;clear-sighted
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Rudementary
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basic; elementary; in the earliest stages of development
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ascertain
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to find out, as though investigation or experimentation
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Reticent
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inclined to keep silent; reserved
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Didactic
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instructive
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erudition
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deep, extensive learning
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