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40 Cards in this Set
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Equivocal/Equivocate/Equivocation
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Ambiguous, open to two interpretations
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Tractable(intractable)
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Obedient yielding
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Placate (implacable)
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To soothe or pacify
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Miser
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Person who is extremely stingy
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Engender
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To produce cause bring out
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Dogma (tic)(tism)(tist)
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Rigidly fixed in opinion, opinionated
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Garrulous (garrulity)
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Very talkative
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Homogeneous (homogenized)
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Composed of identical parts
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Laconic
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Using few words
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Quiescence (quiescent)
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Inactivity/stillness
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Anomalous
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Irregular or deviating from the norm
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Venerate (-ion)
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To respect
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Venerate (-ion)
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To make less severe, ease, relive
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Misanthrope (-ic)
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Person who hates human being
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Digress (ive)
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To turn aside; to stray from the main point
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Corroborate (-ion)
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To confirm, verify
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Buttress
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To reinforce or support
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Antipathy
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Dislike, hostility, extreme opposition or aversion
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Disabuse
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To free from error or misconception
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Feigned (unfeigned)
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Pretended
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Banal (ity)
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Trite and overly common
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Desiccate (-ion)
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To dry completely, dehydrate
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Diatribe
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Bitter verbal attack
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Pedant (ic)(ry)
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Uninspired, boring academic
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Guile (less)
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Trickery, deception
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Eulogy (-ize)
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High praise, often in public
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Fawn (ing)
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To flatter excessively, seek the favor of
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Aberrant/Aberration
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Different from the usual or normal
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Heresy/Heretic (al)
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An act opposed to established religious orthodoxy
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Obdurate
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Stubborn
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Prevaricate (-ion)
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To lie, evade the truth
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Embellish (ment)
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To ornament; to make attractive with decoration or details; add details to a statement
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Pragmatic/Pragmatism
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Practical; moved by facts rather than abstract ideals
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Precipitate
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To cause to happen; to throw down from a height
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Proximity
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Nearness
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Profundity
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Depth (usually depth of thought)
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Adulterate
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To corrupt or make impure
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Sanction
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Permission, support; law; penalty
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Ameliorate (ion)
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To make better; improve
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Anachronism/Anachronistic
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Something chronologically inappropriate
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