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34 Cards in this Set
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Copious
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A large amount; abundant; plentiful
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Prolific
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producing a great amount; creating a lot of output
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Spate
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a large number or amount
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Surfeit
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a surplus; an extra unneeded amount
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Glut
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a suplus; an overabundance of something
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Replete
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full of something; complete with
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Fastidious
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meticulous with respect to cleanliness; painstakingly attentive to accuracy and detail
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Scrupulous
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honest; moral; principled; careful
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Gingerly
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showing great care or caution
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Heedful
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aware and attentive of; mindful; thoughtful; careful
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Lithe
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flexible; graceful; pliable; bending readily
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Pliable
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malleable; able to change form or shape easily
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Extricate
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to remove from a sticky situation or entanglement; to 'free'
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Apoplectic
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furious; indignant; overcome with anger; livid
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Flippant
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treating serious matters with with inappropriate humor or lack of respect
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Indignant
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anger at being treated unfairly or unjustly
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Inimical
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unfavorable; harmful; hostile
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Surly
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rude; hostile; menacing
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Didactic
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instructive; providing a lesson; (sometimes) preachy
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Diffident
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shy; timid; lacking confidence
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Glacial
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cold and icily unsympathetic; or moving very slowly
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Apocryphal
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of questionable authenticity; probably flase
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Belie
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when one's words or actions contradict one's true feelings; to create false impression; to contradict
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Debunk
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to disprove; to show to be false
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Discrepancy
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an inconsistency between two statements or facts
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Specious
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seemingly plausible on the surface, but actually false
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Delusion
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A false belief or opinion, often logically so
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Ostensible
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Supposed; when one reason for something is given but an ulterior motive exists
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Prevarication
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a lie; an untruthful statement
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Spurious
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false; fake; not genuine
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Abstruse
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hard to understand; difficult to comprehend
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Arcane
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known only to a chosen few; mysterious and obscure
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Erudite
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possessing great knowledge and/or learning
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Esoteric
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known only by a select few of people; recondite
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