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40 Cards in this Set
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Rakish
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-Adj
-lacking restraint; marked by indulgence in things |
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Reciprocal
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-Adj
-shared, felt, or shown by both sides |
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Languid
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-weak from exhaustion
-characterized by a lack of energy or spirit |
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Obtrusive
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-Adj
-forward in manner or conduct -intrusive |
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Convivial
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-Adj
-relating to or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company |
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Hubris
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-Noun
-exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
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Incipient
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-beginning to come into being or to become apparent
-beginning stages |
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Invidious
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-Showing or feeling envy
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Indelicate
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Improper, verging on the indecent
-Coarse -Tactless |
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Idiosyncrasy
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-An individulizing characteristic quality
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Limpid
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-Clear and simple in style
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Gumption
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-Common Sense
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Foible
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-A personal weakness or failing
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Rectitude
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-Noun
-Great integrity, more uprising |
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Staid
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-Adj
-Marked by self-restraint -Sober and serious |
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Suffuse
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-Verb
-to spread over or through |
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Stanch
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-Verb
-to stop the flowing of |
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Fathom
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-to grasp and come to understand
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divulge
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-to make public
-to proclaim |
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Sentinel
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-noun
-a gaurd, watchman |
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prominent
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-adj
-standing out, important |
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docile
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-adj
easily led or managed |
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dogmatic
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-relating to a positiveness in assertion of opinion especially when arrogant
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emulate
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-to strive to equal or excell another
-imitate |
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eclectic
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-compsosed of elements drawn from various sources
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gingerly
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-adj
-very cautiously or carefully |
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effervescent
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-adj
-lively or exhilarated |
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divergent
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-adj
-moving in different directions from a common point -differing in opinion |
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Magnate
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-noun
-a person of great influence in a particular field |
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tenet
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-noun
-an idea or belief |
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usurp
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-verb
-to seize power by force |
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lampoon
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-noun
-sharp satire -hunor, irony, or sarcasm, usually directed against an individual |
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jargon
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-noun
-words used by people in a particular field of work |
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specious
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-adi
-having a false look or truth |
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paragon
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-a model of ecellence or perfection
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equanimity
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-noun
-evenness of mind, especially under stress |
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Lofty
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-adj
-having great height or a proud, arrogant manner |
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sanction
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-noun
-a forceful, manipulate measure designed to make a person/s obey |
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Tumultuous
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-adj
-characterized by noisy uproar |
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Demystify
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-Verb
-To eliminate the confusion of |
