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30 Cards in this Set
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palliative
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(adj) serving to heal or soothe
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levity
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lack of appopriate seriousness
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abhor
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to loathe
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coerce
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to pursuade by force
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explicator
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one who interprets or develops a theory
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belligerently
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warlike
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obfuscator
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one who makes things difficult to understand
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extemporaneously
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done, spoken, or performed without any preparation in advance
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rhetorician
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a person who writes or speaks in an exaggerated fashion
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judicious
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using or showing good judgement; prudent
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draconian
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rigorous; unusually severe or cruel
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presage
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to give an indication or warning of something that will happen in the future
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prevalent
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commonly occurring or existing
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prevaricate
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to avoid the truth; equivocate; lie
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proboscis
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long, hollow snout
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proliferate
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to increase or spread rapidly
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prolific
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producing lots of offspring or fruit; fertile; producing lots of work or results
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puissant
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powerful, mighty
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pusillanimous
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timid; cowardly; wimpy
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salacious
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lecherous; erotically stimulating
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stagnant
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not moving or flowing; motionless, stationary
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stolid
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showing little emotion or pain; emotionally solid
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submission
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the act of yielding to the authority of another
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subvert
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to overthrow or undermine the power of
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supercilious
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haughty; conceited; disdainful
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superalitve
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most; of the highest order; surpassing all others
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surreptitious
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done clandestinely (secretly) or by stealth
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sycophant
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servile person who follows and flatters another person in the hope of winning a favor
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allusion
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a reference to something
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astute
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shrewd; wise; observing
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