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205 Cards in this Set
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Candid
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Completely honest, straightforward
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Conjecture
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Inference, guesswork
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Didactic
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Instructive
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Euphemism
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A mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term
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Extrapolate
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To infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information.
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Incoherent
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Lacking cohesion or connection
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Insinuate
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To imply or communicate stealthily
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Lucid
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Easily understood, clear
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Rhetoric
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The art of using language effectively and persuasively
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Acumen
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Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight
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Ascertain
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To find out through investigation or experimentation
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Adroit
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Dexterous, deft
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Astute
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Shrewd, clever
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Circumspect
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careful, prudent, discreet
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Disseminate
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to scatter widely as in sowing seed
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Erudition
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Extensive learning
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Husbandry
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The application of science to agricultural practices, especially the breeding of animals
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Pedantic
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Concerned with book learning and formal rules
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Perspicacious
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Shrewd, clear-sighted
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Pragmatic
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Practical
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Precocious
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Exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity
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Prospectus
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Formal proposal
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Rudimentary
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Basic,in the earliest stages of development, elementary
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Abstruse
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Difficult to understand
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Callous
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Emotionally hardened, unfeeling
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Convoluted
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Intricate, complex
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Enigma
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A puzzle, mystery or riddle
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Inscrutable
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Difficult to fathom or understand, impenetrable
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Reticent
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Inclined to keep silent, reserved
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Staid
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Unemotional, serious
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Arcane
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Known or understood by only a few
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Assimilate
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To absorb or become absorbed
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Autonomy
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Independence, self-determination
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Cosmopolitan
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Worldly, widely sophisticated
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Derivative (n)
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Something that comes from another source
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Entourage
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A group of attendants or associates, a retinue
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Esoteric
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Intended for or understood by only a small group.
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Gaffe
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A clumsy social error, a faux pas
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Idiosyncrasy
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Characteristic peculiar to an individual or group
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Insular
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Isolated, narrow or provincial
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Orthodox
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Adhering to the traditional and established, especially in a religion
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Potentate
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One who has the power and position to rule over others, a monarch
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Castigate
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to scold, rebuke or criticize
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Censure
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to issue official blame
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Reclusive
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seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation
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Relinquish
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to retire from; give up or abandon
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Renounce
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to give up, especially by formal announcement
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Vituperative
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marked by harshly abusive condemnation
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Circumscribe
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to draw a circle around, to restrict
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Contiguous
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Sharing and edge or boundary; touching
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Conciliatory
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appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile
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Credible
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capable of being believed; plausible
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Exonerate
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to free from blame
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Incontrovertable
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indisputable; not open to question
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Indict
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to officially charge with wrongdoing or crime
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Litigious
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prone to engage in lawsuits
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Partisan (adj.)
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devoted to or biased in support of a party, group or cause
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Parity
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equality, as in amount, status, or value (ant: disparity)
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Rectitude
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moral rightness; righteousness
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Remiss
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lax in attending to duty; negligent
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Repudiate
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to reject the validity or authority of
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Sanctimonious
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feigning piety or righteousness
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Scrupulous
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principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting
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Solicitous
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concerned
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Sophistry
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plausible but misleading or fallacious argument
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Substantiate
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to support with proof or evidence; verify
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Veracity
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adherence to the truth; truthfulness
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Vindicate
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to free from blame
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Cajole
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to urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery
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Chicanery
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trickery
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Obsequious
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fawning and servile
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Sycophant
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insincere, obsequious flattery
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Altrusim
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unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness
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Eminent
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distinguished; prominent
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Empathy
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identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings and motives
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Extol
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to praise highly
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Laudatory
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full of praise
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Magnanimous
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courageously or generously noble in mind and heart
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Philanthropic
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humanitarian; benevolent; relating to monetary generosity
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Reciprocate
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to mutually take or give; to respond in kind
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Bombastic
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given to pompous speech or writing
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Ebullience
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intense enthusiasm
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Exorbitant
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exceeding all bounds, as of custom or fairness
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Exuberant
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full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy
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Embellish
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to ornament or decorate; exaggerate
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Flagrant
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extremely or deliberately shocking or dangerous
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Gratuitous
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given freely; unearned; unnecessary
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Lavish
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extravagant
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Opulent
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displaying great wealth
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Lugubrious
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mournful, dismal or gloomy
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Ornate
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elaborately decorated
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Penchant
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a strong inclination or liking
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Redundant
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needlessly repetitive
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Ubiquitous
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being or seeming to be everywhere ate once
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Vicarious
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felt or undergone as through someone else's eyes
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Vignette
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a short scene or story
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Amalgam
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a combination or diverse elements; to swamp
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Inundate
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to overwhelm as if with a flood
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Multifarious
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diverse, various
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Multiplicity
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state of being various or manifold; a great number
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Alleviate
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to ease pain or burden
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Ameliorate
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to make something better; improve
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Beneficial
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producing or promoting a favorable result; helpful
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Curative
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able to heal or cure
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Palliative
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relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease without actually curing it
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Theraputic
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having healing powers
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Complement (n)
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something that completes, goes with or brings to perfection
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Epitome
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a representative or example of a type
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Felicitous
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admirably suited; apt
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Belie
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to misrepresent or disguise
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Debunk
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to expose untruths, shams or exaggerated claims
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Dubious
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doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
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Duplicitous
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deliberately deceptive
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Fabricate
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to make up in order to deceive
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Fallacy
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a false notion
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Mendacious
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lying, untruthful
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Specious
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having a ring of truth but actually being false
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Ambigous
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open to more than one interpretation
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Ambivalent
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simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
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Apathetic
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feeling or showing little emotion
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Capricious
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impulsive and unpredictable
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Equivocal
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open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead; ambiguous
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Erratic
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markedly inconsistent
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Impetuous
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suddenly and forcedly energetic or emotional; impulsive and passionate
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Impetus
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an impelling force or stimulus
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Sporadic
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occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
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Vacillate
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to sway from one to another; oscillate
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Whimsical
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characterized by whim; unpredictable
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Flag (v)
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to decline in vigor or strength; to tire; to droop
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Jaded
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worn out, wearied
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Ingenuous
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lacking in cunning, guile or worldliness (ant: disingenuous)
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Subterfuge
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a deceptive stratagem or device
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Surreptitious
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secretive; sneaky
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Dearth
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a scarce supply; lack
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Modicum
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a small, moderate or token amount
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Paucity
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smallness in number; scarcity
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Squander
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to spend wastefully
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Temperate
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moderate; restrained (ant: intemperate)
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Tenuous
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having little substance or strength; shaky
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Diligent
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marked by painstaking effort; hardworking
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Maverick
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one who is independent and resists adherence to a group
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Mercenary
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motivated solely by a desire for money or material gain
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Obstinate
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stubbornly attached to an opinion or a course of action
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Proliferate
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to grow or increase rapidly
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Tenacity
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persistence
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Vigilant
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on the alert; watchful
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Extraneous
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irrelevant
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Juxtapose
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to place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison
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Superfluous
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extra; unnecessary
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Synergy
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combined action or operation
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Tangential
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merely touching or slightly connected
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Aesthetic
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having to do with the appreciation of beauty
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Aural
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relating to the ear or sense of hearing
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Cacophony
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discordant, unpleasant noise
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Dirge
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a funeral hymn or lament
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Eclectic
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made up of a variety of sources or styles
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Incongruous
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lacking in harmony; incompatible
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Sonorous
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producing a deep or full sound
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Strident
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loud, harsh, grating, or shrill
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Debacle
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disastrous or ludicrous defeat or failure; fiasco
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Debilitate
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impair the strength of; weaken
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Tumultuous
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noisy and disorderly
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Anachronistic
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the representation of something as existing or happening in the wrong time period
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Archaic
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characteristic of an earlier time; antiquated; old
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Dilatory
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habitually late
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Ephemeral
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lasting for only a brief time
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Redolent
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fragrant; aromatic; suggestive
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Temporal
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of, relating to, or limited by time
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Onerous
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troublesome or oppressive; burdensome
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Portent
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indication of something important or calamitous about to occur; omen
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Prescience
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knowledge of actions before the occur; foreknowledge; forsight
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Austere
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without decoration; strict
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Banal
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drearily commonplace; predictable; trite
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Hackneyed
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worn out through overuse; trite
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Insipid
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uninteresting; unchallenging; lacking taste or savor
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Prosaic
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unimaginative; dull (antonym: poetic)
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Soporific
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inducing or tending to induce sleep
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Vapid
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lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull
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Brevity
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the quality or state of being brief in duration
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Expedient
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appropriate to a purpose; convenient; speedy
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Transient
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passing quickly in time or space
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Augment
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to make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity; to supplement
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Bolster
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to hearten, support or prop up
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Burgeon
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to grow and flourish
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Copious
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plentiful; having a large quantity
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Distend
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to swell out or expand from internal pressure, as when overly full
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Grandiose
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great in scope or intent; grand
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Prodigous
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enormous
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Profundity
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great depth or intellect, feeling, or meaning
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Redouble
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to make twice as great; to double
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Scintillating
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brilliant
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Averse
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strongly disinclined
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Conspicuous
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easy to notice; obvious (ant: inconspicuous)
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Demure
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modest and reserved
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Diffidence
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timidity or shyness
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Docile
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submissive to instruction; willing to be taught
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Innouous
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having no adverse effect; harmless
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Placid
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calm or quiet; undisturbed
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Quiescent
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quiet, still or at rest; inactive
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Concord
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agreement (ant: discord)
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Concur
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to agree
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Dogmatic
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stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs.
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Fastidious
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carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please
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Intransigence
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refusal to moderate a position or to compromise
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Jocular
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characterized by or given to joking
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