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40 Cards in this Set
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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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extrapolate
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to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information
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insinuate
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to impy or communicate stealthily
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acumen
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quickness, accuracy, and keenness or jedgement or insight
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ascertain
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to find out with investigation or experimentation
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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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deep, extensive learning
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husbandry
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the application of scientific principles to agriculture, exp, to animal breeding
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pedantic
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excessively 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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prospectus
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formal proposal
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rudimentary
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basic, elementary, in the earliest stage of development
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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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inscrutable
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difficult to fathom or understand, impenetrable
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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 , to make or become similar
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autonomy
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independence, self determination
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cosmopolitan
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worldy, widely sophisticated
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derivative
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something that comes from another source
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entourage
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a group or attendants or associates, a retinue
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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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potentate
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one who has the power and position to rule over others, monarch
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censure
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to issue official blame
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autonomy
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independence, self determination
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cosmopolitan
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worldy, widely sophisticated
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derivative
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something that comes from another source
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entourage
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a group or attendants or associates, a retinue
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gaffe
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a clumsy social error
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idiosyncrasy
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characteristic peculiar t an individual or group
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insular
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isolated, narrow or provincial
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potentate
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one who has the power and position to rule over others, monarch
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relinquish
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to retire from, give up or abandon
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vituperative
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marked by harshly abusive condemnation
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contiguous
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sharing an edge or boundary, touching
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