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44 Cards in this Set
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exuberant |
full of unrestrained joy or enthusiasm |
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gratutious |
given freely; unearned |
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multifarious |
diverse; various |
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multiplicity |
state of being various or manifold; a great number |
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ambiguous |
open to more than one interpretation |
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circumspect |
careful; prudent; discreet |
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perspicacious |
shrewd; clear-sighted |
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staid |
unemotional; serious |
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arcane |
known/ understood by only a few |
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esoteric |
intended for/ understood by only a small group |
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astute |
shrewd; clever |
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conjecture |
inference; guesswork |
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disseminate |
to scatter widely- sowing seed |
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contiguous |
sharing an edge or boundary; touching |
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castigate |
to scold; harshly criticize |
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extrapolate |
to infer by extending known information |
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acumen |
quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgement/ insight |
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abstruse |
difficult to understand |
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callous |
emotionally hardened; unfeeling |
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convoluted |
complex; intricate |
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enigma |
puzzle, mystery, riddle |
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inscrutable |
difficult to understand |
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autonomy |
independence; self-determination |
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cosmopolitan |
worldly, widely sophisticated |
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entourage |
group of attendants/ associates; retinue |
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gaffe |
faux pas |
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euphemism |
mild and indirect term substituting for blunt and harsh term |
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lucid |
easily understood; clear |
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rhetoric |
art of using language effectively |
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ascertain |
to find out through investigation/ experimentation |
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husbandry |
application of science to agriculture- animal breeding |
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pragmatic |
practical |
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precocious |
exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity |
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idiosyncrasy |
characteristic peculiar to an individual/ group |
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reticent |
inclined to keep silent; reserved |
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erudition |
deep, extensive learning |
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prospectus |
formal proposal |
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vituperative |
marked by harshly abusive condemnation |
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insular |
isolated, narrow, provincial |
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insinuate |
to imply |
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potentate |
one who has power/ position to rule over others; monarch |
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censure |
to issue official blame |
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relinquish |
to retire from; give up/ abandon |
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pedantic |
excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules |
