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40 Cards in this Set
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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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Flagrant
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Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
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Gratuitous
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Given freely; unearned; Unnexessary
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Lugubrious
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Mournful, dismal or gloomy expecially eaggerated
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Opulent
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Displaying great wealth
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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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206.4
what does organizational structure and change stem from |
the level of decision making and magnitude of rules and regulations?
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Vicarious
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Felt or undergone as if one were taking in the experience or feeling of another
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Amalgam
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A combination of diverse elements; a mixture
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Inundate
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To overwhelm as if with a flood; to swamp
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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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Cathartic
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Relaxing after an emotional outburst
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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 disease or disorder without effecting a cure
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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
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Belie
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To misrepresent
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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 the ring of truth plausibility but actually false
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Ambiguous
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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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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
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Erratic
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Markedly inconsistent
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Impetuous
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Suddenly and forcefully energetic or emotional; impulsive and pasionate
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Impetus
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an impelling force or stimulus
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Vacillate
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To sway from one side to the other
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Whimsical
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Unpredictable
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Flag
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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
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