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147 Cards in this Set
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Transcend
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v. to surpass
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Diffuse
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adj. widely spread or scattered
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laconic
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adj. concise
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farce
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n. an exaggerated comic play
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definitive
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adj. complete
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empirical
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adj. relying on observation
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moribund
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adj. about to die
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lampoon
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n. a written piece that jokes or ridicules
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noxious
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adj. poisonus
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adjunct
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n. attached in a dependant position
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exalt
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v. to glorify or praise
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austere
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adj. severe or stern
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raillery
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n. good natured teasing
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salubrious
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adj. favorable to good health
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parody
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n. a mockery
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prostrate
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v.to reduce to extreme weakness
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regale
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v. to entertain
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tenuous
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adj. flimsy
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scourge
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n. a cause of great devastation
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unscathed
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adj. uninjured
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maudlin
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adj. overly sentimental
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irresolute
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adj. undecided
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dour
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adj. marked by harshness, sterness
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arcane
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adj. mysterious
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bowlderize
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v. to simplify a work
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contumacy
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n. a stubborn rebelliousness
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educe
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v. to draw out
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draconian
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adj. very severe
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eclat
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n. brilliant success
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fathom
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v. to comprehend
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Transcend
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v. to surpass
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Diffuse
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adj. widely spread or scattered
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laconic
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adj. concise
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farce
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n. an exaggerated comic play
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definitive
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adj. complete
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empirical
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adj. relying on observation
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moribund
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adj. about to die
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lampoon
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n. a written piece that jokes or ridicules
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noxious
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adj. poisonus
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adjunct
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n. attached in a dependant position
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exalt
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v. to glorify or praise
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austere
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adj. severe or stern
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raillery
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n. good natured teasing
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salubrious
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adj. favorable to good health
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parody
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n. a mockery
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fathom
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v. to comprehend
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adumbrate
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v. to describe vaguely
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bedlam
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n. noisy confusion
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audacious
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adj. fearless
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limpid
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adj. calm, tranquil
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obsequious
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adj. fawning
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impervious
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adj. incapable of being affected
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obdurate
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adj. hardhearted
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manifest
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v. to reveal
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stentorian
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adj. extremely loud
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pertinacity
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n. stubborness
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nebulous
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adj. cloudy, hazy
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stoic
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adj. unaffected by feelings
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levity
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n. a light and humorous manner
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pestilence
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n. a fatal or epidemic disease
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compatriot
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n. a colleague
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garrulous
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adj. wordy
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florid
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adj. flushed with rosy color
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amalgamate
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v. to unite
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exhort
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v. to appeal strongly
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avarice
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n. extreme greed
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conclave
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n. a secret meeting
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gist
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n. the central idea
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insatiable
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adj. impossible to satisfy
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contiguous
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adj. adjacent
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histrionic
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adj. excessively dramatic
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inundate
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v. to flood with water
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buffoon
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n. a clown
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axiomatic
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adj. self-evident
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atrophy
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v. to wither away
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parity
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n. equality
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polemic
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n. a controversial argument
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prodigal
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adj. wastefully extravagant
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diverge
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v. to branch out
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peremptory
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adj. not allowing refusal
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parsimony
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n. extreme stinginess
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synergy
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n. the interaction of merged forces resulting in a greater effect
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vivacious
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adj. lively
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replete
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v. to replenish
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probity
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total integrity
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belie
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to misrepresent
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scruplulas
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conscientious
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forthright
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direct, honest
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dissemble
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to disguise behind a false appearance
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perfiduous
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trecherous
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nefarious
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wicked,infamous
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spurious
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not genuine
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cladestire
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done in secret
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disengenuous
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pretending to be unaware, playing dumb
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hiatus
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a gap, break
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transence
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an impermanence
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pristine
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unspoiled
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extant
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still in existence
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eon
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an infinitely long period of time
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perpetuity
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an eternity
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concomitant
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occuring at the same time
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irrevocable
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irreversable
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inure
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to accustom to something undesireable
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redress
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to right a wrong
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clemency
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mercy
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restitution
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compensation
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vindicate
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to clear of blame
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iniquity
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wickedness
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bilk
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to cheat someone out of money
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impute
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to attribute fault/ to blame
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abscond
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to leave quickly to avoid arrest
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reprehensible
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deserving of criticism
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contrite
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regretful
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paradox
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a difficult problem
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patent
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obvious, apparent
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adduce
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to cite as an example
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cryptic
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having a hidden meaning
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perspicacity
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a sharpness
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rudimentary
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elementary
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confound
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to make confused
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construe
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to interpret
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equivocate
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to use evasive language
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conondrum
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a dilemma
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outlandish
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strikingly bizzare
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unwonted
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unusual
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eccentricity
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the quality of being unconventional
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anomaly
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a departure from the norm
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paragon
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a model of excellence
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mundane
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a commonplace
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incongruous
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incompatible
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aberrant
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abnormal
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endemic
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common in a certain location
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ubiquituous
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seeming to be everywhere
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avarice
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greed
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prodigal
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lavish
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martinet
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a rigid military disciplinarian
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dialectic
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reaching the truth by opposing arguments
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parity
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equality
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cognate
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words from two diff languages that sound the same
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inflection
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a change in tone of voice
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orthography
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a spelling system
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paradigm
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a model
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philology
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the study of the history of language
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phonology
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the sound system of language
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rejoiner
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a witty answer
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clandestine
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done in secret
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perfidious
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treacherous
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