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12 Cards in this Set
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Contravene |
To violate, infringe, come in conflict with
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Parsimony |
Extremely stingy, frugality, niggardiness, miserliness
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Germane
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Closely related, proper, right on
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Intelligentsia
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Group or class of cultural, social, political elite
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Surreptitious
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Obtained, made, etc by Clandestine, stealth, secret
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Inchoate
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Not yet completely or fully developed, rudimentary, embroic, incipient, nascent
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Elucidate
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To make it lucid, clarify, illuminate, explicate, expound
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Succinct
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Blunt, Concise, Verbal Brevity
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Castigate |
Chastise, Reprimand, Scold, Berate |
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Fulminate |
Express vehement protest, Explode violentlty |
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Distent |
Spread out |
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Proletariat |
Working Class people regarded collectively |
