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66 Cards in this Set
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Aggrandize
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Aggrandize - to increase in power, influence and reputation
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Anachronism
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Anachronism - something out of place in time
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Apocryphal
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Apocryphal - of questionable authority or authenticity
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Audacious
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Audacious - fearless and daring
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Capricious
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Capricious - changing one's mind quckly and often
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Caustic
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Caustic - biting wit
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Chicanery
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Chicanery - deception by means of craft or guile
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Cogent
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Cogent - convincing and well-reasoned
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Dilatory
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Dilatory - intended to delay
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Ephemeral
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Ephemeral - lasting a short time
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Fervid
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Fervid - intensely emotional, feverish
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Inchoate
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Inchoate - not fully formed, disorganized
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Maligner
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Maligner - to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
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Obdurate
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Obdurate - hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion
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Obviate
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Obviate - to prevent; to make unnecessary
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Perfidious
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Perfidious - willing to betray one's trust
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Prodigal
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Prodigal - lavish, wasteful
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Quiescent
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Quiescent - motionless
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Soporific
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Soporific - causing sleep or lethargy
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Stolid
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Stolid - unemotional, lacking sensitivity
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Viscous
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Viscous - thick and adhesive, like a slow flowing fluid
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Adulterate
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Adulterate - to make impure
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Abscond
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Abscond - to leave secretly
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Amalgamate
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Amalgamate - to combine, to mix together
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Antagonize
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Antagonize - to annoy or provoke to anger
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Arbitrate
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Arbitrate - to judge a dispute between two opposing parties
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Articulate
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Articulate - able to speak clearly and expressively
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Bolster
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Bolster - support, prop up
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Burnish
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Burnish - to polish
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Convoluted
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Convoluted - intricate and complicated
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Crescendo
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Crescendo - steadily increasing in volume or force
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Deride
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Deride - to speak of or treat with contempt, to mock
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Diatribe
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Diatribe - an abusive, condemnatory speech
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Eclectic
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Eclectic - selecting from or made up from a variety of sources
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Eloquent
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Eloquent - persuasive and moving, especially in speech
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Dogmatic
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Dogmatic - dictatorial in one's opinions
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Efficacy
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Efficacy - effectiveness
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Embellish
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Embellish - to add ornamental or ficttious details
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Engender
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Engender - to produce, cause, or bring about
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Erudite
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Erudite - learned, scholarly, bookish
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Eulogy
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Eulogy - speech in praise of someone
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Exculpate
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Exculpate - to clear from blame, prove innocent
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Explicit
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Explicit - clearly stated or shown; forthright in expression
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Fortuitous
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Fortuitous - happening by chance, fortunate
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Gregarious
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Gregarious - outgoing, sociable
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Homogenous
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Homogenous - of a similar kind
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Impervious
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Impervious - impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
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Innocuous
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Innocuous - harmless
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Inundate
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Inundate - to overwhelm, to cover with water
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Lament
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Lament - to express sorrow, to grieve
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Laud
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Laud - to give praise, to glorify
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Loquacious
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Loquacious - talkative
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Meticulous
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Meticulous - extremely careful about details
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Mollify
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Mollify - to calm or make less severe
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Opaque
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Opaque - impossible to see through, preventing the passage of light
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Paradox
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Paradox - a contradiction or dilemma
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Pervasive
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Pervasive - to be present throughout, to permeate
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Placate
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Placate - to soothe or pacify
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Pragmatic
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Pragmatic - practical as opposed to idealistic
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Pristine
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Pristine - fresh and clean, uncorrupted
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Propriety
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Propriety - acting in a proper manner, obeying rules and customs
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Reticent
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Reticent - silent, reserved
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Taciturn
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Taciturn - silent, not talkative
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Transitory
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Transitory - temporary, lasting a brief time
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Veracity
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Veracity - filled with truth and accuracy
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Whimsical
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Whimsical - lightly acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
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