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20 Cards in this Set
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diligent
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(adj) making a persistant and painstaking effort
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affable
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(adj) friendly
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gambit
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(n) a carefully considered strategy
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circumspect
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(adj) cautious in manner/behavior
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speculate
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(v) to assume to be true without conclusive evidence; to conjecture; to buy or sell, with an element of risk, on a chance of profit.
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astute
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(adj) keen in judgement; shrewd
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inexplicable
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(adj) difficult or impossible to explain
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cardinal
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(adj) of foremost importance
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embellish
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(v) to add details in an attempt to make more attractive; i.e., adorn
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aesthetic
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(adj) relating to beauty or art
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sensibility
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(n) a refined appreciation or awareness in feelings
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admonish
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(v) to reprimand
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pretentious
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(adj) making an extravagant show; claiming/demanding a position of distinction/merit, especially when unjustified.
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pedantic
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(adj) having a very narrow concern for book learning and technicalities
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exotic
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(adj) strinkingly unusual
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spontaneously
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(adv) occuring without apparant cause or reason
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inscribed
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(adj) written, usually on a special surface or in a special manner; marked or engraved on a surface
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inopportune
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(adj) ill-timed
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forlorn
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(adj) nearly hopeless; also: sad and lonely; destitute
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conjecture
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(n) a conclusion reached without any supporting evidence
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