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24 Cards in this Set
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unadulterated
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Adj. absolutely pure
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morose
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Adj. ill-humored; sullen
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charlatan
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Noun. Fake
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mentor
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Noun. wise advisor
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arcane
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Adj. known only by a few; obscure
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bizarre
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Adj. strikingly unusual; fantastic
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cognition
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Noun. mental process by which knowledge is acquired
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ignominy
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Noun. great personal dishonor or humiliation
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pedestrian
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Adj. ordinary; commonplace
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mundane
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Adj. typical of the ordinary (also: worldly as opposed to spiritual)
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daunting
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Adj. frightening;intimidating; discouraging
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eccentric
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Adj. odd; deviating from the normal
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aberration
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Noun. something different from the normal or usual
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explicit
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Adj. very clear; definite
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didactic
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Adj. instructional; teaching
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sporadically
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Adv. occurring irregularly
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lexicon
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Noun. vocabulary
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saga
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Noun. prose narrative
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gargantuan
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Adj. huge
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chicanery
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Noun. trickery;fraud
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denotation
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Noun. direct meaning of a word
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discerning
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Adj. perceptive; showing insight and judgement
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tedious
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Adj. boring;tiring
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deleterious
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Adj. harmful
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