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29 Cards in this Set
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complacent
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(adj) often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied
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intimation
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(v) make known subtly and indirectly; hint
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feign
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(v) to imitate deceptively; to make believe; pretend
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erroneous
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(adj) containing error; mistaken; incorrect; wrong
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strident
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(adj) having a shrill, irritating quality or character
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vacuous
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(adj) lacking in ideas or intelligence
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vehement
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(adj) strongly emotional; intense or passionate
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fluctuate
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(v) to change continually; shift back and forth
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provincial
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(adj) having the manners and viewpoints considered charactersitice of unsophisticated inhabitants of a province; rustic; narrow or illiberal
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supercilious
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(adj) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one one views as unworthy
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reproach
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(v) to find fault with a person, group, etc.;blame
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wan
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(adj) of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color
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elicit
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(v) to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke
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innuendo
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(n) an indirect comment about a person or thing, esp. of a disparaging or derogatory nature
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deft
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(adj) nimble; skillful; clever
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din
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(n) a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sounds; noisy clamor
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sporadic
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(adj) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time, occasional
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denizen
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(n) an inhabitant; a resident; one that frequents a particular place
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languid
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(adj) not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive
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nebulous
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(adj) hazy; vague; indistinct; confused
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innumerable
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(adj) very numerous; incapable of being counted; countless
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jaunty
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(adj) easy and sprightly in manner or bearing
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exult
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(v) to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice; be highly elated or jubilant
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permeate
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(v) to pass into or through every part of; to penetrate through the pores; to be diffused through; pervade; saturate
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obstinate
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(adj) inflexible; stubborn; not yielding
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ecstatic
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(adj) subject to or in a state of ecstasy; rapturous
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impetuous
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(adj) characterized by a sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive
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apathetic
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(adj) lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent
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reciprocal
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(adj) mutual; corresponding; matching; complementary; equivalent
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