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30 Cards in this Set
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Salien
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An artificial fountain in which water shoots up through a constricted tube, under its own pressure.
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rotund
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Rounded in figure; plump
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obdurate
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Hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent:
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phlegmatic
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Having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional.
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furtive
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Characterized by stealth; surreptitious.
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bombastic
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Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent.
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elucidated
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To make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify.
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sycophantic
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A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people.
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disposition
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one's usual mood
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adjunct
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Something attached to another in a dependent or subordinate
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officious
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Marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others
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thentication
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to verify
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ascertained
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To discover with certainty, as through examination or experimentation.
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connoisseurs
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A person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts.
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collusion
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A secret agreement between two or more parties for a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose.
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farcical
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comical
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paltry
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Lacking in importance or worth.
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incorrigable
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Incapable of being corrected or reformed:
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amiably
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Friendly and agreeable in disposition; good-natured and likable.
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largess
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Liberality in bestowing gifts, especially in a lofty or condescending manner.
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hedonistic
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living by only pleasure and avoiding pan
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iconoclastic
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One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions.
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salutary
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Effecting or designed to effect an improvement
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ambivalent
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felling that way
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confidant
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feeling up about ur self
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adage
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A saying that sets forth a general truth and that has gained credit through long use.
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zeal
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Enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal and tireless diligence in its furtherance
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burgeoning
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To begin to grow or blossom.
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archaic
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No longer current or applicable; antiquate; old
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perusing
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To read or examine, typically with great care.
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