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25 Cards in this Set
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Abstruse
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(adj) difficult to understand
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Affront
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(n) an insult
(v) to insult |
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canard
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(n) a rumor
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Captious
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(adj) describes someone who is critical
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cognizant
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(adj) recognize, aware of
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Abstruse
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(adj) difficult to understand
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Affront
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(n) an insult
(v) to insult |
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canard
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(n) a rumor
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Captious
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(adj) describes someone who is critical
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cognizant
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(adj) recognize, aware of
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Contrite
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(adj) expressing sorrow, describes a person or a look
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Cynosure
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(n) the center of attention
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Decorous
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(adj) polite or well-behaved
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Deign
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(v) to stoop to someones level
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Desiccated
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(adj) extremley dt that they are falling apart
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Efficacy
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(n) means effectiveness
the efficacy of the drug |
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Egender
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(v) to create, only can engender a feeling or attitude
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Ethereal
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(adj) like an angel
music that is light and airy |
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Facade
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(n) the front of the building, or a false face you wear to hide what you are
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ghoulish
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(adj)
like a nasty monster |
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Incongruos
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(adj) mismatched
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Machination
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(n) someones clever plan or sneaky strategy
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Mesmerize
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(v) to hypmotize, put in a tance
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Opprobrium
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(n) Public, ridicule, discrace or scorn
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Putative
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(adj) allgeged, supposed,
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