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22 Cards in this Set
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(adj.) aware, knowledgeable, informed
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cognizant
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(v.) to think it appropriate or suitable to one's dignity to do something, to condescend
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deign
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(adj.) regretful for some misdeed or sin plaguied by a sense of guilt; thoroughly penitent
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contrite
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(adj.) extremely difficult to understand
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abstruse
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(n) a false rumor, fabricated story
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affront
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(adj.) well behaved, dignified, socially proper
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decorous
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(n.) the power to produce a desired result
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efficacy
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(n.) the center of attraction, attention, or interest; something that serves to guide or direct
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cynosure
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(n.) an open or intentional insult; a slight; (v.) to insult to one's face; to face in
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canard
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(adj.) thoroughly dried out; divested of spirit or vitality; arid and uninteresting
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desiccated
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(adj.) excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism; intented to trap; confuse or show up
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captious
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(n.) a crafty, scheming, or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end
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machination
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(v) to seize upon to the exclusion of others, take over or appropriate; to be presented in place of, displace
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preempt
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(n.) teh front or face of a building; a surface appearance ( as opposed to what may lie behind)
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ethereal
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(adj) generally regarded as such, reputed; hypothesized, inferred
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putative
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(n) disgrace arising from shameful conduct; infamy; contempt, reproach
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opprobrium
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(adj) highly oversimplified, simpleminded
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simplistic
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(v) to hypnotize, to fascinate, enthrall
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mesmerize
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(v.) to bring into existence, give rise to, produce; to come into existence, assume form
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engender
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(adj.) revolting in an unnatural or morbid way, suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead
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ghoulish
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(adj.) not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible
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incongruous
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(adj.) light, airy, delicate, highly refined, suggesting what is heavenly
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ethereal
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