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20 Cards in this Set
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abstruse
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adj. extremely difficult to understand
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affront
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n. an open or intentional insult; a slight
v. to insult to one's face; to face in defiance, confront |
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canard
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n. a false rumor, fabriacted story
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captious
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adj. excessively ready to find fault; given to petty criticism; intended to trap, confuse, or show up
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congnizant
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ad. aware, knowledgable, informed; having jurisdiction
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contrite
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adj. regreatful for some misdeed or sin; plagued by a sense of guilt; throughly penitent
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cynosure
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n. the center of attraction, attention, or interest; something that serves to guide or direct
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decorous
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adj. well behaved, dignified, socially proper
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deign
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v. to think it appropriate or suitable to one's diginity to do something; to condecend
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desiccated
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adj. thoroughly dried out; divested of spirit or vitality arid and ininteresting
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efficacy
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n. the power to produce a desired result
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engender
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v. to bring into existence, give rise to, produce; to come into existence, assume from
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ethereal
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adj. light airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound)
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facade
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n. the front or face of a building; a surface appearence (as opposed to what may lie behind)
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goulish
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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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incongruous
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adj. not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible
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machination
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n. a crafy, schemingm or underhanded action designed tp accomplish some (usually evil) end
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mesmerize
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v. to hypnotize, entrance; to fascinate, enthrall, bewitch
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opprobrium
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n. disgrace arising from shameful conduct; contempt, reproach
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putative
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adj. generally regarded as such; reputed; hypothesized, inferred
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