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20 Cards in this Set
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AFFABLE
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[ADJ] COURTEOSU AND PLEASEANT SOCIABLE EASY TO SPEAK TO
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AGGRANDIZE
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[V]TO INCREASE IN GREATNESS, POWER, OR WEALTH, TO BUILD UP OR INTENSIFY; TO MAKE APPEAR GREATER
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AMORPHOUS
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[ADJ] SHAPELESS, WITHOUT DEFINITE FORML OF NO PARTICULAR TYPE OR CHARACTER WITHOUT ORGANIZITON UNITY OR COHESION
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AURA
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[N] THAT WHICH SURROUNDS {AS AN ATMOSPHRE} A DISTINCITE AIR OR PERSONAL QUALITY
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CONTRABAND
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[N] ILLEGAL TRAFFIC, SMUGGLES GOODS. [ADJ] ILLEGAL, PROHIBITED
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ERUDITE
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[ADJ] SCHOALARLY LEARNED BOOKISH PEDANTIC
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GOSSAMER
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[ADJ] THING LIGHT DELICATE INSUBSTANTIAL..[N] A VERY THING LIGHTCLOTH
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INFER
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[V]TO FIND OUT BY REASONING TO ARRIVE AT A CONCLUSION ON THE BASIS OF THOUGTH THO HINT SUGEST IMPLY
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UNSCRUTABLE
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[ADJ]INCAPBALE OF BEING UNDERSTOOD IMPOSIBLE TO SEE THROUGH PHYSICALLY
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INSULAR
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[ADJ] relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
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IRREVOCABLE
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[ADJ] ICAPABLE OF BEING CHANGED OR CALLED BACK
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PROPENSITY
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[N] A NATURAL INCLINATION OR PREDILECTION TOWARD
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QUERULOUS
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[ADJ] PEEVISH, COMPLAINING , FRETFUL
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REOMSTRATE
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[V]TO ARGUE OR PLEAD WITH SOMEONE AGAINST SOMETHING, PROTEST AGAINST, OBJECT TO
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REPUDIATE
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[V] TO DISOWN, REJECT, OR DENY THE VALIDITY OF
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RESILIENT
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[ADJ]ABLE TO REUTNR TO AN ORIGINIAL SHAPRE OR FORM, ABLE TO RECOVER QUICKLY
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REVERBERATE
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[V]TO RE-ECHO, RESOUND, TO REFLECT OR BE REFLECTED REPEATEDLY
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SCURRILOUS
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[ADJ] COARSELY ABUSISVE VULGAR OR LOW (ESP IN LANG.) FOUL-MOUTHED
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SEDULOUS
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[ADJ]PERSISTENT, SHOWING INDUSTRY AND DETERMINATION
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SLEAZY
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[ADJ] THIN OR FLIMSY IN TEXTURE; CHEAP SHODDY OR INFERIOR IN QUALITY OR CHARACTER; ETHINCALLY LOW, MEAN OR DISREPUTABLE
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