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20 Cards in this Set
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Affable |
Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to |
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Aggrandize |
To increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater |
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Amorphous |
Shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity or cohesion |
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Aura |
That which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a dostonctov aid or personal quality |
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Contraband |
Illegal traffic, smuggled goods |
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Erudite |
Scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic |
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Gossamer |
Thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; a very thin, light cloth |
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Infer |
To fins out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply |
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Inscrutable |
Incapable of being understood; impossible to see through phsycially |
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Insular |
Relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in our look or experience |
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Irrevocable |
Incapable of being changed or called back |
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Propensity |
A natural inclination or predilection toward |
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Querulous |
Peevosh, complaining, fretful |
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Remonstrate |
To argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to |
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Repudiate |
To disown, reject, or deny the vaildity of |
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Resiliant |
Able to return quickly to an original shape of form; able to recover quickly |
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Reverberate |
To re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly |
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Scurrilous |
Coarsely abusive, vulgar, or low (especially in language); foul-mouthed |
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Sedulous |
Persistent, showing industry and determination |
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Sleazy |
Thin or flimsy in texture, cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethcically low, mean, or disreputable |
