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30 Cards in this Set
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Adroit
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Skillful; clever
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Macroscopic
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Visible to the naked eye
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Fatuous
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Foolish; insane
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Bovine
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Pertaining to cows or cattle
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Ferret
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To search or drive out
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Affectation
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A phony attitude; pose
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Knell
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A sound made by a bell; often rung slowly for a death
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Dichotomy
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A division into two parts
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Callow
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Young and inexperienced
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Laconic
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Using few words; short; concise
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Quiddity
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An essential quality
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Patent
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Evident or obvious
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Peccadillo
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A minor offense; a mislead
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Sagacious
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Wise; having keen perception and sound judgements
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Rationalize
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To make an excuse for
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Deride
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To ridicule; to mock
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Censure
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To criticize sharply
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Gambol
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To frolic; to romp about playfully
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Immolate
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To kill someone as a sacrificial victim, usually by fire
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Recondite
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Difficult to understand; profound
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Martinet
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A strict disciplinarian, taskmaster
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Quagmire
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A swamp; a difficult or inextricable situation
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Gibe
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To scoff; to ridicule
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Agape
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Open-mouthed; surprised; agog
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Carcinogen
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Causing cancer
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Olfactory
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Pertaining to smell
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Imperious
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Domineering; naughty
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Grotesque
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Absurd; distorted
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Neologismia
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A new word or expression
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Hackneyed
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Common place; overused
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