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22 Cards in this Set
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aware, knowledgeable, informed
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cognizant
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to think it appropriate or suitable to one's dignity to do something; to condescend
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deign
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regretful for some misdeed or sin; plagued by a sense of guilt; thoroughly penitent
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contrite
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extremely difficult to undrstand
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abstruse
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a false rumor, fabricated story
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canard
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well behaved, dignified, socially proper
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decorous
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the power to produce a desired result
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efficacy
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the center of attraction, attention, or interest; something that serves to guide or direct
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cynosure
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an open or intentional insult; a slight
to insult to one's face in defiance, confront |
affront
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thoroughly dried out; divested of spirit or vitality; arid and uninteresting
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desiccated
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excessively ready to find fault; give to petty criticism; intended to trap, confuse, or show up
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captious
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a crafty, scheming or underhanded action, designed to accomplish some end
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machination
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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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the front or face of a building; a surface appearance (as opposed to what may lie behind)
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facade
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light, airy, delicate; highly refined; suggesting what is heavenly(rather than earthbound)
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ethereal
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genearlly regraded as such; reputed; hypothesized, inferred
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putative
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disgrace arising from shameful conduct, infamy; contempt, reproach
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opprobrium
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highly simplified, simpleminded
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simplistic
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to hypnotize; to fascinate, enthrall
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mesmerize
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to bring into existence, give rise to, produce; to come into existence, assume form
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engender
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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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not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible
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incongruous
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