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20 Cards in this Set
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tacit
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implied; not spoken
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temerity
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boldness; recklessness; audacity
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zealous
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enthusiastically devoted to someting; fervent
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oblique
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indirect; at an angle
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ostensible
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apparent ( but misleading ); professed
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fortuitous
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accidental; occuring by chancem ( not lucky )
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cognizant
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aware; conscious
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ambivalent
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undecided; neutral; wishy-washy
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acerbic
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bitter; sour; severe
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latent
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present but not visible or apparent
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abeyance
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suspension; temporary cessation
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buffoon
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a joker; one who makes a fool of himself
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brouhaha
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uproar
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embryonic
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undeveloped; rudimentary
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effigy
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a likeness of someone; especially one used in expressing hatred for the person of whom it is a likness
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rout
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to put in flight; tp scatter; to cause a huge defeat
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taint
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contaminatn; a trace of something spoiled, off-flavor, offensive
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systemic
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affecting the entire system, especially the entire body
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thesis
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a theory to be proven; a subject for a composition
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antithesis
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a direct opposite of something
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