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15 Cards in this Set
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Incongruous |
Not matching, not appropriate to the situation, incompatible. |
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Cerebral |
Very intelligent, intellectual |
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Malicious |
Very unkind and cruel, and deliberately behaving in a way that is likely to upset or hurt someone |
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Tantalize |
To offer but not satisfy, to tempt |
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Posterity |
All the people in the future who will be alive after you are dead |
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Ambiguous |
Confusing, able to be understood in different ways |
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Noncommittal |
Deliberately not expressing your opinion or intentions clearly |
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Subterfuge |
A secret trick or slightly dishonest way of doing something, or the use of this secret trick; a plan in which the whole truth is not told or something is hidden |
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Eradicate |
To destroy completely, to eliminate |
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Ingratiate |
To get respect by doing nice things (usually expecting something back); to try very hard to get someone's approval (used to show disapproval) |
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Panacea |
Something that people think with make everything better and solve all their problems; a "cure-all" |
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Credible |
Believable |
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Regurgitate |
To repeat something without any critical thinking; to repeat facts, ideas etc. that you read or heard without thinking about them yourself (used to show disapproval) |
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Fluctuate |
To change, to move up and down or back and forth |
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Veer |
To turn sharply: to change direction; opinion, ideas, attitudes etc. that gradually change and become quite different. |
