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26 Cards in this Set
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Abeyance
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Temporary suppression or suspension.
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Acuity
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Sharpness
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Blandish
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To coax with flattering.
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Capacious
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Large, Roomy, Extensive.
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Chicaery
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Trickery, Fraud, Deception.
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Discordant
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Harsh Sounding or badly out of tune.
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Elucidate
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To explain or clarify.
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Extrinsic
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Coming from without, not inherent or essential.
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Fetid
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Foul smelling, putrid.
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Hyperbole
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Purposeful exaggeration for affect.
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Impregnable
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Totally safe from attack.
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ocular
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Joyful, playful, humorous.
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Knell
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The sound of a funeral bell, an omen of death or failure.
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Lugubrious
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sorrowful, mournful, dismal.
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Balinger
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To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill.
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Mendacious
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Dishonest
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Neonate
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A new born child.
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Oblique
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Indirect, evasive, misleading, devious.
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Panoply
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An impressive array or variety.
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Peripatetic
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Moving from place to place.
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Quagmire
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A marsh, a swam, or a difficult situation.
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Raconteur
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A wittyskillful story teller.
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Resonate
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To echo.
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Sinecure
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A well paid job tat requires little or no work.
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Staid
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Self restrained to the point of dullness.
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Tractable
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Obedient, yielding.
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