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20 Cards in this Set
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Allude |
to refer to casually or indirectly suggest, insinuate |
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Clairvoyant |
supernaturally perceptive/one who possesses extrasensory powers/seer insightful, discerning, uncanny, visionary |
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Conclusive |
serving to settle an issue/final Decisive, indisputable, convincing, definitive |
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Disreputable |
not respectable/not esteemed disgraceful, discreditable, shady, skep |
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Endemic |
Native or confined to a particular region or people/characteristic of or prevalent in a field insigenous, restricted to ` |
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Exemplary |
worthy of imitation/commendable/serving as a model praiseworthy, meritorious, sterling, illustrative |
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Fathom |
to understand/get to the bottom of/to determine the depth of/a measure of depth in water grasp, comprehend, figure out, plumb |
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Guile |
treacherous cunning/deceit trickery, duplicity, chicanery |
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Integrity |
honesty/high moral standards/an unimpaired condition/completeness/soundness rectitude, probity |
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Itinerary |
a route of travel/a record of travel/a guidebook schedule, program |
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Misconstrue |
to interpret wrongly/mistake the meaning of misjudge, misinterpret |
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Obnoxious |
highly offensive/arousing strong dislike disagreeable, repugnant, hateful, odious |
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Placate |
to appease/soothe/pacify satisfy, mollify, allay, conciliate |
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Placid |
Calm/peaceful undisturbed, tranquil, quiet, serene |
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Plagiarism |
passing off or using as one's own the writing (or materials) of another person piracy, theft |
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Potent |
powerful/highly effective mighty, formidable, forceful |
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Pretext |
a false reason/deceptive excuse pretense, cover story, rationale, evasion |
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Protrude |
to stick out/thrust forth project, jut out, bulge |
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Stark |
harsh/unrelieved/desolate/utterly sheer, downright, grim, bleak, absolutely |
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Superficial |
one or near the surface/concerned with or understanding only what is on the surface/shallow skin-deep, insubstantial, cursory, slapdash |
