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41 Cards in this Set
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abtruse
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extremely difficult to understand
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affront
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an open or intentional insult
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affront
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a slight
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affront
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to insult to one's face
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affront
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to face in defiance, confront
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canard
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a false rumor, a fabricated rumor
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captious
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excessively ready to fidn fault
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captious
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given to petty criticism
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captious
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intended to trap, confuse, or show up
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cognizant
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aware, knowledgable, informed
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cognizant
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having jurisdiction
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contrite
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regretful for some misdeed or sin
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contrite
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plagued by a sense of guilt
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contrite
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thoroughly penitent
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cynosure
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the center of attracton, attention, or interest
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cynosure
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something that serves to guide or direct
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decorous
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well behaved, dignified, socially proper
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deign
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to think it appropriate or suitbale to one's dignity to do something
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deign
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to condescend
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desiccated
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thoroughly dried out
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desiccated
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divested of spirit or vitality
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desiccated
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arid and uninteresting
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efficacy
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the power to produce a desired result
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engender
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to bring into existence, give rise to, produce
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engender
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to come into existence, assume from
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ethereal
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light, airy, delicate
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ethereal
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highly refined
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ethereal
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suggesting what is heavenly (rather than earthbound)
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facade
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the front of face of a building
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facade
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a surface appeaance (as opposed to what may lie)
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ghoulish
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revolting in an unnatural or morbid
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ghoulish
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suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead
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incongrous
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not in keeping, suitable, incompatible
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machination
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a crafty, scheming or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end
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mesmerize
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to hypnotize, entrance
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mesmerize
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to fascinate, enthrall, bewitch
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opprobrium
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disgrace arising from shameful conduct
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opprobrium
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contempt, reproach
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putative
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generally regarded as such
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putative
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reputed
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putative
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hypothesized, inferred
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