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20 Cards in this Set
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adj. courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to
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affable
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v. to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater
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aggrandize
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adj. shapeless, without difinite form; of no particular type or character; without organixation, unity, or cohesion
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amorphous
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n. that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air a personal quality
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aura
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n. illegal traffic, smuggled goods; adj. illegal, prhohibited
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contraband
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adj. scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic
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erudite
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adj. thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; n. a very thin, ligth cloth
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gossamer
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v. to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply
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infer
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adj. incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically
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inscrutable
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adj. relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
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insular
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adj. incapable of being changed or called back
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irrevocable
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n. a natural inclination or predilection toward
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propensity
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adj. peevish, complaining, fretful
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querulous
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v. to argue of plead with someone against something, protest against, object to
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remonstrate
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v. to disown, reject, or deny the validity of
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repudiate
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adj. able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly
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resilient
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v. to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly
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reverberate
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adj. coarsely abusive, vulgar of low (especially in language), foul-mouthed
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scurrilous
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adj. persistent, showing industry and determination
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sedulous
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adj. thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable
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sleazy
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