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20 Cards in this Set
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abate
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to diminish/ decrease
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adulation
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praise or excessive flattery, adoration
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anathema
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object of intense dislike
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astute
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showing practical wisdom
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avarice
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a greedy desire- for $ especially
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culpable
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guilty, deserving blame
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dilatory
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stalling, slow, intended to delay
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egregious
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flagrant, blatant
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equivocate
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to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation, to be deliberatley vague or ambiguous
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evanescent
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vanishing
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irresolute
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indecisive, wavering
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nebulous
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cloudlike, hazy, fuzzy, confused
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novice
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amateur, apprentice, trainee, beginner
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penury
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extreme poverty, destituition
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pretentious
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affected
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recapitulate
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review, summarize
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resuscitate
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revitalize
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slovenly
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untidy, unkempt
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supposition
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assumption, presumption
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torpid
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inactive, sluggish
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