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35 Cards in this Set
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diffident
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timid, lacking confidence
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digress
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to stray from the main subject
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dilettante
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someone with a superficial knowledge of art
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despot
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an absolute ruler
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awry
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off course (plans)
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audactiy
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boldness
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augment
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to make bigger, to add to
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auspicious
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favorable
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appropriate
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to take without permission
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aptitude
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capacity for learning; natural ability
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desultory
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without plan or purpose; disconnected (speech)
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esoteric
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hard to understand
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erudite
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scholarly (intelligent)
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equanimity
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composure, calm
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ethereal
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heavenly (sunset)
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gravity
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seriousness
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grandiloquent
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using fancy words to impress
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gratuitous
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unjustified; uncalled for
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legacy
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something handed down from the past
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lethargy
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sluggishness; lazyness
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precursor
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forerunner (a soar throat is the precursor of a cold)
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predilection
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a natural preference for something
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provident
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preparing for the future (father for sons)
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provincial
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only caring about one's corner of the world
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provisional
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temporary
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proximity
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nearness
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respite
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a break or rest
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reticent
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quiet; reluctant to speak (especially about oneself), modest
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revere
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to respect or honor
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rhetoric
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the art of formal speaking or writing
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robust
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strong and healthy
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sycophant
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one who sucks up to others
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surrogate
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substitute (mother)
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surfeit
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an excess (usually in eating or drinking)
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surreptitious
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sneaky, secret
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