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16 Cards in this Set
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Banal |
Predictable Cliche Boring Bland Bromidic Fatuous Hackneyed Innocuous Insipid Jejune Musty Prosaic Quotidian Shopworn Stale Trite Vapid |
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Bolster |
To support, to prop up Brace Buttress Sustain Underpin Uphold |
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Bombastic |
Pompous in speech and manner Bloated Declamatory Fustian Grandiloquent Grandiose Orotund Pretentious Rhetorical Self important |
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Cacophony |
Harsh noise Discord Chaos Disharmony NoiseClamorDin Clamor Din |
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Candid |
Impartial and honest in speech Forthright Frank Undisguised |
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Capricious |
Changing ones mind quickly and often Erratic Fickle Mercurial Whimsical |
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Castigate |
To punish or criticise harshly Admonish Chastise Chide Rebuke Reprimand Reproach Reprove Upbraid |
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Caustic |
Biting in wit Acerbic Mordant Trenchant |
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Partisan |
Chauvinist |
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Chicanery |
Deception by means of craft or guile Artifice Connmng Deviousness Subterfuge Underhandedness |
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Cogent |
Convinced and well reasoned Congitate - think deeply Persuasive Solid |
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Condone |
To overlook, pardon or disregard Exvulpate Remit |
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Convoluted |
Intricate and complicated Byzantine Complex Knotty Perplexing Tangled |
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Corroborate |
To provide supporting evidence Authenticate Validate Substantiate |
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Credulous |
Too trusting, gullible Naive Susceptible |
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Crescendo |
Steadily increasing volume of force |
