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40 Cards in this Set
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ALLUDE
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V- TO REFER TO CASUALLY OR INDIRECTLY
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CLAIRVOYANT
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ADJ SUPERNATURALLY PERCEPTIVE
N ONE WHO POSSESSES |
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CONCLUSIVE
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ADJ SERVING TO SETTLE AN ISSUE; FINAL
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DISREPUTABLE
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ADJ NOT RESPECTFUL, NOT ESTEEM
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ENDEMIC
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ADJ NATIVE OR CONFINED TO A PARTICULAR REGION OR PEOPLE
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EXEMPLARY
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ADJ WORTHY OR IMITATION, COMMENDABLE; SERVING AS A MODEL
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FATHOM
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V TO UNDERSTAND, GET TO THE BOTTOM OF
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GUILE
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N TREACHEROUS CUNNING, DECEIT
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INTEGRITY
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N HONESTY, HIGH MORAL STANDARDS
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ITINERARY
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N A ROUTE OF TRAVEL, A GUIDEBOOK
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MISCONSTRUE
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V TO INTERPRET WRONGLY, MISTAKE MEANING OF
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OBNOXIOUS
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ADJ HIGHLY OFFENSIVE, AROUSING STRONG DISLIKE
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PLACATE
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V TO APPEASE, SOOTHE, PACIFY
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PLACID
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ADJ CALM, PEACEFUL
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PLAGIARISM
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N PASSING OFF OR USING AS ONE'S OWN THE WRITING (OR OTHER MATERIALS) OF ANOTHER PERSON
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POTENT
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ADJ POWERFUL, HIGHLY EFFECTIVE
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PRETEXT
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N A FALSE REASON, DECEPTIVE EXCUSE
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PROTRUDE
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V TO STICK OUT, THRUST FORTH
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STARK
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ADJ HARSH, UNRELIEVED, DESOLATE
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SUPERFICIAL
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ADJ ON OR NEAR THE SURFACE, SHALLOW
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ABJURE
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V TO RENOUNCE, TO AVOID, SHUN
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ACRID
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ADJ HARSH IN TASTE OR ODOR, SHARP IN MANNER OR TEMPER
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AUGUST
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ADJ MAJESTIC, INSPIRING ADMIRATION AND RESPECT
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CALLOUS
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ADJ EMOTIONALLY HARDENING, UNFEELING
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CLANDESTINE
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ADJ SECRET, CONCEALED, UNDERHANDED
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COMPUNCTION
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N REMORSE, REGRET
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CONFLAGRATION
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N A LARGE DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
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ELATED
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ADJ, PART IN HIGH SPIRITS, JUBILANT, EXTREMELY PLEASED
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INDELIBLE
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ADJ NOT ABLE TO BE ERASED OR REMOVED, MEMORABLE
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INDULGENT
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ADJ YIELDING TO THE WISHES OR DEMANDS OF OTHERS
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INVETERATE
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ADJ FIRMLY ESTABLISHED, LONG STANDING, HABITUAL
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IRRELEVANT
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ADJ NOT TO THE POINT, NOT APPLICABLE OR PERTINENT
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NOCTURNAL
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ADJ OF OR OCCURING IN THE NIGHT, UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS
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PLATITUDE
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N A COMMONPLACE, STALE, OR TRITE REMARK
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QUELL
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V TO SUBDUE, PUT DOWN FORCIBLY
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QUIESCENT
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ADJ INACTIVE, AT REST
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RUMINATE
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V TO MEDITATE, THING ABOUT AT LENGTH, TO CHEW THE CUD
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TACIT
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ADJ UNSPOKEN, SILENT, IMPLIED, INFERRED
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TANGIBLE
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ADJ CAPABLE OF BEING TOUCHED, REAL CONCRETE
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TRENCHANT
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ADJ INCISIVE, KEEN, FORCEFUL, EFFECTIVE
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