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52 Cards in this Set
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Extentuating |
Making forgivable |
Extentuating circumstances |
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Taunts |
Insulting comments |
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Pummeled |
To repeatedly beat someone down. |
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Sanguine |
Cheerful |
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Cogent |
Clear and persuasive |
A cogent argument |
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Beatific |
Angelic |
A beatific smil |
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Invective |
Abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill-will. |
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Beatific |
Angelic |
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Rhetoric |
Using language to effectively to please or persuade. |
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Condescending |
Looking down upon someone. |
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Incessant |
Something that continues without interruption. |
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Fledgling |
Young and inexperienced |
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Moot |
Irrelevant |
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Acerbic |
Harsh in tone |
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Wanting |
Lacking |
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Ephemeral |
Lasting for a short time |
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Refractory |
Stubbornly resistant to authority or control. |
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Inadvertently |
Unintentionlly or un expectedly |
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Tumult |
State of noisy confusion |
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Cornucopia |
Abundant of something |
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Contentious |
Inclind to dispute or disagree |
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Ebullient |
More than happy |
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Dysphoric |
Unhappy |
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Taciturn |
Uncommunicative |
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Unflappable |
Calm and relaxed, even in stressfuk situation. |
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Despondent |
Without hope, discourage and very sad. |
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Garbled |
Illogical, confused. |
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Meek |
Person who is willing to go with whatever others say. |
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Disdain |
Lack of respect accampanied by feeling of intense dislike. |
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Demeanor |
Behavioral attribute |
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Trenchant |
Hard hitting |
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Aesthete |
One who professes great sensitivity to art and nature |
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Philistine |
A person uninterested in intellectual pursuits. |
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Averring |
Asserting |
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Complicit |
Guilt as an accomplice of crime or offence. |
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Discernible |
Noticeable |
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Impugn |
Attack as false or wrong |
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Huffy |
Sensitive |
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Predicate |
Proclaim |
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Elusive |
Hard to find or remember. |
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Irrefutable |
Undeniable, positive |
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Boorishness |
Rudeness |
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Augury |
Preindication |
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Epiphany |
Divine manifestation |
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Tropes |
Figure of speech, image |
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Anodyne |
Analgetic |
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Insouciance |
Carefreeness |
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Saavy |
Someone who understands. |
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Self effacing |
Reluctant to draw attention to ourselves. Reticent. |
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Churlish |
Ill natured, surly |
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Loath |
Strongly opposed |
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Unstinting |
Very generous |
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