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19 Cards in this Set
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Knotty
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Complex; difficult to solve
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Abrogate
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Cancel; deny; repeal
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Plaudit
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statement giving strong praise
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Obdurate
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Stubborn
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Crepuscular
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Active at dusk or dawn
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Laconic
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Using few words; brief; to the point
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Blandishment
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words used to coax or flatter
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Feckless
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feeble; helpless; lacking in initiative
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meretricious
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falsely attractive; tawdry
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rarefy
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make less dense or
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repine
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fret; be discontented
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puissance
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power
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volubility
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excessive talkativeness
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opprobrious
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expressing great scorn
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minatory
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threatening
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nugatory
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of minor significance; futile
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sinecure
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job which pays salary but requiring little effort
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aphoristic
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expressed tersely
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sidereal
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of or related to the stars
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