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25 Cards in this Set
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Aspersion
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False rumor, damaging report, slander.
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Bulwark
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A defense wall, anything serving as a defense.
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Colloquial
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Characteristic of informal speech.
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Dogmatic
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Rigidly fix in opinion, opinionated.
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Euphemism
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Use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a distasteful one.
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Foment
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To arouse or insight.
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Genre
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A type, a class, a category.
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Holistic
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Emphasizing the importance of the whole rather than the part.
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Incognito
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In disguise, concealing ones identity.
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Juxtaposition
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Side by side placement often to show contrast or comparison
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Keen
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intellectually sharp or perceptive
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Lachrymose
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Tearful.
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Maelstrom
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A whirlpool, turmoil, or an agitated state of mind.
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Nettle
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To irritate
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Obsequious
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overly submissive, brown nosing.
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Panache
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Flamboyance, verve, style or flare.
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Quintessence
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The most typical example, the concentrated essence.
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Refute
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To contradict, discredit.
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Sacrosanct
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Extremely sacred, beyond criticism.
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Subterfuge
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A trick or tactic used to avoid something.
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Translucent
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Partially transparent
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Ubiquitous
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Being everywhere simultaneously
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Vacuous
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Empty, lacking intelligence, purposeless.
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Wanton
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Undisciplined, unrestrained, reckless
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Zealot
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Someone passionately devoted to a cause.
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