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20 Cards in this Set
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Abstemious
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(Adjective)
Moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking) Characterized by abstinence and self discipline |
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Censurable
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(Adjective) Deserving of lame or correction
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Contingent
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(Adjective) likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening y chance
(Noun) a representative group forming part of a larger body |
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Corroborate
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(Verb) To confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify
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Denizen
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(noun) an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place
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Discursive
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(Adjective) passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic
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Disseminate
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(Verb) to scatter or spread widely
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Dowdy
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(Adjective) poorly dressed shabby; lacking smartness and good taste
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Florid
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(Adjective) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy
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Foist
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(Verb) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worth or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion
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Gauche
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(Adjective) Awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
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Heresy
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(Noun) an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred
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Inculcate
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(Verb) To impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly
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Palpable
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(Adjective) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard or recognized
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Perceptive
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(Adjective) having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation
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Pernicious
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(Adjective) extemely harmful; deadly, fatal
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Salient
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(Adjective) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicous
(Noun) a prjection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward |
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Satiate
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(Verb) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess
(Adjective) full, satisfied |
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Sear
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(Verb) to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to hardent to make unfeeling; to parch, dessicate, singe
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Specious
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(Adjective) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
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