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20 Cards in this Set
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Abate
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to lessen, reduce.
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avarice
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desire or greed.
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astute
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clever, cunning.
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adulation
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to show excessive admiration.
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anathema
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person or thing that is hated/loathed.
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culpable
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deserving blame.
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dilatory
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tending to delay or procrastinate.
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egregious
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bad, glaring, flagrant.
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equivocate
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to use ambiguous or unclear expressions to avoid commitment.
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evanescent
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tending to vanish like vapor.
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irresolute
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uncertain how to act, vacillating.
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nebulous
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cloudy, unclear.
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novice
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beginner.
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penury
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extremely poor.
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pretentious
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trying to make a big impression.
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recapitulate
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to sum up.
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resuscitate
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to revive from death or unconsciousness.
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slovenly
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careless, unkempt, dirty.
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supposition
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something that is assumed without enough evidence.
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torpid
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inactive, sluggish.
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