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20 Cards in this Set
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abtruse
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extremely difficult to understand
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affront
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an open or intentional insult; a slight; to insult ones face; to face in defiance, confront
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canard
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a false rumor, fabricated story
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captious
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excessively ready tofind fault; given to petty criticism; intended to trap, confuse or show up
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cognizant
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aware, knowledgeable, informed; having jurisdiction
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contrite
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regretful for some misdeed or sin, plagued by a sense of guilt, thoroughly penitent
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cynosure
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the center of attraction, attention ,or interest; something that serves to guide or direct
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decorous
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well behaved, dignified, socially proper
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deign
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to think it appropriate or suuitable to one's dignity to do something; to condescend
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desiccated
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thoroughly dried out; divested of spirit or vitality; arid and uninteresting
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efficacy
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the power to produce a desired result
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engender
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to bring into existence, give rise to, produce; to come into existence, assume form
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etheral
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light, airy, delicate; highly refined, suggesting what is heavenly rather than earthbound
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facade
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the front or face of a building; a surface appearance (as opposed to what may lie behind)
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ghoulish
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revolting in an unnatural or morbid way; suggestive of someone who robs graves or otherwise preys on the dead
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incongruous
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not in keeping, unsuitabale, incompatible
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machination
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a crafty, scheming, or underhanded action designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end
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mesmerize
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to hypnotize, entrance; to facinate, enthrall, bewitch
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opprobrium
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disgrace arising from shameful conduct; contempt, reproach
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putative
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generally regarded as such; reputed; hypothesized, inferred
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