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39 Cards in this Set
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adroit
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Skillful; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease
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alacrity
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Cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
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allocate
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To distribute; to assign; to allot
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apotheosis
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Elevation to divine statue; the perfect example of something
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arbiter
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One who decides; a judge
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arcane
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Mysterious; known only to a select few
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assiduous
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Hardworking; busy; quite diligent
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assimilate
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To take in; to absorb; to learn thoroughly
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assuage
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To soothe; to pacify; to ease the pain of; to relieve
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axiom
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A self-evident rule or truth; a widely accepted saying
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burgeon
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To expand; to flourish
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belie
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To give a false impression of; to contradict
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bequest
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Something left to someone in a will
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beset
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To harass; to surround
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callow
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Childlike
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capitulate
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To surrender; to give up or give in
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capricious
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Unpredictable; likely to change at any moment
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circumspect
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Cautious
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circumscribe
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To draw a line around; to set the limits; to define; to restrict
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circumvent
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To frustrate as though by surrounding
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coalesce
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To come together as one; to fuse; to unite
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cogent
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Powerfully convincing
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cognizant
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Aware; conscious
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colloquial
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Conversational; informal in language
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commensurate
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Equal; proportionate
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compendium
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A summary; an abridgment
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concurrent
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Happening at the same time; parallel
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consummate
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Perfect; complete; supremely skillful
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contentious
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Argumentative; quarrelsome
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contiguous
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Side by side; adjoining
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contrite
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Admitting guilt; especially feeling remorseful
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contrived
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Artificial; labored
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convivial
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Fond of partying; festive
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corollary
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Something that follows; a natural consequence
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corroborate
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To confirm; to back up with evidence
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countenance
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Face; facial expression, especially an encouraging one
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coup
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A brilliant victory or accomplishment; the violent overthrow of a government by a small internal group
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cursory
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Hasty; superficial
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dearth
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Lack; scarcity
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