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26 Cards in this Set
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HYPERBOLE
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EXTRAVAGANT EXAGGERATION
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PROFUSE
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1. POURING FORTH LIBERALLY;
2. EXHIBITING GREAT ABUNDANCE |
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EGGREGIOUS
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1. archaic=DISTINGUISHED
2. CONSPICUOUSLY-CONSPICUOUSLY BAD/FLAGRANT |
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PROPENSITY
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1. AN OFTEN INTENSE NATURAL INCLINATION OR PREFERENCE
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GARRULOUS
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1. GIVEN TO PROSEY RAMBLING OR TEDIOUS LOQUACITY: POINTLESSLY OR ANNOYINGLY TALKATIVE.
2. WORDY |
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SUCCINCT
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2. MARKED BY COMPACT PRECISE EXPRESSION WITHOUT WASTED WORDS.
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IDEOLOGY
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VISIONARY THEORIZING
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COGNIZANT
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KNOWLEDGEABLE OF SOMETHING ESPECIALLY THROUGH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
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DISINTERESTED
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NOT INTERESTED; NOT HAVING THE MIND OR FEELINGS ENGAGED
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UNINTERESTED
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NOT INTERESTED
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MACHINATION
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A SCHEMING OR CRAFTY ACTION
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PROXIMITY
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CLOSENESS; THE QUALITY OR STATE OF BEING PROXIMATE
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INFER
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TO DERIVE AS A CONCLUSION FROM FACTS OR PREMESIS; GUESS; IMPLY; SURMISE
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IMPLY
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TO EXPRESS INDIRECTLY; TO INVOLVE BY INFERENCE, ASSOCIATION, OR NECESSARY CONSEQUENCE RATHER THAN BY DIRECT STATEMENT
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SOPORIFIC
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CAUSING OR INTENDING TO CAUSE SLEEP;TENDING TO DULL ALERTNESS OR AWARENESS
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FASTIDIOUS
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DIFFICULT TO PLEASE
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PROFANITY
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THE QUALITY OR STATE OF BEING PROFANE: PROFANE LANGUAGE
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OBSCENITY
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AN UTTTERANCE OR ACT THAT IS OBSCENE
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VULGARITY
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SOMETHING VULGAR OR THE STATE OF BEING VULGAR
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TACIT
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IMPLIED OR INDICATED, EXPRESSED OR CARRIED ON WITHOUT WORDS OR SPEECH
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INCISIVE
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IMPRESSIVELY DIRECT
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EXTRICATE
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TO FREE OR REMOVE FROM ENTANGLEMENT OR DIFFICULTY
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DEDUCE
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TO DETER BY OR INFER FROM A GENERAL PRINCIPLE
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ELICIT
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TO DRAW FORTH OR BRING OUT
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TAUTOLOGY
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NEEDLESS REPITATION OF AN IDEA, STATEMENT,OR WORD
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DISSEMINATE
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TO DISPERSE THROUGHOUT; TO SPREAD ABROAD
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