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30 Cards in this Set
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Capricious(adj.) |
unpredictable |
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Scenario(n) |
summary |
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Wanton(adj.) |
extravagant,unjust,cruel |
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Exorbitant(adj.) |
exceeding,appropriate limits |
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Moot(adj.) |
not arguable, already settled |
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Tenure(n) |
permanence of postion |
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Aspersion(n) |
defamatory remark |
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Catalyst(n) |
one beginning a process |
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Enumerate(v) |
to list |
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Impunity(n) |
freedom from punishment |
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Mundane(adj.) |
routine, ordinary |
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Tacit(adj.) |
silent |
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Succinct(adj.) |
brief,terse |
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Duplicity(n) |
cunning or deception, double-dealing |
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Ostensible(adj.) |
professed, so-called |
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Carte blanche(n) |
full power |
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Quell(v) |
to put down |
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Finite(adj.) |
having limited boundaries |
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Myopic(adj.) |
near-sighted |
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Prolific(adj.) |
producing great quantities |
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Admonish(v) |
to warn |
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Repudiate(v) |
to reject as untrue; to refuse to recognize or acknowledge |
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Umbrage(n) |
offense |
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Taint(v) |
to smear, corrupt |
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Macabre(adj.) |
gruesome |
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Sanction (v) |
to agree |
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Inhibition(n) |
restraint |
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Fleece(v) |
to rip off, defraud |
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vis-a-vis(adj.) |
face to face
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ascribe(v) |
to attribute, give credit to |
