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30 Cards in this Set
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Impervious
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Not allowing anything to pass through; impenetrable
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Impugn
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To attack; especially to attack the truth or integrity of something
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mug -> pug
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Inane
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Silly; senseless
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Incipient
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Beginning; emerging
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Incongrous
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Not harmonious not consistent; not appropriate; not fitting in
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Ineffable
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Incapable of being expressed or described
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Lampoon
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To satirize; to mock; to parody
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harpoon, but not
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Laud
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To praise; to applaud; to extol; to celebrate
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Levity
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Lightness; frivolity; unseriousness
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Loquacious
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Talking a lot or too much
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e-loquent
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Sonorous
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full or loud in sound; imposing/impressive in effect or style
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Farcical
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ludicrous, laughably inept; absurd
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I'm laughably inept at Far Cry
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Desultory
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marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose
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result of disaster
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Ruse
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roundabout path taken by fleeing game, trickery
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Feigning
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to give a false appearance of; induce as a false impression
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Aperture
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an opening or open space; hole
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a-part-ture
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Propriety
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conformity to what is socially acceptable in conduct/speech
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Pleonasm
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use of more words than necessary to denote mere sense
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Cohesion
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the act or state of sticking together tightly
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Pigmentation
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coloration or deposition of skin color
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Acerbic
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acidic in temper, mood, or tone
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Absurd
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ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous
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Foibles
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a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior
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Follies
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lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight
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Acronym
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a word formed from the initial letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term
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Finite
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having definite or definable limits
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Concave
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hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl
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Sentient
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responsive to or conscious of sense impressions
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Incursion
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a hostile entrace into a territory; raid
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Incentive
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something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination of action
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