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30 Cards in this Set
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Adroit |
Skillful and clever (Adj) |
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Euphemism |
Nice way to say something (N) |
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Lascivious |
Showing or exciting lust (Adj) |
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Obdurate |
Stubborn; Unyielding (Adj) |
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Recalitrant |
Refusing to obey; Unmanageable (Adj) |
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Bucolic |
Of or relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life (Adj) |
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Existentialism |
Question purpose in life; Responsibility (N) |
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Litigious |
Argumentative; Inclined to sue (Adj) |
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Obsequious |
Humbly submissive; Overly obedient (Adj) |
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Salacious |
(Of writing, pictures, or talk) Treating sexual manners in an indecent way and showing interest in or enjoying the subject (Adj) |
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Cognizant |
Having knowledge or being aware of (Adj)
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Facile |
Superficial; Shallow (Adj) |
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Maladroit |
Ineffective; Clumsy (Adj) |
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Panacea
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Solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases (N)
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Sycophant |
Person who acts obsequiously toward someone; Flatterer (N) |
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Dissident |
Person who opposes official policy (N) |
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Pacifist |
Someone who doesn't believe in violence (N) |
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Paucity |
Something insignificant or small; Scarcity (N) |
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Pernicious |
Having a harmful effect in a subtle way (Adj) |
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Vacuous |
Showing lack of thought; Mindless (Adj)
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Seethe with excitement; High-spirited (Adj) |
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Inculate |
Teach through urging and persistence (V) |
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Insidious |
Slowly destructive (Adj) |
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Messianic |
Someone meant to be a savior (Adj) |
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Phlegmatic |
Sluggish (Adj) |
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Dogmatic |
Opinionated in an arrogant manner (Adj) |
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Endemic |
Regularly found among a particular place, race, or nation (Adj) |
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Kinetic |
Having to do with motion, caused by motion, or characterized by motion (Adj) |
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Nihilism |
Philosophy that preaches the total rejections of all restraint and laws (N) |
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Plethora |
Large or excessive amount of something (N) |