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28 Cards in this Set
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Inadvertent |
Unintentional |
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Divergent |
Tending to be different or develop in different directions |
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Vexing |
Disturbing, especially by minor irritations |
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Hypothesis |
An educated guess |
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Bureaucratic |
Relating to the business of running an organization, or government |
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Constrained |
Forced, restrained |
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Stymied |
Frustrate, hinder |
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Encumber |
To weigh down, burden |
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Amity |
A friendly relationship |
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Erudite |
Characterized by great knowledge |
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Utopia |
An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect |
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Faction |
A small, organized group |
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Euphemisms |
A mild or indirect word or expression |
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Pragmatic |
Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations |
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Inveterate |
Long established and unlikely to change |
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Prowess |
Skill or expertise in a particular activity or field |
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Omnibus |
Comprising several items |
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Reconciliation |
An act of reconciling |
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Thrombosed |
Local coaguation or clotting of the blood in a part of the circulatory system |
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Fluctuant |
Unstable |
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Streptococcus |
A bacterium of a genus that includes the agents of souring milk and dental decay |
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Equivocate |
Using ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself |
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Adduced |
Cite as evidence |
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Remonstrated |
Make a forcefully reproachful protest |
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Dissonance |
Lack of harmony among musical tones |
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Infrastructure |
The underlying foundation or basic framework |
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Implied |
To involve or indicate by inference association, or necessary consequence |
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Inanimate |
Lacking consciousness or power of motion |
