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116 Cards in this Set
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jud
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judgement
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judicious
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having or showing good judgement
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adjudicate
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to settle a dispute or argument
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mor
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kaw, custom, habit, humor
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amoral
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not concerned about morality
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Mores
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attitudes and behaviors that are so firmly fixed that they act like laws
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morose
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gloomy, bad tempered
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pi
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law abiding
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expiate
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to make up for doing wrong
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impious
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lacking respect for what should be worshipped
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sacr
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holy, sacred
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consecrate
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to set apart as holy
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execrable
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very bad, hateful
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sacrosanct
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so sacred or revered as to be off-limits
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art, ert
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art
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artifice
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clever trickery, deception
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artless
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without strategy or deceit
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inert
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not having power to move, slow to act
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icon
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image
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inconoclast
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a person who attacks or mocks things most people believe in
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icon
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an image that best represents something, a symbol
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iconography
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the study of a group of representative pictures or symbols
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im, em
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to mimic, to imitate
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emulate
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to seek to be like
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inimitable
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impossible to imitate or copy
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vis, vey, view
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to see
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perveyor
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one who supplies or sells
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proviso
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a clause or statement that gives instuctions for a potential event or situation
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purview
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range of skills or authority, capability
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cura
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cure
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sinecure
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a job that brings a salary or reward without requiring work
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incurious
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not inclined to seek knowledge, idle
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procure
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to get with some effort
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nec
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death, to harm, to kill
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internecine
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causing many deaths on all sides of a conflict
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innocuous
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not causing harm or injury
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sol
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to comfort
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solace
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comfort or consulation
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inconsolable
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very sad, unable to be comforted
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sal
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healthy, whole
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salubrious
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promoting good health
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salutary
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having a positive or healthy result
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salutation
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an act of greeting
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jug
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yoke
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subjugate
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to bring under control, to conquer or subdue
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conjugal
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of or related to marriage
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tig, ting
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to touch
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contiguous
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touching on one side, sharing a border
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contingent
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possible, conditional
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frang, fray
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to break
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infrangible
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unable to be broken or removed; inalienable
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defray
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to pay or supply the money for
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suffrage
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the right to vote
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refract
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to filter through a lens or medium
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sect
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to cut
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transect
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to divide by cutting across
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sectarian
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of or having to do with a sect; limited
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cap, cip
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head
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capitulate
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to yield, to surrender
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recapitulate
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to summarize briefly
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caprice
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sudden change of intention, impulsiveness
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precipitate
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to cause something to happen immediately, to speed up
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duc
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lead
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adduce
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to bring forth as evidence, to use as an example
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traduce
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to say false things in order to harm the reputation of others
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subdue
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to conquer or overcome
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serv
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to serve, to keep
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subservient
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willing to obey
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servile
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like a slave, too humble
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reserved
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keeping ones thoughts to oneself, withdrawn
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sup, sov, sur
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above
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sovereign
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having the highest power or authority; ruling
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surfeit
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to fill in excess, gorge
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insuperable
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not able to overcome
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loc
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place
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locus
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specific place, especially the center of an activity or event
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in lieu of
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in place of
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allocate
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to set aside for a special purpose
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pos
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to put, place
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apposite
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relevant or appropriate
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interpose
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to come between, especially to insert a remark
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composite
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a combination, a blend
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top
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place
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utopian
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of an ideal nature, model
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dystopian
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nightmarish, grim
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topical
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dealing with current subject matter, relevent
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thet, them
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placed
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anathema
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something hated or strongly avoided
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epithet
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a phrase or term that describes something or someone
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loq, loc
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to speak
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magniloquent
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high-flown and elevatedin speech
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loquacious
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very talkative
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circumlocution
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roundabout or overly long way of saying something
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colloquy
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formal conversation or dialogue
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obloquy
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harsh criticism; abuse
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sign
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sign
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consign
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to deliver, especially to a negative fate or outcome
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resignation
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acceptance of something that cannot be avoided; patient submission
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signatory
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a party to a contract, treaty or other legal document
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scrib
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to write, draw
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proscribe
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to forbid, to outlaw
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ascribe
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to think of as belonging to or coming from; to assign
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circumscribe
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to tightly limit or restrict
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voc
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voice
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vociferous
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loud and noisy in making one's feelings known
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avocation
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something done for pleasure; hobby
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vocation
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profession; trade
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univocal
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having a single, clear meaning
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tac
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to be silent
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reticent
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not saying much, tight lipped
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tacit
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understood as meant but not openly said; implied
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taciturn
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characterized by infrequent speech; silent
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verb
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word
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verbiage
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an overabundance of words; excessive wordiness
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verbatim
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word for word
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verbose
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using too many words
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