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50 Cards in this Set
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Abject (adj)
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cast down, spiritless
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Aesthetic (adj)
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sensitive to beauty
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Alacrity (n)
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a cheerful briskness
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Auspicious (adj)
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lucky, promising, favorable
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Blatant (adj)
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obvious, obtrusive
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Capitulate (v)
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surrender on terms agreed upon, yield
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Cogent (adj)
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persuasive, brilliantly compelling
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Conjecture (n)
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suppposition, opinion
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Cursory (adj)
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hurried, rapid, superficial
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Decorous (adj)
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proper, becoming, suitable
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Diffiaent (adj)
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shy, timid
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Disdain (v)
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despise, think him unworthy
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Docile (adj)
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obedient, manageable, unresisting
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Equanimity (n)
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composure, calm temper, evenness of mind)
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Facade (n)
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front, false exterior
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Facetious (adj)
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particular, meticulous, hard to please
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Fastidious
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particular, meticulous, hard to please
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Fatuous (adj)
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silly, complacently foolish
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Flaunt (v)
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display, show off, boast of
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Furtive (adj)
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sly, stealthy, shifty
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Glib (adj)
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thoughtlessly talkative, suspicously fluent
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Gregarious (adj)
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good mixer, enjoy meeting people
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Harague (n)
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noisy, pompous speech
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Idiosyncrasy (n)
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oddness, eccentricity
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Illicit (adj)
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unlawful, furtive
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Importune (v)
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insistently begged, persistently urged
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Incredulous (adj)
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skeptical, disbelieving
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Inexorable (adj)
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inflexible, unyielding
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Invective (n)
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abuse, angry reproach
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Loquacious (adj)
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talkative, garrulous
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Ludicrous (adj)
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laughable, ridiculous
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Martinet (n)
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strict disciplinarian
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Maudlin (adj)
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weakly sentimental
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Nebulous (adj)
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vague, hazy
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Obsequious (adj)
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servily attentive, fawning
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Ostracize (v)
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banned from social and political favor
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Panacea (n)
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cure-all
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Pander (v)
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To cater to the lower tastes and desires of others or exploit their weaknesses
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Placate (v)
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appease, pacify
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Prodigious (adj)
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huge, monstrous, mighty
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Prolific (adj)
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inventive, fertile, productive
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Propensity (n)
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leaning, bent, natural inclination
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Prudent (adj)
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wisely cautious
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Redundant (adj)
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overly wordy
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Surreptitious (adj)
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without proper authority
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Taciturn (adj)
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reserved, habitually silent
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Truculent (adj)
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fierce, savage, cruel
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Vacillate (v)
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hesitate, waver, change
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Vilify (v) slandered, maligned
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slandered, maligned
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Vituperation (n)
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verbal abuse
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