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14 Cards in this Set
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contumacious
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stubbornly disobedient
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abjure
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to abstain from or avoid
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aphorism
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a concise statement of a truth or principle; adage
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sententious
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prone to using aphorisms
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obfuscate
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to darken or confuse
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polyglot
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one who speaks or writes in multiple languages
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caustic
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corrosive; marked by tart sharpness
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pedantic
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narrowly academic; unimaginative
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extrapolate
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to infer an unknown from something that is known
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recant
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to withdraw
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saccharine
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overly sweet; overly sentimental
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execrate
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to detest utterly
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uncouth
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uncommon; strange or clumsy in appearance
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effigy
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an image or representation of a person
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