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67 Cards in this Set
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Ambiguity
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unclear or doubtful in meaning
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Ambivalence
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State of having conflicting emotional attitudes
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Anomaly
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Something irregular, deviating from the norm (adj: anomalous)
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Assuage
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To make less severe
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Austere
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Stern, unadorned, strict, severe
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Belie
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To contradict; misrepresent; give a false impression
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Causality
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involving a cause
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Confound
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to baffle; perplex; mix up
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Contentious
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Quarrelsome, causing quarrels
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Conventional
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Practice widely observed in a group; accepted custom
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Disingenuously
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Not candid; crafty; insincere
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Dismiss
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To put away from consideration; reject
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Disparage
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To belittle; to reduce in esteem
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Ebullient
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Exhilarated; enthusiastic
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Eclecticism
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Selecting from various sources
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Exculpate
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To clear of blame; vindicate
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Exigent
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Requiring immediate action
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Extraneous
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Not essential
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Garrulous
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Very talkative; wordy
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Guileless
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Free of cunning or deceit;artless
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Impair
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To damage; injure
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Irresolute
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Unsure of how to act; weak
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Laconic
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Using few words
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Laudable
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Praiseworthy
(laud (v): to praise) |
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Meticulous
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Very careful; fastidious
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Fastiduous
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Meticulous attention to detail
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Partisan
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One-sided; committed to a party, group, or cause; prejudiced
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Repudiate
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To reject as having no authority
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Skeptic
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One who doubts
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Solicitous
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Concerned; attentive; eager
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Ahistorical
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unconcerned with history or tradition
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Arcane
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Known or understood by only a few; mysterious; esoteric
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Credulity
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disposition to believe something on little evidence; gullibility
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Cynical
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skeptical of the motives of others; pessimistic
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Demarcation
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A separation; a distinction
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Hubris
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Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance
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Inalienable
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That cannot be transferred to another or others
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Multifaceted
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having many aspects, abilities
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Munificent
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Very liberal in giving; generous
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Nuance
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a subtle difference in colour, meaning, tone, etc
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Oracular
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wise and prophetic; Enigmatic; obscure
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Orthodox
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Adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith, especially in religion
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Paradoxical
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A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true; inexplicable
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Pertinacious
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Stubbornly or perversely persistent
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Recapitulate
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To repeat in concise form
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Taciturn
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Habitually untalkative
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Tensile
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Capable of being stretched or extended; ductile
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Unorthodox
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Breaking with convention or tradition
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Aberrant
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deviating from what is normal
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Abeyance
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Temporary suppression or suspension
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Abscond
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to depart secretly
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Abstemious
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moderate in appetite
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Banal
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commonplace; trite; devoid of freshness or originality
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Beneficent
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doing good
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Bombastic
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pompous; using inflated language
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Boorish
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Rude; insensitive
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Burgeon
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to flourish; to grow or develop quickly
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Cacophonous
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unpleasant and harsh sounding
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Deference
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Respect; regard for another's wish
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Delineate
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to represent or depict
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Denigrate
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to slur someone's reputation
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Admonish
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to caution or reprimand
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Aesthetic
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relating to beauty or art (adj.)
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Aggregate
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amounting to a whole/total, collective (adj)
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Alacrity
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Cheerful willingness, Eagerness
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Amalgamate
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to combine into a unified whole
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Ameliorate
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to improve
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