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25 Cards in this Set
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Prevaricator |
One who tells an untruth; liar |
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Nefarious |
Wicked; vicious |
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Officious |
Forcing one's service or office upon another; too forward |
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Insouciance |
Indifference; lack of concern |
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Intelligentsia |
The highly educated and cultured |
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Permeate |
To pass through; to spread; to prevade |
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Gregarious |
Living in groups; liking to be with others |
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Stilted |
Stiffly formal; pompous |
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Askance |
With a side glance of disapproval |
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Inscrutable |
Incapable of being searched into and understood |
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Intransigent |
Irreconcilable; uncompromising |
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Foment |
To arouse, lause, incite |
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Fortuitous |
Accidental; happening by chance |
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Aplomb |
Assurance; poise; self-possession |
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Grandiloquent |
Eloquent on a grand scale |
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Automaton |
A robot; a mechanical person |
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Capricious |
Fanciful; whimsical; impulsive; unpredictable |
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Duplicity |
Being double; hiding one's true intentions by deceptive words or action |
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Fatuous |
Complacently or insanely foolish |
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Raucous |
Boisterously disorderly; loud; disagreeably harsh or strident |
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Nemesis |
Retribution; just punishment; one that inflicts retribution or vengeance |
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Bevy |
A large group or collection; a group of animals (especially quail) |
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Niggardly |
Stingy; not generous |
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Caterwaul |
To make a harsh cry or screech |
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Copacetic |
Very satisfactory |