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42 Cards in this Set
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aberrant (adj)
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deviating from the norm
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alacrity (n)
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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approbation (n)
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an expression of approval or praise
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assuage (v)
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to ease or lessen, to appease or pacify
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audacious (adj)
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daring and fearless, recklessly bold
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austere (adj)
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without adornment, bare, severely simple
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axiomatic (adj)
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taken as a given, possessing self-evident truth
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capricious (adj)
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unpredictable, erratic, inclined to change one’s mind impulsively
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censure (v)
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to criticize severely, to officially rebuke
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chicanery (n)
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trickery or subterfuge
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disabuse (v)
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to undeceive, to set right
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disparate (adj)
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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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effrontery (n)
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extreme boldness, presumptuousness
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enervate (v)
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to weaken, to reduce in vitality
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equivocate (v)
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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
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erudite (adj)
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very learned, scholarly
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exculpate (v)
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exonerate, to clear of blame
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fulminate (v)
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to loudly attack or denounce
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ingenuous (adj)
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artless, frank and candid, lacking in sophistication
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inured (adj)
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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irascible (adj)
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easily angered, prone to tempermental outbursts
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John is irascible.
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lucid (adj)
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easily understood, clear
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nascent (adj)
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coming into being, in early developmental stages
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neologism (n)
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a new word, expression, or usage; the creation or use of new words or senses
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obviate (v)
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to anticipate and make unnecessary (e.g. to prevent)
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onerous (adj)
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troubling, burdensome
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paean (n)
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a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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perfidy (n)
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intentional breach of faith, treachery
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perfunctory (adj)
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cursory, done without care or interest
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perspicacious (adj)
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acutely perceptive, having keen discernment
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precipitate (adj)
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acting with excessive haste or impulse
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precipitate (v)
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to cause to happen before anticipated or required
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predilection (n)
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a disposition in favor of something, preference
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prevaricate (v)
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to deliberately avoid the truth, mislead
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recant (v)
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to retract, esp. a previously held belief
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reticent (adj)
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quiet, reserved, reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
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Jake is reticent.
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solicitous (adj)
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concerned and attentive, eager
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stymie (v)
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to block, thwart
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tortuous (adj)
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winding, twisting, excessively complicated
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truculent (adj)
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fierce and cruel, eager to fight
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Vikings were propbably truculent.
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virulent (adj)
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extremely harmful or poisonous, bitterly hostile or antagonistic
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cursory (adj)
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hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
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