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31 Cards in this Set
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abscond |
depart clandestinely |
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alacrity |
enthusiastic willingness |
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approbation |
approval, praise |
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assuage |
appease, pacify |
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chicanery |
trickery, subterfuge |
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subterfuge |
trickery, chicanery |
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effrontery |
presumptuousness |
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disabuse |
to set right |
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enervate |
to weaken, reduce in vitality |
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equivocate |
use ambiguous language with deceptive intent |
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exculpate |
exonerate, clear of blame |
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exigent |
urgent, requiring immediate attention |
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filibuster |
intentional obstruction (prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action) |
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ingenuous |
artless, lacking in sophistication |
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magnanimity |
being generously noble in mind and heart |
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neologism |
a new word, usage, expression |
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obtuse |
lacking sharpness of intellect |
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obviate |
anticipate and make unnecessary |
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onerous |
troubling, burdensome |
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paean |
hymn of praise, thanksgiving |
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perfidy |
intentional breach of faith; treachery |
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perfunctory |
done without care or interest |
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perspicacious |
having keen discernment |
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prattle |
to babble meaninglessly |
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precipitate (adj) |
acting with excessive haste or impulse |
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prevaricate |
deliberately avoid the truth |
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recant |
to retract a previously held belief |
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solicitous |
concerned and attentive, eager (like solicitor) |
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sordid |
characterized by filth or squalor, foul |
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stymie |
to block/thwart |
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tortuous |
excessively complicated |
