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99 Cards in this Set
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candid
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completely honest, straightforward
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conjecture
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inference; guesswork
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didactic
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instructive
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extrapolate
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to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information
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incoherent
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lacking cohesion or connection
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insinuate
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to introduce or communicate stealthily
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lucid
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easily understood; clear
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rhetoric
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the art of using language effectively and persuasively
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acumen
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quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight
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adroit
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dexterous; deft
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ascertain
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to find out, as through investigation or experimentation
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astute
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shrewd; clever
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circumspect
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careful; prudent; discreet
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disseminate
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to scatter widely; as in sowing seed
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erudition
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deep, extensive, learning
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husbandry
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the application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding
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pedantic
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excessively concerned with book learning and formal rules
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perspicacious
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shrewd; clear-sighted
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pragmatic
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practical
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precocious
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exhibiting unusually early intellectual aptitude or maturity
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prospectus
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formal proposal
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rudimentary
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basic; elementary; in the earliest stage of development
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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callous
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emotionally hardened; unfeeling
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convoluted
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intricate; complex
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enigma
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a puzzle, mystery, or riddle
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inscrutable
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difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable
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reticent
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inclined to keep silent; reserved
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staid
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unemotional; serious
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arcane
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known or understood by only a few
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assimilate
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to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar
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autonomy
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independence; self-determination
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derivative
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something that comes from another source
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entourage
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a group of attendants or associates; a retinue
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by only a small group
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gaffe
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a clumsy social error; a faux pas
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idiosyncrasy
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characteristic peculiarot an individual or group
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insular
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isolated; narrow or provincial
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orthodox
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adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion
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potentate
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one who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch
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castigate
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to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize
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censure
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to issue offical blame
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denounce
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to condemn openly
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reclusive
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seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation
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relinquish
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to retire from; give up or abandon
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renounce
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to give up (a title, for example), especially by formal announcement
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vituperative
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marked by harshly abusive condemnation
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circumscribe
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to draw a circle around; to restrict
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contiguous
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sharing an edge or boundary; touching
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Conciliatory
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appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile
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Credible
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capable of being believed; plausible
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to free from blame
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Exonerate
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indisputable; not open to question
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Incontrovetible
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to officially charge with wrongoind or a crime
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Indict
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prone to engage in lawsuits
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Litigious
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devoted to or biased in support of a party, group of cause
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Partisan
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equality as in amount, status, or value
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Parity
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moral uprightness; righteousness
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Rectitude
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lax in attending to duty; negligent
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Remiss
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to reject the validity or authority of
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Repudiate
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feigning piety or righteousness
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Sanctimonious
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principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting
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Scrupulous
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concerned
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Solicitous
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plausible but misleading or fallacious argument
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Sophistry
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to support with proof or evidence; verify
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Substantiate
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adherence to the truth; truthfulness
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Veracity
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to free from blame
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Vindicate
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to urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery
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Cajole
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trickery
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Chicanery
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fawning and servile
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Obsequious
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insincere, osequious, flatterer
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Sycophant
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unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selfessness
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Altruism
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distinguished; prominent
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Eminent
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identification with and understanding of another's situtaion, feelings, and motives
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Empathetic
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to praise highly
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Extol
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full of praise
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Laudatory
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courageously or generously noble in mind and heart
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Magnnimous
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humanitarian; benevolent; relating to monetary generosity
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Philanthropic
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to mutually take or give; to respond in kind
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Reciprocate
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no longer exisiting or functioning
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Defunct
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to get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots; abolish
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Eradicate
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to remove objectionable content before publication or release
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Expurgate
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to destroy
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Extirpate
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to pud down forcibly; supress
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Quell
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to level to the ground; demolish
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Raze
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to crush as if by trampling; squash
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Squelch
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to usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics
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Supplant
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to thwart or stump
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Stymie
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to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem
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Abase
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to mock contemptuously
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Deride
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insulting or intended to insult
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Derogatory
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to speak of negatively; to belittle
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Disparage
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brazen boldness; presumptuousness
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Effrontery
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great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgraeful conduct
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Ignominy
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to attack as false or questionable
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Impugn
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to damage, especially in a disfiguring way
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Mar
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disparaging, belittle, insulting
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Pejorative
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to annoy or bother; to perplex
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Vex
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disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful
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Vindictive
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