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51 Cards in this Set
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shrewd, clever
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astute
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quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgement or insight
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acumen
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basic, elementary; in the earliest stages of development
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rudimentry
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sharing on edge or boundary; touching
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contiguous
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completely honest; straight forward
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candid
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market by harshly abusive condemnation
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vituperative
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difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable
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inscrutable
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difficult to understand
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abstruse
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exhibiting usually early intellectual aptitude or maturity
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precocious
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inference; guess work
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conjecture
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to draw a circlearound; to restrict
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circumscribe
verb (T) |
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to retire from; give up or abandon
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relinquish
verb (T) |
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to give up (a title for example) especially by formal announcement
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renounce
verb (T) |
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seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation
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reclusive
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to condemn openly
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denounce
verb (T) |
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to issue official blame
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censure
verb (T) |
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one who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch
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potentate
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adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion
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orthodox
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isolated; narrow or provincial
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insular
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characteristic peculiar to an individual or group
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idiosyncrasy
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a clumsy social error; a faux pas
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gaffe
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intended for or understood by only a small group
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esoteric
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a group of attendants or associates; a retinue
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entourage
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something that comes from another source
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derivative
noun |
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worldly; widely sophisticated
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cosmopolitan
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independence; self determination
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autonomy
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to absorb or become absorbed; to make or become similar
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assimilate
verb (T) |
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known or understood by only a few
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arcane
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unemotional; serious
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staid
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inclined to keep silent; reserved
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reticent
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a puzzle, mystery, or riddle
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enigma
noun |
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intricate; complex
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convoluted
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emotionally hardened; unfeeling
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callous
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formal proposal
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prospectus
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practical
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pragmatic
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shrewd; clear-sighted
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perspicacious
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excessively concerned with bok learning and formal rules
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pedantic
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the application of scientific principles to agriculture especially to animal breeding
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husbandry
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deep, extensive learning
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erudition
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to scatter widely, as in sowing seed
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disseminate
verb (T) |
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careful; prudent; discreet
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circumspect
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dexterous; deft
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adroit
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to find out as though investigation or experimentation
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ascertain
verb (T) |
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the act of using language effectively and persuasively
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rhetoric
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easily understood; clear
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lucid
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to introduce or communicate stealthily
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insinuate
verb (T) |
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lacking cohesion or connection
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incoherent
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to infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information
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extrapolate
verb (T) |
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a mild, indirect, or vague term substituting for a harsh, blunt, or offensiver term
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euphemism
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instructive
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didactic
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to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize
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castigate
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