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48 Cards in this Set
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precocious
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showing unusually early mental development or acheivement
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ambiguous
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having or expressing more than one possible meaning
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ambivalent
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having two opposing feelings at the same time
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anecdote
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a short often amusing story
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apathetic
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lacking interest or energy
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approbation
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approval or agreement
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articulate
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able to express thoughts and feelings easily and clearly
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burnished
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Literary to rub metal until it is smooth and shiny
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candid
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truthful and honest
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compunction
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a slight feeling of guilt for something you have done or might do
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constrict
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to become tighter and narrower
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credulity
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willingness to beleive that something is real or true
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culpability
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deserving to be blamed or considered responsible for something bad
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decorous
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behaving politely and in a controlled way
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desiccated
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not interesting or completely lacking in imagination
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disparagement
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to critisize someone or something in a way that shows you do not respect or value them
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dysfunction
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a problem or fault in a part of the body or a machine
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embellish
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to make something more beautiful or interesting by adding something to it
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essential
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necessary
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exhilarating
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to give someone strong feelings of happpiness and exitement
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expansive
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very happy to talk to people in a freindly way
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fervor
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describes beleifs that are strongly and sincerely felt or poeple who have strong and sincere beliefs
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formidable
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causing you to have fear or respect for something or someone because they are impressive, powerful or difficult
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furtive
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behaving secretely so people do notice them, or done secretly and often quickly so that people do not notice
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imperious
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unpleasently proud and expecting obedience
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jurisprudence
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the study of law and the princi[les on which law is based
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lassitude
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physical or metal tiredness
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laudatory
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deserving praise even if there is little or no sucess
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litigious
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too often taking arguments to a law or court for a descision
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nefarious
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evil or immoral
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obsolescence
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becoming obsolete
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omniscience
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having or seeming to have unlimited knowledge
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pernicious
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having a very harmful effect or influence
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profundity
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felt or experienced very strongly or in an extreme way
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reprimand
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to express to someone your strong official disapproval of them
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indigenous
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naturally existing in a place or country rather than arriving from another place
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sporadic
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happening irregularly
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stamina
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the physical and/or mental strength to do something which might be difficult and which will take a long time
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sumptuous
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luxurious and showing wealth
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tenuous
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A tenuous connection, idea or situation is weak and possibly does not exist
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exquisite
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very beautiful
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ensemble
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a group of things
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heterogeneous
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consisting of parts or things that are very different from each other
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ambivalent
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having two opposing feelings at the same time
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elucidate
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to make clear
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imbued
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to fill something or someone with a particular feeling, quality or idea
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infuriating
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to make someone extremely angry
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unctuous
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describes people or behaviour expressing too much praise, interest, freindliness and etc.
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