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42 Cards in this Set
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acumen
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keen, accurate judgment or insight
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adulterate
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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients
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aver
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to state as a fact, to declare or assert
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bombastic
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pompous, grandiloquent
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dissemble
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to disguise or conceal, to mislead
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endemic
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characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people
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evanescent
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tending to disappear like vapor, vanishing
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fortuitous
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happening by accident or chance, lucky/fortunate
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germane
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relevant to the subject at hand, appropriate in subject matter
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hackneyed
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rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage
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halcyon
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calm and peaceful
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hedonism
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devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp to the pleasures of the senses
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hegemony
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the consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others
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iconoclast
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one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
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impassive
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revealing no emotion
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impunity
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immunity from punishment or penalty
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inchoate
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in an initial state, not fully formed
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insipid
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without taste or flavor, lacking in spirit, bland
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mendacity
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the condition of being untruthful, dishonesty
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mitigate
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to make or become less severe or intense, to moderate
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obdurate
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unyielding, hardhearted, intractable
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obsequious
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exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
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occlude
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to obstruct or block
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opprobrium
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disgrace, contempt, scorn
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pedantic
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overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education, show-offish about one’s knowledge
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penury
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poverty, destitution
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pith
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the essential or central part
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pithy
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precise and brief
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platitude
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a superficial remark, esp one offered as meaningful
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polemical
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controversial, argumentative
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prodigal
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recklessly wasteful, extravagant, profuse, lavish
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querulous
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prone to complaining or grumbling, peevish
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rancorous
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characterized by bitter, long lasting resentment
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recalcitrant
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obstinately defiant of authority, difficult to manage
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repudiate
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to refuse to have anything to do with, to disown
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rescind
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to invalidate, to repeal, to retract
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salubrious
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promoting health or wellbeing
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solvent
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able to meet financial obligations, able to dissolve another substance
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specious
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seeming true but actually being fallacious, misleadingly attractive, plausible but false
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spurious
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lacking authenticity or validity, false, counterfeit
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surfeit
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an overabundant supply, excess, to feed or supply to excess
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength, flimsy, weak
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