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103 Cards in this Set
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aberrant
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deviating from the norm
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alacrity
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eager and enthusiastic willingness
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anomaly
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deviation from the normal order or rule; abnormality
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approbation
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an expression of approval or praise
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assuage
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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify
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audacious
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daring and fearless
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capricious
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changing one's mind impusively
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censure
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to criticize severely
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chicanery
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trickery
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connoiser
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expert
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discordant
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conflicting; dissonant or harsh sound
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disparate
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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar
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eloquent
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well spoken; expressive; articulate
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enervate
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weaken; reduce in vitality
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ennui
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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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equivocate
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to use ambigous language with deceptive intent
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exculpate
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exonerate; to clear of blame
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exigent
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urgent
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filibuster
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intentional obstruction, using prolonged speechmaking to delay legislative action
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ingenuous
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artless; lacking in sophistication
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inured
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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irascible
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easily angered
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laud
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to praise highly
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magnanimity
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being noble in mind and heart
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martial
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associated with war
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mundane
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of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary
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nascent
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in early developmental stages
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nebulous
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vague
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neologism
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a new word or expression
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noxious
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harmful
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obtuse
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lacking sharpness of intellect
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obviate
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to anticipate and make unnecessary
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onerous
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troubling
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parody
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a humorous imitation
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perrenial
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happening repeatedly
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perfunctory
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done without care or interest
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prattle
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to babble meaninglessly
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prescience
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foreknowledge of events
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prevaricate
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to mislead
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refute
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to disprove
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relegate
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to forcibly assign
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solicitous
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eager
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sporadic
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occuring only occasionally
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static
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at rest
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stupefy
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to stun or amaze
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tortuous
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excessively complicated
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truculent
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fierce and cruel
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voracious
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ravenous
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waver
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to sway
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abscond
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to steal off and hide
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ameliorate
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to make better
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arduous
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strenuous
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ascetic
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one who practices rigid self- denial
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austere
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severely simple
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axiom
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a universally recognized principle
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axiomatic
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posessing self-evident truth
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bucolic
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characteristic of rural areas
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canonical
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following or in agreement with traditional standards
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contentious
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argumentative
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convulted
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complicated
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culpable
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deserving blame
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disabuse
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to undeceive
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eclectic
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composed of elements drawn from various sources
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effrontery
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extreme boldness
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ephemeral
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brief
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erudite
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scholarly
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eulogy
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speech honoring dead
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extemporaneous
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done without preparation
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facetious
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homorous
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fulminate
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to loudly attack or denounce
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hyperbole
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an exaggerated statement
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lucid
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easily understood
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oscillation
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swinging back and forth with steady rhythm
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paean
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a song of praise
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penurious
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penny-pinching
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perfidy
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treachery
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pernicious
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extremely harmful
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive
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pious
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showing strong religious devotion
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precipitate(a)
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acting with excessive impulse
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precipitate(v)
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to cause or happen before anticipated
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precursor
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one that precedes or announces another
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predilection
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preference
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prolific
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productive
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qualms
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causes for hesitancy
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quiescence
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stillness
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recant
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to retract
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redoubtable
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worthy of honor
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reticent
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reserved
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satire
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a literary work that ridicules
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sordid
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characterized by filth or grime
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squalid
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sordid
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squander
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to waste by spending or using irresponsibly
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stoic
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unaffected by please or pain
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stymie
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to block
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supplant
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to take the place of
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synthesis
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the combination of parts to make a whole
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torpid
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lethargic; sluggish
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toque
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a force that causes rotation
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ubiquitous
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existing everywhere
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veracity
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honesty
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vilify
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to defame
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virulent
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extremely harmful or poisonous
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