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100 Cards in this Set
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Abject
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degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved; WRETCHED, MISERABLE, SHEER, UTTER
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Agnostic
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one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; without faith; DOUBTER
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Complicity
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involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice; COLLUSION
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Derelict
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someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; neglectful of duty; REMISS, DELINQUENT
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Diatribe
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a bitter and prolonged verbal attack; TIRADE
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Effigy
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a crude image of a demised person
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Equity
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the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; the money value of a property above or beyond any mortgage or claim; JUSTICE, FAIRNESS, IMPARTIALTIY
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Inane
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silly, empty of meaning or value; VAPID, IDIOTIC, MORONIC
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Idictment
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the act of accusing; a formal accusation
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Indubitable
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certain, not to be doubted or denied
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Intermittent
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stopping and beginning again, sporadic
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Moot
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open to discussion and debate, unresolved
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Motif
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a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design
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Neophyte
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a new convert, beginner, novice
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Perspicacity
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keenness in observing or understanding; DISCERNMENT
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Plenary
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complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members; UNRESITRICTED, UNLIMITED
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Surveillance
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a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
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Sylvan
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pertainting to or characteristics of a forest; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
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Testy
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easily irritated; characterized by impatience or exasperation
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Travesty
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A grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguis, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion
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Allay
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to calm or pacify, set to rest; to lessen or relieve
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Bestial
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beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility
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Convivial
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festive, sociable, having fun together, genial
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Coterie
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a circle of aquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive, group of people with a common interest
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Counterpart
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a person or thing closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement
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Demur
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to object or take exception to; an objection; PROTEST
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Effrontery
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shameless boldness, impudence
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Embellish
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to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details
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Ephemeral
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lasting only a short time; shortlived
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Felicitous
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appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well being or fortune, happy
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Furtive
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done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen
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Garish
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glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way
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Illusory
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misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based on reality
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Indigent
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needy, impoverished
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Inordinate
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far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive
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Jettison
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to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome; CAST OFF, DISCARD, DUMP
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Misanthrope
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a person who hates or despises people; PEOPLE-HATER
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Pertinacious
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very persistent; holding firmly to a course of action or a set of beliefs; hard to get rid of, refusing to be put off or denied; STUBBORN, DETERMINED
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Picayune
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of little value or imprtance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small-minded
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Raiment
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clothing, garments
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Allege
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to assert without proof or confirmation; CLAIM, CONTEND
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Arrant
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thoroughgoing; shameless, blunt
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Badinage
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light and playful conversation; BANTER
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Conciliate
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to overcome the distrust of, win over; to appease, pacify; to reconcile
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Countermand
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to cancel or reverse one order or command with another that is contrary; RECALL, REVOKE
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Echelon
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one of a series of grades in an organization or field of activity; an organized military unit; a steplike formatoin or arrangement; LEVEL, RANK
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Exacerbate
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to make more violent, sever, bitter or painful
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Fatuous
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Stupid or foolish in a self-satisfied way; SILYY, VAPID
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Irrefutable
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impossible to disprove; beyond argument
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Juggernaut
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a massive and inescapable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path
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Lackadasical
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lacking in spirt or interest; half hearted
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Litany
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a prayer consisting of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responces from the congregation; and repetive chant; a long list
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Macabre
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grisly, gruesome, horrible, distressing; having death as a subject
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Paucity
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an inadequate quantity, scarcity, dearth; LACK
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Portend
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to indicate beforehand that something is about to happen; to give advance warning
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Raze
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to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out
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Recant
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to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previsouly been committed, renounce, retract
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Saturate
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to soak thoroughly, fill to capacity; to satisfy fully
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Saturnine
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of a gloomy or surly disposition, cold or sluggish in mood
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Slough
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to cast off, discard, to get rid of something unnecessary; to plod through as if through mud
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Acclamation
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a shout of welcome; an overwhelming verbal note of approval; OVATION, CHEERING
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Bucolic
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characteristic of the countryside, rural; relating to shepherds, pastoral
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Calumniate
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to slander; to accuse falsely and maliciously
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Chary
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extremely cautious, hesitant or slow
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Collusion
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secret agreement or cooperation
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Dilettante
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a dabbler in the arts; one who engages in an activity in a trifling way; AMATEUR, SUPERFICIAL
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Imperturbable
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not easily excited; emotionally steady
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Increment
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an enlargement, increase, addition
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Mandate
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an authorative command, formal order
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Paltry
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trifling, insignificant,; mean, despicable; inferior, trashy
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Paroxysm
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a sudden outburst; spasm or convulsion
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Pedantry
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a pretentious display of knowledge; overly rigid attention to details and rules
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Peregrination
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the act of traveling; an excursion, especially on foot or in a foreign country
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Redolent
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fragrant, smelling strongly; tending to arouse memories or create an aura
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Refulgent
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shining, radiant
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Shibboleth
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a word, expression, or custom that distinguishes a particular group of persons from all others; a commmon place saying or truism; CATCHPHRASE, PASSWORD, SLOGAN
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Tyro
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a beginner, novice; one with little or no background or skill
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Unremitting
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not stopping, maintained steadily, never letting up, relentless
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Vacillate
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to swing indecisively from idea or course of action to another; to waver weakly in mind or body; SEASAW, OSCILLATE
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Vituperative
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harshly abusive, severely scolding
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Askance
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with suspicion, distrust or disapproval
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Attenuate
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to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value
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Benign
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gentle, kind, forgiving; having a favorable effect; not malignant; HARMLESS
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Cavil
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to find fault in a petty way; carp
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Charlatan
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one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quack
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Decimate
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to kill or destroy a large part of
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Foible
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a weak point, failing, or minor flaw
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Forgo
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to do without, abstain, give up
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Fraught
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full of or loaded with; accompanied by
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Inure
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to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure
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Luminous
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emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating
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Obsequious
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marked by slavish attentiveness; extremely submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons; SERVILE, SYCOPHANTIC, FAWNING
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Obtuse
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blunt, not coming to a point; slow or dull in understand; measuring between 90 and 180 degress; not causing a sharp impression
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Oscillate
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to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver
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Penitent
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regretful for one's sings or mistakes; REMORSEFUL
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Peremptory
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having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute
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Rebuff
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to snub, repel, or drive away
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Reconnoiter
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to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection
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Shambles
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a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion; mess
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Sporadic
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occuring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order
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