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48 Cards in this Set
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candid
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honesty
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conjecture
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inference, guesswork
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didactic
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instructive
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euphemism
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an easier way of letting someone down.
-a mild, timid, indirect, or vague term/phrase that substitutes for a more harsh way of saying something |
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extrapolate
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to go further with your estimation.
-to estimate by extending the known information further |
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incoherent
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lacking connection. saying stupid stuff because you are not aware of what is going on.
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insinuate
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to negatively imply or assume that someone was doing something wrong.
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lucid
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clear
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rhetoric
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the art of expressing one's knowledge on a certain topic effectively and persuasively
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acumen
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quickness, accuracy
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adroit
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deft
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ascertain
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to find out through investigation or experimentation
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astute
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clever
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circumspect
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careful, discreet
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disseminate
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to scatter widely
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erudition
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deep, extensive learning
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husbandry
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the application of scientific princicples to agriculture, especially to animal breeding
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pedantic
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extensively concerned with book learning and formal rules
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perspicacious
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shrewd clear sighted
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pragmatic
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practical
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precocious
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formal proposal
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rudimentary
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basic, elementary, in the earliest stages of development
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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callous
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exceptionally hardened
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convoluted
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intricate, complex
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enigma
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a puzzle, mystery, or riddle
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inscrutable
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difficult to fathom or understand
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reticent
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inclined to keep silent, reserved
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staid
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unemotional, serious
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arcane
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known or understood by only a few
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assimilate
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to absorb or become absorbed, to make or become similar
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autonomy
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independence , self-determination
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cosmopolitan
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worldly, widely sophisticated
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derivative
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something that comes from another source
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entourage
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a group of attendants or associates
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esoteric
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intended for or understood by only a small group
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gaffe
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a clumsy social error
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idiosyncrasy
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characteristic peculiar to an individual or group
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insular
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isolated, narrow or provincial
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castigate
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to scold, rebuke or harshly criticize
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censure
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to issue official blame
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denounce
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to condemn openly
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reclusive
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seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation
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relinquish
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to retire from, give up or abandon
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renounce
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to give up (a title for example)
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vituperative
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marked by harshly abusive condemnation
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circumscribe
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to draw a circle around
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contiguous
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sharing an edge or boundary, touching
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