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15 Cards in this Set
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Inveterate
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Firmly established by long persistence; habitual
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Clairvoyance
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the power or faculty of discerning objects not present to the senses; ability to perceive matters beyond the range of ordinary perception; penetration
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Impassive
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unsusceptible to physical feeling; insensible; unsusceptible to or destitute of emotion; apathetic; giving no sign of feeling or emotion; expressionless.
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Noncommittal
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Giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling.
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Dissent
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To withhold assent; to differ in opinion
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Taciturn
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Temperamentally disinclined to talk; silent
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Deference
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Respect and esteem due a superior or an elder; affected or ingratiating regard for another's wishes
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Interpose
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1 a : to place in an intervening position b : to put (oneself) between : INTRUDE
2 : to put forth by way of interference or intervention 3 : to introduce or throw in between the parts of a conversation or argument intransitive verb 1 : to be or come between 2 : to step in between parties at variance : INTERVENE 3 : INTERRUPT |
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Tortuous
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1 : marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns; winding
2 a : marked by devious or indirect tactics; crooked; tricky; circuitous; involved. |
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Surreptitious
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Done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine; acting or doing something clandestinely; stealthy
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Idiosyncrasy
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1 a : a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality b : individual hypersensitiveness (as to a drug or food)
2 : characteristic peculiarity (as of temperament); eccentricity |
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Regale
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1 : to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies
2 : to give pleasure or amusement to |
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Impervious
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1 a : not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable; not capable of being damaged or harmed
2 : not capable of being affected or disturbed |
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Rancor
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Bitter deep-seated ill will; enmity
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Culpable
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Meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful.
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