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50 Cards in this Set
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Fallacy |
a deceptive misleading or flasenotion. Bias deception error falsehood |
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Benevolence |
desire to do good to others; goodwill; charitableness.
Compassion friendship sympathy |
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Deduce |
to derive as a conclusion from something known or assumed
Assume conclude presume reason |
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Obtuse |
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensible or observant
Dull dumb thick insensitive |
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Deficient |
lacking some element or characteristics; defective
Bad damaged flawed incomplete |
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Paramount |
chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent
Commanding controlling primary |
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Efficacy |
capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness
Performance capability ability |
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Pallid |
pale; faint or deficent in color
Dull colorless blanched faded |
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Malignant |
disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred
Lethal destructive poisonous |
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Immune |
protected from a disease or the like
Allowed protected irresponsible |
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Capricious |
subject to, led by, or indicating of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change
Careless moody odd unpredictable |
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Tangible |
capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial Actual distinct manifest obvious |
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Subtle |
thin, tenuous or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor Deep fine ingenious mental |
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Utilitarian |
pertaining to or consisting in utility
Realistic down to earth sensible |
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Beguiled |
to influence by trickery, flattery, etc
Bluff cheat double cross |
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Centrifugal |
moving or directed outward from the center
Divergent radical diffusive |
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Meander |
to proceed by or take winding or indirect course
Roam ramble stroll drift |
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Nocturnal |
of or relating to the night
Night late after dark |
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Omnipresent |
present everywhere at the same time
Everywhere infinite pervasive |
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demoralize |
to deprive of spirit, courage, discipline
blow out disorganize disturb embarrass |
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eminently |
highly; very extreme outstanding notable exceeding
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livid |
having a discolored, bluish appearence caused by a bruise gloomy discolored pallid pasty
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passive |
not reading visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling asleep cool hands off laid-back
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denounce |
to condemn orcensure openly or publicily accuse blacklist criticize impeach
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patriarch |
a person regarded as the father or founder author creator father head
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inclination |
a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will; a liking or preference
affection capacity desire weakness |
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hiatus |
a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action
breach break interval lapse |
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glean |
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit accumulate deduce gather select
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inarticulate |
lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech
blurred halting mumbling speechless |
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magnanimous |
generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness forgiving generous unselfish |
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nuances |
a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc. shadow graduation suggestion |
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acclaim |
to welcome or salute with shouts or sounds of joy and approval
applause honor recognition stroking |
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bivouac |
a military enampment made with tents or improvised sheltors usually without shelter or protectection from enemy fire camp dormitory headquarters quarters
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endear |
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved
attach captivate engage value |
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fiasco |
a complete and ignominious failure abortion disaster error stunt
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hoary |
gray or white with age
antique elderly rusty venerable |
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indelible |
making marks that cannot be erased, removed, or the like enduring lasting permanent unforgettable |
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noxious |
harmful or injurious to health or physical well being
foul harmful spoiled toxic |
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oracle |
an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry
answer canon fortune prediction |
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pensive |
dreamily or wistfully thoughtful absorbed preoccupied reflecting serious |
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innocuous |
not harmful or injurious; harmful
bland innocent inoffensive weak |
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lassitude |
weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate
apathy exhaustion fatigue weakness |
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libertine |
a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained
cyprian lecher paillard satyr |
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lucid |
easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensive
clear comprehensible luminous plain |
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gluttonous |
tending to eat and drink excessively
gorging prodigious starving wolfish |
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homage |
respect or reverance paid or rendered
adoration honor service tribute |
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indictment |
any charge, accusation, serious criticism, or cause for blame blame citation detention prosecution |
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salient |
projecting or pointing outward
arresting famous marked obvious |
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parsimonious |
characterized by or showing parsimony
close greedy mean selfish |
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sanctimonious |
making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness
false self satisfied smug hypocritical |