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ACE winter 2012 > SAT week 3 > Flashcards

SAT week 3 Flashcards

1
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ambivalence

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mixed feelings

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cantankerous

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bad-tempered

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derogatory

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opposite of compliment

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exemplify

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serve as a good example

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impecunious

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broke

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lucid

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clear

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precipice

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steep slope

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salubrious

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health-giving

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traunt–truancy

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absent without permission

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ambulatory

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able to walk

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capacious

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spacious

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desecrate–desecration

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damage a holy place

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exhaustive

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thorough

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impious

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wicked

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15
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orthodox

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mainstream

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precipitous

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done in a hurry

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salutary

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something that teaches you a lesson

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18
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ameliorate–amelioration

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to make better

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19
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capitulate

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surrender

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20
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exonerate

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pardon

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21
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ossify

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become hard

oss-bone

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22
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preclude

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make impossible

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23
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sanctimonious

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showing off your “holiness”

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24
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tumult

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noise from confusion

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25
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carping

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constant criticism

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26
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desist

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cease

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27
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lummox

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clumsy person

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ostentatious

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showing off

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29
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precocious

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developing early

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30
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sanction

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to give approval

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31
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turpitude

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depravity, wickedness

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32
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despondent

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having no hope

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33
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expatriate

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refugee, living away from their own country

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34
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inadvertent

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not intentional

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35
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sanguinary

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having to do with blood

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36
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tyro

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novice

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37
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amity

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friendship

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38
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castigate

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scold strongly

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39
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destitution

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hardship

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expedient

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practical

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overt

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obvious

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42
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sanguine

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optimistic

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43
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ubiquitous

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omnipresent

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44
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amorphous

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lacking in shape

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45
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catharsis

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releasing build-up emotions

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46
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deter

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discourage

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47
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incarceration

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put in prison

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48
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machinations

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schemes

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preeminent

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surpassing all others

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50
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sardonic

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mocking

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51
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analgesic

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pain reliever

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52
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exposition

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clear explanation

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53
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incessant

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without stopping

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54
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maelstrom

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whirlpool

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prerogative

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right, privilege

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savant

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smart person

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unctuous

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using excessive flattery, physically oily

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analogous

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using comparison to make easier to understand

59
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caustic

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able to corrode or burn

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extol

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incipient

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in an initial stage

62
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magnanimous

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big-hearted

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palisade

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fence made of posts

64
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undermined

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anarchy

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chaos because of no government

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cavalcade

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extradite

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magnate

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powerful businessman

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presentiment

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feeling that something is gonna happen

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underscore

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emphasize–underline

71
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anecdote

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a brief funny story

72
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celerity

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extraneous

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irrelevant

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incoherent

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maladroit

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pallid

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presumptuous

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assuming too much

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scrupulous

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painstakingly careful

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unequivocal

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animosity

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censorious

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disapproving

82
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dichotomy

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divided in half

83
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extrapolate

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assume things beyond the data

84
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incongruous

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out of place

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malady

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pretentious

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unfetter

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censure

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didactic

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intended to teach

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extrinsic

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irrelevant, on the outside

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malediction

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panacea

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a remedy for everything

93
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prevaricate

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speak in an evasive way

94
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scuttle

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a type of container

95
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unfrock

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to remove a priest from his position

96
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annex

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capture, seize

97
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cerebral

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intellectual

98
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diffident

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lacking confidence

99
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fallacious

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malefactor

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a criminal

101
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paradigm

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example, diagram, model

102
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unprecedented

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never done before

103
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certitude

104
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digress

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get distracted (in writing and speech)

105
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indelible

106
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malinger, malingerer

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deliberately avoiding work

107
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paradox

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seemingly contradictory and illogical

108
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proclivity

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tendency towards

109
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charlatan

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person claiming to have special knowledge or skill

110
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indifferent

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neutral, lack of interest

111
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paragon

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perfect example

112
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unwitting

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unconsiously made decision

not intentional

113
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chary

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cautious, wary

114
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dilatory

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slow to act

115
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paramount

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of supreme importance

116
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prodigal

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extravagantly wasteful

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sequester

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upbraid

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antediluvian

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prehistoric

120
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chastises

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fastidious

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overly particular/careful

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indolence

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prodigious

124
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serendipity

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fortunate coincidence

125
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uproarious

126
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anthology

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a book of poems and stories

127
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chicanery

128
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dilettante

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having amateur interest in subjects

129
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fatuous

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silly, foolish

130
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inductee

131
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upshot

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anthropocentrism

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putting man and the center of philosophy

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marred

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damaged and disfigured

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pariah

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an outcast from society

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urbane

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sophisticated

ACE winter 2012 (12 decks)

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