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60 Cards in this Set
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accrue
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grow or accumulate over time
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annotation
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critical side note
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bedlam
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state of uproar and confusion
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covert
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hidden, kept secret, a hiding place, a sheltered place
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debonair
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smooth and polished in manner and appearance
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dun
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demand insistently, esp for credit or debt, a creditor
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efficacious
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effective, producing results
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equanimity
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calmness, refusal to panic
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fortuitous
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accidental, happy chance
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gist
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main part, essence
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gratuitous
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uncalled for, unjustified
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imperious
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overbearing, dominate, pressing
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invective
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strong condemnation, abusive
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motley
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showing great variety, a jesters costume
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munificent
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extremely generous, lavish
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procrastinate
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delay
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provocative
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produde strong feeling or response
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recondite
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exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding
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reprobate
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unprincipled person, disapprove of, condemn
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sedentary
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continued sitting, remaining in one place
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abstemious
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moderate, abstience, self discipline
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censurable
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deserving blame
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contingent
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possibility, group part of a larger whole
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corroborate
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to confirm
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denizen
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resident
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discrusive
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passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another
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disseminate
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spread widely
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dowdy
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poorly dressed
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florid
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highly colored, reddish
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foist
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impose by fraud
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gauche
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lacking social graces
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heresy
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diff from accepted norm
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inculcate
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teach presistently
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palpable
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capable of being touched of felt
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perceptive
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keep appritiation
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pernicious
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deadly, harmful
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salient
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leaping jumping, standing out, a land form that projects upwards or outwards
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satiate
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satisfy completely
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sear
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to make dry and withered
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specious
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deceptive, lacking real merit
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absolve
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clear from blame
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caricature
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distortion of someones facial features
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clangor
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loud ringing sound
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contiguous
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side by side, touching
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cupidity
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greed
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deleterious
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harmful
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enhance
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increase value
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enthrall
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captivate, charm
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extenuate
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partial excuse to lessen the degree of a crime
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implicit
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implied
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incisive
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keen, sharp, penetrating (effectiveness)
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ostentatious
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showy
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paragon
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model of perfection
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paraphrase
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restate in other words
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politic
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wise decision, artful
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prosaic
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dull, not poetic
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redundant
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repetitive
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sanctimonious
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show of virtue
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scintillating
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brilliant in mental or personal qualities
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winsome
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pleasing, (childlike charm and innocence)
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