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52 Cards in this Set
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Abbreviate
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shorten, abridge
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Abstinence
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act of refraining from
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Adulation
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high praise
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Aversity
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misfortune
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Aesthetic
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pretaining to beauty
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Amicable
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agreeable
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Anachronistic
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out-of-date
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Ancedote
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short account of event
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Anonymous
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nameless
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Antagonist
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opponent
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Arid
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extremly dry
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Assiduous
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hard-working
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Asylum
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sanctuary
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Benevolent
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friendly, helpful
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Censure
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to criticize harshly
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Circuitous
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indirect, roundabout
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Clairvoyant
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able to see the future
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Collaborate
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to work together
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Compassion
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sympathy, mercy
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Compromise
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to settle differences
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Condescending
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patronizing
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Conditional
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provisional, contingent
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Conformist
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follower of customs
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Congregation
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crowd of people
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Convergence
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joining of parts
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Deleterious
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harmful
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Demagogue
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rabble-rousing leader
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digression
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straying from main point
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Diligent
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hard-working
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Discredit
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dishonor, disgrace
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Disdain
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to regard with scorn
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Divergent
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variant, moving apart
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Empathy
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sharing of feelings
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Emulate
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follow an example
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Enervating
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tiring, weakening
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Enhance
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improve, augment
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Ephemeral
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momentary, fleeting
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Evanescent
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short-lived, as an image
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Exasperation
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irritation, frustration
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Exemplary
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outstanding
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Extenuating
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guilt diminishing
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Florid
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flushed, ornate
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Fortuious
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lucky
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Frugal
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thrifty
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Hackneyed
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overused, cliched
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Haughty
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arrogant, condescending
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Hedonist
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pleasure seeker
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Hypothesis
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theory requiring proof
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Impetuous
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rash, impulsive
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Impute
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to attribute to someone
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Incompatible
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unable to work together
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inconsequential
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trivial
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