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43 Cards in this Set
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recondite
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abstruse; little known
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predilection
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special liking to
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punctiliousness
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correctness
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canonizing
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to officially give someone holy status after death
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fecklessness
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lacking initiative; irresponsible
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incedendiary
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causes fire
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veracious
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representative of the truth
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tepid
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little enthusiasm
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precocious
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gifted; talented
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assiduous
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showing great care and perserverance
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penchant
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strong habitual liking for something or tendency to do something
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hortatory
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tending or aiming to exhort; encourage
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transgressions
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an act that goes against a law
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extant
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protruding; standing out
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malign
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evil in nature
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dissemble
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conceal ones true motives
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prescient
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having or showing knowledge before they take place
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commensurate
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corresponding in proportion
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kindred
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similar in kind
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coalescing
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coming together
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doctrinaire
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dogmatic
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heterodox
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not conforming to orthodox beliefs
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ubiquitous
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found everywhere
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scanty
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small or inefficient
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obsolete
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out of date
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quotidian
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occuring every day
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perfunctory
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carried out with minimum effort
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cursory
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hasty and therfore not thorough or detailed
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canny
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having or shwoing shrewdness or good judgement
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industrious
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hard working
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arcane
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understood by few
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sanguine
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optimistic
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ambivalent
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simultaneous contradictimg beliefs
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bucolic
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relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside or country life
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opulent
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ostentatiously rich
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adroit
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clever or skillful in using the hands or mind
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spurious
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false or fake
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impetus
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the force of energy with which the body moves
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boon
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something that is helpful or beneficial
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vindicate
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clear from blame
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hidebound
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unwilling or unable to change based on tradition
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cloying
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to disgust with richness, sweetness, or sentiment
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juxtaposition
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two things seen or placed together with contradicting effects
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