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25 Cards in this Set
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Provocative
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arousing anger or interest
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Redundant
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superfluous; repetitious
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Reprehensible
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deserving blame
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Respite
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interval of relief; time for rest
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Sagacious
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perceptive; shrewd
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Servile
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slavishly submissive; fawning
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Solicit
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request earnestly, seek
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Subtlety
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perceptiveness; delicacy
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Suymmetry
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arrangement of balanced parts
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Thrifty
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careful about managing money
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Uniform
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similar; consistent
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Unpretentious
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modest
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Verbose
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wordy
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Virulent
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hostile; bitter
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Whimsical
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capricious; fanciful
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Adamant
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refuising to change; stubborn
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Alleviate
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relieve
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Ambiguous
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unclear or doubtful in meaning
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Anarchist
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person who seeks to overturn the established government
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Arbitrary
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unreasonable or capricious; randomly selected
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Audacious
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daring; bold
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Authoritarian
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favoring total control
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Benign
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kindly; favorable; not malignant
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Candid
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frank; straightforward
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Charlatan
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quack; pretender to knowledge
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