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67 Cards in this Set
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craven
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TIMID/TIMIDITY
cowardly |
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diffident
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pusillanimous
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TIMID/TIMIDITY
cowardly |
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recreant
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TIMID/TIMIDITY
coward unfaithful to a belief |
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timorous
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TIMID/TIMIDITY
apprehensive |
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trepidation
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TIMID/TIMIDITY
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anachronism
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TIME/ORDER/DURATION
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antecede
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TIME/ORDER/DURATION
to precede |
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anterior
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archaic
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TIME/ORDER/DURATION
old |
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diurnal
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TIME/ORDER/DURATION
daily |
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eon
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TIME/ORDER/DURATION
an indefinitely long period of time |
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antedate
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TIME/ORDER/DURATION
to precede in time |
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ephemeral
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TIME/ORDER/DURATION
brief/fleeting |
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epoch
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TIME/ORDER/DURATION
particular period of time |
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fortnight
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TIME/ORDER/DURATION
2 weeks |
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millennium
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TIME/ORDER/DURATION
1000 yrs |
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penultimate
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TIME/ORDER/DURATION
next to last |
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synchronous
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temporal
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compendious
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TERSE
stated precisely |
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curt
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TERSE
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laconic
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TERSE
use few words |
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pithy
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TERSE
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succinct
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TERSE
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taciturn
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TERSE
habitually untalkative; silent |
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implacable
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STUBBORN
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inexorable
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STUBBORN
unalterable; relentless |
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intractable
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STUBBORN
not easily controlled |
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intransigent
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STUBBORN
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obdurate
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STUBBORN
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obstinate
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STUBBORN
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recalcitrant
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STUBBORN
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refractory
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STUBBORN
hard/impossible to manage |
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renitent
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STUBBORN
not pliant, resistant |
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untoward
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STUBBORN
not favorable/unpropitious unruly |
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vexing
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STUBBORN
annoying |
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disconsolate
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SORROW
beyond consoling |
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doleful
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SORROW
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dolor
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SORROW
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elegiac
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SORROW
involve elegy |
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forlorn
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SORROW
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lament
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SORROW
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lugubrious
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SORROW
mournful; gloomy |
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melancholy
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SORROW
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morose
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SORROW
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plaintive
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SORROW
mournful |
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threnody
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SORROW
poem or song of mourning |
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astute
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SMART/LEARNED
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canny
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SMART/LEARNED
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erudite
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SMART/LEARNED
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perspicacious
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SMART/LEARNED
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discomfort
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PREVENT/OBSTRUCT
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encumber
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PREVENT/OBSTRUCT
burdened |
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fetter
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PREVENT/OBSTRUCT
something that restricts; shackles |
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forfend
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PREVENT/OBSTRUCT
forbid; warn off |
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hinder
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impede
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PREVENT/OBSTRUCT
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augur
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PREDICT
observe and interprets omens |
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auspice
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PREDICT
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fey
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PREDICT
fairy-like aspect or quality |
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harbinger
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PREDICT
foreshadows future event |
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portentous
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PREDICT
foreboding |
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presage
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PREDICT
warning of the future |
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prescient
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PREDICT
having keen insight; foresight |
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prognosticate
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PREDICT
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allay
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PASIFY/SATISFY
lessen, relieve |
