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59 Cards in this Set
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inimitable
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one of a kind
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iniquity
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wickedness
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inscrutable
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incapable of being discovered or understood
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insouciant
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carefree
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insular
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narrow-minded
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interdict
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to forbid
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inveigh
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to attack verbally
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inveterate
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deep-rooted
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involute
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complex
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jejune
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uninteresting
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jibe
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to agree
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jocose
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humorous
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labile
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readily open to change
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lachrymose
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causing tears; tearful
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lassitude
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weariness
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libertine
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someone unrestrained by morality
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limpid
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serene, untroubled
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lubricious
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slippery
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luculent
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easily understood
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macerate
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to waste away
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maculate
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impure, blotchy
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malinger
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to avoid work
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maunder
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to digress
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mellifluous
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sweetly flowing (usually refers to words)
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mendicant
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beggar
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meretricious
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cheap; showy
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mettle
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temperament, disposition
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mettlesome
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courageous
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militate
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to have weight; to argue against
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minatory
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threatening
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misogynist
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one who hates women
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multifarious
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varied
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nadir
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low point
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natty
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trimly neat and tidy
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nexus
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a connection
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nonplused
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baffled
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nostrum
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questionable remedy
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nugatory
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trivial
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obloquy
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sharp criticism
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obstreperous
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noisy
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officious
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meddlesome
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ossified
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conventional; tending to become more rigid
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ostensible
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appearing as such
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overweening
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oberbearing
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palliate
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to make something appear less serious
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paradigm
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an example
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pariah
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an outcast
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parry
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to block
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parsimonious
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cheap
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paucity
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scarcity
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peccadillo
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a slight offense; minor sin
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insensible
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unconscious; unresponsive; numb
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itinerate
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to travel from place to place
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lambaste
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to censure; to excoriate; to berate
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limn
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to draw; outline in detail; to describe
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metamorphose
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to transform; to change utterly
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noisome
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offensive; fetid
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panegyric
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formal praise; eulogy
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partisan
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supporter; committed to a party
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