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47 Cards in this Set
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Diffident
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lacking self-confidence; timid
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Malcontent
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Dissatisfied with existing conditions
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Eminent
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Standing out, renowned; distinguished; prominent
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Wince
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to flinch; to shrink back or start aside
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Prudent
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cautious; discreet; exercising good judgement
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Augment
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to make or become greater
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Ebullience
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enthusiastic; bubbling with excitement
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Rhetoric
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The art or study of using language effectively and persuasively
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Dogmatic
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Characterized by an authoritative, often arrogant, assertion of opinions or beliefs
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Philippic
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a verbal denunciation characterized by harsh, insulting language; a triade
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Pandemic
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Widespread; general
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Idyllic
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charming in a rustic way; naturally peaceful
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cryptic
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having a hidden meaning
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choleric
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hot tempered , quiz to anger
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pecadillo
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small sin
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emphatic
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forcubly expressive
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logistics
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the details of an operation
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circumspect
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cautious; heedful of all consequences
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abstract
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difficult to understand; impersional; theoretical
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Defunct
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dead or inactive; having ceased to exist
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succinct
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brief and to the point; concise and terse
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palpable
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capable of being touched or felt
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accountable
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responsible
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ostensible
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possible. offered as genuune or real.
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pliable
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receptive to change; easily persuaded
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adroit
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skillful;deft
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bauble
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a small, inexpensive trinket
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Skullduggery
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Trickery
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Ancillary
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Helping; providing assistance; subordinate
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Sedentary
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Accustomed to little exercise
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Cursory
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Quick; rapid and superficial
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Tawdry
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gaudy and cheap in appearance or nature
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Predatory
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Victimizing or destroying others for one's own gain; pillaging.
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Symmetry
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Exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing sides of a dividing line
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Ambulatory
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Capable of walking
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Idolatry
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Blind or excessive devotion to something
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Pecuniary (adj.)
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Consisting of or relating to money
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I have pecuniary problems.
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Panorama
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unbroken view of a wide area.
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Saga
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a long story, often telling the history of a family
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Plethora
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a state of excessive fullness. superabundance
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Gradient
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Slope.
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Adherent
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followers. supporter
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Vent
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means of escape or release
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Armament
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military supplies and weapons
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Presentiment
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Premonition. Sense that something is about to occur
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Circumvent
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To surround; enclose; bypass
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Corpulent
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Fat; Obese
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