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20 Cards in this Set
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obstinate
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firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc
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mercenary
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working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal
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diligent
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constant in effort to accomplish something
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maverick
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a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates
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extraneous
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introduced or coming from without; not belonging or proper to a thing; external; foreign
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vigilant
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keenly watchful to detect danger; wary
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tenacity
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the quality or property of being tenacious
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proliferate
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to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation
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tangential
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merely touching; slightly connected
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synergy
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combined action or functioning
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superfluous
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being more than is sufficient or required; excessive
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juxtapose
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to place close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast
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cacophony
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harsh discordance of sound; dissonance
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dirge
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a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead
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aural
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of or pertaining to an aura
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aesthetic
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having a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love of beauty
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sonorous
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giving out or capable of giving out a sound, esp. a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place
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strident
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making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking
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incongruous
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out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming
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eclectic
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selecting or choosing from various sources
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