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75 Cards in this Set
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Assuage
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to make less severe, relieve
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Palliate
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to make less severe
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equivocal
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ambiguous
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celerity
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quick moving
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coalesce
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to grow together
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Forebearance
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patience, restraint
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chasm
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deep hole
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adjudicate
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judge a dispute btw 2 parties
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impassivity
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lack of interest
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lassitude
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lack of interest
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phelgm
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lack of interest
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listlessness
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lack of interest
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phelgm
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lack of interest
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listlessness
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lack of interest
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doughty
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fearless and daring
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stout
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fearless and daring
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mettlesome
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fearless and daring
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auperannuated
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ancient, old-fashioned
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antediluvian
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ancient, old-fashioned
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passe
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ancient, old-fashioned
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dowdy
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ancient, old-fashioned
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fusty
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ancient, old-fashioned
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abhorrence
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exetreme dislike
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enmity
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extreme dislike
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animus
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extreme dislike
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extol
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approval, praise
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adulation
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approval, praise
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wayward
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determine by chance or impulse
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ebb
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reduce in amount or severity
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enervate
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weaken
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sap
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weaken
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rarefy
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to make thinner, more refined
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fatuous
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Stupid
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jejune
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without significance
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quotidian
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usual, ordinary
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bromide
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boring, commonplace person
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hackneyed
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worn out from overuse
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musty
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outdated
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vapid
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dull
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platitude
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overused expression
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insipid
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bland, lacking excitement
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prosaic
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dull
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trite
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shallow, superficial
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declamatory
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pompous in speech
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orotund
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pompous
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sap
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weaken
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rarefy
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to make thinner, more refined
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fatuous
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Stupid
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jejune
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without significance
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quotidian
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usual, ordinary
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bromide
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boring, commonplace person
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hackneyed
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worn out from overuse
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musty
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outdated
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vapid
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dull
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platitude
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overused expression
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insipid
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bland, lacking excitement
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prosaic
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dull
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trite
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shallow, superficial
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declamatory
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pompous in speech
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orotund
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pompous
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fustian
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pamous in speech or writing
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mercurial
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changable
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labyrinth
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maze
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artifice
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clever trick
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subterfuge
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trick used to avoid something
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solicitous
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concerned, attentive
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tendentious
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biased
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reprove
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to criticize or correct
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mordant
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sarcastic
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trenchent
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sharp, forceful, effective
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acerbic
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sharp in temper
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dissension
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difference of opinion
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obloque
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abusive language
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fulminate
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explode with anger
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inventive
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verbal abuse
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