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35 Cards in this Set
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Abstruse
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Difficult to understand
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Archaic
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Old fashioned, no longer used.
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Benign
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kind and gentle, not causing any harm.
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Depraved
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Morally bad
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Derivative
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not new, unoriginal.
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Disparate
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made up of parts that are very different from each other.
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Endemic
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restricted to a particular place.
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Equivocal
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ambiguous, difficult to understand.
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Exorbitant
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expensive
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Imminent
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likely to happen very soon
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Exponential
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becoming faster and faster
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Laconic
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concise
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Nomadic
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moving from place to place
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Obsequious
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how a sycophant is.
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Pristine
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fresh and clean, in its original form
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Provisional
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temporary
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Reprenhensible
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deplorable
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Strenuous
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needing great effort or energy, showing great energy and determination.
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Sumptuous
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very expensive= exorbitant
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Timorous
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nervous and easily frightened.
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Voracious
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wanting a lot of information and knowledge.
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Callous
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cruel, unfeeling
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Expatriate
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the immigrated people are....
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Impertinent
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rude and not showing any respect for people who is older and more important.
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Indolent
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Not wanting to work
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Intricate
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having a lot of different part
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Multifarious
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varied, greatly diversified.
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Precarious
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dangerous, not safe
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Redundant
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not needed or useful
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Saturnine
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looking serious and threatening
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Scanty
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too little in size or amount for what is needed
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Spurious
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False, illogical
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Stolid
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dull, not showing much emotion or interest
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Truculent
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a little agressive
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Unpalatable
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distasteful, disagreeable
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