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76 Cards in this Set
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Anomaly
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out of the ordinary
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Antipathy
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hatred for
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Apathy
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lack of feeling
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Assiduous
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constant, persistent
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Banal
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uninspired
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Candor
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frankness, outspokenness
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Caprice
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a whim
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Castigate
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severely criticize
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Chicanery
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trickery
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depraved
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incorrigibly evil
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discursive
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rambling
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dissonance
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discord
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dour
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gloomy
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ebullient
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full of enthusiasm, bubbly
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ecstatic
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overpowered by delight
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enervate
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weaken
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engender
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cause
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ephemeral
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short-lived, fleeting
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esoteric
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hidden, secret
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expiate
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atone for, make amends for
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fiasco
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complete utter failure
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flaccid
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flabby, weak
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laconic
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brief, terse
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latent
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unused, unrevealed
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lethargic
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sluggish, drowsily lazy
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lugubrious
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mournful, rididculously sorrowful
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moribund
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dying, ending
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myopic
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near-sighted
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obsterperous
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boisterous, unruly
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perspicuity
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clearness, lucidity
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altercation
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quarrels, bitter arguments, angry disputes
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anathema
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a ting accursed, despised, detested
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bestial
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brutal, vile, cruel and violent
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cavil
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find fault, quibble, carp
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clairvoyant
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discerning, perceptive, beyond the ordinary
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compunction
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pity, remorse, scruple
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copious
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abundant, plentiful, ample
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covert
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secret, hidden, surreptitious
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demure
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modest, sedate, decorous
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dormant
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sleeping, inactive
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efficacy
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capacity to accomplish some desired end, effectiveness
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emulous
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imitative, desirous of rivaling
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ensconce
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securely settled, firmly established
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entreaty
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a petition, earnest request
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Equivocate
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lies cunningly, speaks ambiguosly with the intention of misleading
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factitious
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made up, not genuine, artificial
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flagitious
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openly wicked, flagrant, shameless
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forensic
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argumentative, debating, full of disputations
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fulsome
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exaggerated, excessive, gross
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homogenous
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similar, alike, uniform
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impecunious
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poor, penniless, unprosperous
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inadvertent
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unintentional, careless, heedless
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indigent
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poverty-stricken,needly, destitute
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iniquitous
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evil, wicked, sinful
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inveterate
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deep seated, long established, habituated
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languid
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drooping, dull, limp
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machination
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plots, schems, wiles
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mollify
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soothe, appease, pacify
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neophyte
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newcomer, beginner, novice
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noisome
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offensive, foul, noxious
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obtuse
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slow, stupid, imperceptive
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opprobrious
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shamefull, disgraceful, infamous
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parody
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humorous imitation, caricature, travesty
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peruse
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reading w/ care, studying, scrutinizing
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pithy
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concise, terse, yet full of meaning
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preponderate
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is strongest, is most important, predominates
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quandary
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an uncertaintly, puzzlement, dilemma
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recant
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renounced their former beliefs
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redolent
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sweetly smelling of, frangrant w/, associated in our minds w/
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ribald
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course, vulgar, offensive
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sapient
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wise, sage, sagacious
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sinuous
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winding, meandering, serpentine
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sophistry
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false argument, appealing but fallacious reasoning
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splenetic
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bitter, complaining, irritable
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upbraid
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scold, reproach, chide
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vicissitude
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changes, variations, altercations
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