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100 Cards in this Set
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obtuse
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despicable hateful low
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contemptible
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not sharp edged or pointed blunt
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ideally
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perfectly in theory
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chronice
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lasting a long time constant habitual
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incomprehensible
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impossible to understand obscure
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impertinent
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disrespectful, rude and impolite
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bland
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soothing mild dull
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pessimistic
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expecting things to turn out badly
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malicious
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harmbul mean spiteful
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diligent
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hardworking painstaking
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gaudy
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tastelessly cheap and showy
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jovial
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full of playful good humore, genial and jolly
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extroverts
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a person who is outgoing and interested in others
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abhor
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to feel hatred or disgust toward something to loathe
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quota
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an allotment a proportional share a maximum number
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cingenality
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compatibility, friendliness
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dupe
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person easily tricked
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tycoon
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powerful buisness person or industrialist
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cynic
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person who believes that people act only selfish motives
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intimate
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characterizing ones deepest nature very close association
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implement
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tool, instrument
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surmount
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to overcome, to rise above
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adversary
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an opponent
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wrangle
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noisy quarrel, brawl to win or obtain an arguement
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homage
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something done or given to show respect or honor
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precedent
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an act that serves as na example for later acts
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acknowledge
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to admit, to recognize the rights or authority of
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objective
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real, true concerned with realities and not thinking of the person
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elude
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to escape from or avoid
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exploits
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bold brilliant act, to use to full advantage
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lax
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loose or slack
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evict
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to force a person by law to leave a building the person has leased or rented
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ostracize
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to shut out or exclude
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imcompatible
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unable to agree or get along
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solvent
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able to meet financial obligations able to dissolve
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subsequent
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late coming after, following in time
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formidable
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hard to overcome or deal with
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addicted
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given up to a habit or compulsion
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radical
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fundamental or basic, someone holding radical views
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defraud
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to take or deprive of a right or property by deceit
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jaunts
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a short pleasent trip
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apathy
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lack of emotion or feeling
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tantalizing
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tempting, tormenting or teasing
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inverse
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inverted, reversed opposite
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repast
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a meal food eaten at a meal
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cascade
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a small, steep waterfall
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ravenous
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extremely hungry, predatory, greedy
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pungent
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sharply affectting the sense of taste or smell
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induction
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an act of enrolling or bringing someone into a group or of fomally placing in office
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sage
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very wise, an herb used to season food
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buoyant
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able to float, cheerful
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incadscent
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glowing with intense heat
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benign
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not harmful, gentle
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murky
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dark, gloomy
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incessant
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non stop
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invigorating
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giving vigor to
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opaque
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not letting light through
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oppressive
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tyrannical, hard to take
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animated
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filled with life
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congruent
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in agreement
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passive
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acted upon rahter than acting, yielding
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abrasive
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a substance used for grinding
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reconcile
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to bring together
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denote
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to be a sign of
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somber
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gloomy and sad
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hindrance
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an action, person or thing that impedes
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turbulent
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violently agitated
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irreducible
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not capable of being made samller
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ultimate
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last or final basic maximum
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necessitated
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to make something unavoidable
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figurative
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not literally true
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intensive
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marked by special effort dedicated
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metaphors
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figure of speech that contains an implied comparison
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adage
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an old saying
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potency
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power, strenght
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authencity
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genuine reliable,true
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simile
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figure of speech that compares two unlike things using like or as
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cadence
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a rhythmic flow or patter
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allusion
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an indirect reference
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fallacies
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a misleading or false idea mistaken
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oratory
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skillfule publie speaking
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ovation
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an entusiastic and prolonged applause
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replica
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a copy
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encore
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further performance given on demand
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inotation
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the rising and falling pitch of the voice
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rostrum
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a raised platform for public speaking
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inventory
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the stock of goods or merchandise on hand
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soliloquy
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a speech a character makes to himself or herself onstage that reveals his or her thoughts to the audience
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tripod
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a three legged stand for cameras
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ingenuous
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frank, straightfoward, simple
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inaudible
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unable to be heard
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predominant
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of first importance most frequent
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mimic
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one who imitates another
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discretion
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good judgement
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hectic
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very excited or confusing
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panorama
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an unlimted view in all directions
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resourceful
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capable of thinging of ways to do things
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orthodox
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adhering to accepted beliefes
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nominal
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in name only small
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lavish
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very generous in giving or spending
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