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20 Cards in this Set
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austere
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without decoration; strict
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banal
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drearily commonplace; predictable; trite
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hackneyed
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worn out through overuse; trite
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insipid
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uninteresting; unchallenging; lacking taste or savor
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prosaic
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unimaginative; dull (antonym: poetic)
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soporific
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inducing or tending to induce sleep
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vapid
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lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull
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brevity
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the quality or state of being brief in duration
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expedient
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appropriate to a purpose; convenient; speedy
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transient
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passing quickly in time or space
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augment
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to make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity; to supplement
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bolster
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to hearten, support, or prop up
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burgeon
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to grow and flourish
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copious
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plentiful; having a large quantity
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distend
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to swell out or expand from internal pressure, as when overly full
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grandiose
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great in scope or intent, grand
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prodigious
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enormous
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profundity
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great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning
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redouble
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to make twice as great; to double
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scintillating
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brillant
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