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50 Cards in this Set
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To attack, expecially the truth or integrity of something
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Impugn
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To revere; to treat as something holy, excecially because of great age
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Venerate
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To scold, usually in disappointment; to blame; to disgrace
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Reproach
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To bring into existance; to create, to cause
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Engender
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To make better or more tolerable
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Ameliorate
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Excessive love of ones body or oneself
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Narcissism
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A strong tast or liking for something
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Penchant
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One who attacks popular beliefs or instituions
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Iconoclast
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A dull or trite remark; a cliche
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Platitude
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The belief that there are no values or morals in the universe
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Nihilism
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Painfully emotional; extremely moving; sharp or astute
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Poignant
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Incapable of being reformed
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Incorrigible
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Humorous; not serious; clumsily humorous
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Facetious
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Extra; unnecessary; redundant
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Superfluous
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Arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; stubbornly claiming that something is beyond dispute
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Dogmatic
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Hating humankind
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Misanthropic
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Overly dramatic; theatrical
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Histrionic
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Native; resticted to particular region or era; indigenous
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Endemic
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Hardworking; busy; quite diligent
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Assiduous
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Stressing usefullness or utility aboce all other qualities
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Utilitarian
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To attack, expecially the truth or integrity of something
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Impugn
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To revere; to treat as something holy, excecially because of great age
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Venerate
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To scold, usually in disappointment; to blame; to disgrace
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Reproach
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To bring into existance; to create, to cause
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Engender
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To make better or more tolerable
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Ameliorate
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Excessive love of ones body or oneself
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Narcissism
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A strong tast or liking for something
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Penchant
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One who attacks popular beliefs or instituions
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Iconoclast
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A dull or trite remark; a cliche
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Platitude
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The belief that there are no values or morals in the universe
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Nihilism
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To belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about
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Disparage
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To make worse
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Exacerbate
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To soothe; to pacify, to ease the pain of; to relieve
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Assauge
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To dry out
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Desiccate
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To convert from one religion or doctorine to another; to recruit converts to a religion or doctorine
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Proselytize
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Wild living; excessive intemperance
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Debauchery
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Something not typical; a deviation from the standard
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Aberration
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Substitute
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Surrogate
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Surplus; overabundance
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Glut
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A military action undertaken in revenge for another; an act of taking "an eye for an eye"
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Reprisal
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In name only; insignificant
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Nominal
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Charming in a rustic way; natually peaceful
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Idyllic
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Timid; lacking in self-confidence
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Diffident
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Unimaginative; banal
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Pedestrian
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Favorable; promising; pointing to a good result
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Auspicious
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Rude; cranky; ill-tempered
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Petulant
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Of doubtful authenticity; fictitious; spurious
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Apocryphal
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Required; necessary
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Requisite
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Eage to believe; gullible
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Credulous
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Lazy
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Indolent
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