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50 Cards in this Set
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Friendly and helpful
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Benevolent
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Trust, sociability amongst friends
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Camaraderie
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Harmful, destructive, detrimental
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Deleterious
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Identification with the feelings of others
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Empathy
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Excusing, lessening the seriousness of guilt or crime, e.g., of mitigating factors
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Extenuating
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Person who pursues pleasure as a goal
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Hedonist
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Fearless, adventurous
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Intrepid
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Long life
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Longevity
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Wealthy
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Opulent
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Careful, cautious
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Wary
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Exceptionally insightful, able to foresee the future
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Clairvoyant
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Red-colored, flushed; gaudy, ornate
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Florid
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To attribute an action to a particular person or group
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Impute
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Joy, celebration, exultation
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Jubilation
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Person who seeks to influence political events
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Lobbyist
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Calm, casual, seeming unexcited
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Nonchalant
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Unusually advance or talented at an early age
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Precocious
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Lacking authenticity, false
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Spurious
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To end an activity, e.g., to prevent the dissemination of information
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Suppress
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Considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
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Tactful
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Temporary, short-lived, fleeting
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Transient
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Pertaining to beauty or the arts
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Aesthetic
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To criticize harshly
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Censure
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The act of turning aside, straying from the main point, esp. in a speech or argument
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Digression
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Happening by luck, fortunate
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Fortuitous
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Clinched, worn out by overuse
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Hackneyed
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Rash, impulsive, acting without thinking
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Impetuous
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Decency, honesty, wholeness
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Integrity
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Ordinary, commonplace
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Mundane
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Pretending to be important, intelligent or cultured
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Pretentious
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Impulsive acting, unplanned event
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Spontaneity
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Hard to detect or describe; perceptive
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Subtle
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Determined, keeping a firm grip on
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Tenacious
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Respected because of age
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Venerable
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Out-of-date, not attributed to the correct historical period
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Anachronistic
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Persistent, hard-working
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Assiduous
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To harm the reputation of, dishonor or disgrace
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Discredit
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Separating, moving in different directions from a particular point
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Divergent
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Irritation, frustration
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Exasperation
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Outstanding, an example to others
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Exemplary
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Instinctive, untaught
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Intuitive
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Relating to prose; dull, commonplace
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Prosaic
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Quick to recover, bounce back
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Resilient
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Secret, stealthy
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Surreptitious
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Sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge
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Asylum
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To settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
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Compromise
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Possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing
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Condescending
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To regard with scorn or contempt
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Disdain
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Apprentice, beginner
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Novice
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Extra, more than enough, redundant
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Superfluous
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