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50 Cards in this Set
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impermeable
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impervious; not permitting passage
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impertubable
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calm; placid; composed
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impiety
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irreverence; lack of respect for God
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implacable
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incapable of being pacified
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importune
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beg persistently
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inane
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silly; senseless
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incessant
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uninterrupted
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incipient
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beginning; in an early stage
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incorporeal
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lacking a material body; insubstantial
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incrustation
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hard coating or crust
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indefatigable
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tireless
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indelible
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not able to be erased
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indomitable
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unconquerable; unyelding
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ineffable
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unutterable; unable to be expressed in speech
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ingenious
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clever; resourceful
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ingenuous
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naive and trusting
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ingrate
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ungrateful person
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ingratiate
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make an effort to become popular with others
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inordinate
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unrestrained; excessive
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insatiable
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not easily satisfied; greedy
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insolvent
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bankrupt; lacking money to pay
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interminable
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endless
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intransigence
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refusal of any compromise; stubbornness
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introspective
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looking within oneself
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inundate
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overwhelm; flood; submerge
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invective
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abuse
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inviolable
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secure from corruption, attack, or violation; unassialible
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irascible
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irritable; easily angered
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itinerant
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wandering; traveling
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jaunty
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lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree
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jocose
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given to joking
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jocular
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said or done in jest
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lampoon
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ridicule
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larceny
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theft
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latent
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potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden
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leaven
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cause to rise or grow lighter; mix in something that transforms, alleviates, or enlivens
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libel
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defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person's career
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lilliputian
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extremely small
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loath
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reluctant; disinclined
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lugubrious
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mournful; funereal
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maelstrom
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whirlpool
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malign
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speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
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manifest
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evident; visible; ovbious
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martinet
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strict disciplinarian
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materialism
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preoccupation with physical comforts and things
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maverick
nonconformist |
rebel; a person whose views don't conform with mainstream ideas
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mawkish
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mushy and gushy; sentimental; maudlin
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maudlin
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tearfully or weakly emotional or sentimental, often due to drunkenness
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maxim
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proverb; a truth pithily stated
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pithily
pithy |
in a concise and forceful manner
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