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50 Cards in this Set
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Abnegation
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renouncing, giving up his rights
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Abstruse
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difficult, deep, recondite
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Acrid
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biting, sharp, caustic
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Anachronism
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an outmoded thing, an anomaly
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August
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impressive, awe inspiring, dignified
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Cacophony
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noise, discord, disharmony
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Chagrin
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embarrassment, mortification, discomfiture
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Clandestine
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secret, furtive, surreptitious
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Contumely
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scorn, contempt, insolence
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Affront
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insulted, offended, was offensive when face to face
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Deprecate
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oppose, plead earnestly against, disapprobate
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Desultory
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occasional, random, haphazard
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Eclectic
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gathered from many sources
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Egregious
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bad, obvious, flagrant
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Enamored
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fond, loving
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Eschew
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stay away from, shun, abstain from
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Facile
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easily influence, complaisant
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Fickle
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changing, unstable, inconstant
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Generic
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common, widespread, general
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Harbinger
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sign, foreteller, presager
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Hypochondriac
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worried about his health, taken with imaginary illnesses
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Impute
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charge, attribute, ascribe
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Ineptitude
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clumsiness, unfitness, inefficiency
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Intrepid
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brave, fearless, dauntless
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Juxtapose
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set together, put in proximity
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Labyrinth
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confusing pattern, entanglement, maze
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Machiavellian
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sly, wily, astute
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Mellifluous
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sweetly flowing, smooth, honied
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Nomad
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wanderer, gypsy, itinerant
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Ostentatious
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showing off, pretentious
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Paradox
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inconsistency, apparent contradiction
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Pathos
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pitifulness, sympathy-evoking nature
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Pensive
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meditative, absorbed
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Philistine
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so uncultured. unrefined, ignorant
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Poignant
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sharp, painful, keen
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Prate
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chatter, babble, prattle
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Propinquity
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nearness, closeness, proximity
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Redress
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repayment, remedy, reparation
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Reticent
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reluctant to speak, reserved
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Satiated
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fed up, wearied, surfeited
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Staccato
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sharp-noted, disconnected
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Succinct
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concise, compressed, laconic
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Sycophant
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flatterers, hangers-on, toadies
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Tenacious
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firm, fast holding, pertinacious
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Tyro
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beginner, youngster, novice
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Vainglorious
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proud, pompous, inordinately elated
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Verbosity
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wordiness, redundancy, superfluity of words
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Virtuoso
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master of technique, accomplished, brilliant artist
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Vivacity
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liveliness, animation, sprightliness
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Wanton
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loose, immoral, lascivious
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