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55 Cards in this Set
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Raze
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level to ground
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Sanction
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approval
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Temararious
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bold
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Upbraid
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condemn severely
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Verbose
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wordy
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Wheedle
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cajole; entice
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Accost
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greet; address
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Beguile
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cheat; charm
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Canard
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an absurd rumor circulated to deceive the public
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Delete
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expunge; cancel
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Effrontery
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boldness
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Feasible
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workable
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Gaunt
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haggard; thin
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Harlequin
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clown
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Impedient
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delayal
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Lassiez-faire
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non-interference
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Manifest
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apparent; clear
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Niggardly
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stingy
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Obsequious
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cringing; fawning
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Paragon
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model
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Quintescence
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the most perfect state of an essence
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Rebut
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disprove
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Sanctity
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holiness
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Temerity
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rashness
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Urban
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pertaining to the city
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Vernacular
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common speech
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Wily
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cunning
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Accrue
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be added by growth
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Bellicose
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warlike in temperament
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Candid
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frank
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Deleterious
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harmful
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Egregious
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outstanding
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Feckless
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cowardly
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Germane
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relevant
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Haughty
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scornfully proud
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Impervious
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not penetrable
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Laity
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persons unrelated to a particular profession
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Martinet
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strict disciplinarian
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Nocturnal
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pertaining to the night
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Obsolete
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out of date
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Paramount
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supreme
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Quixotic
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impractical
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Recalcitrant
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stubbornly hostile
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Sangfroid
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composure
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Temporal
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pertaining to earthly matters
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Usury
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charging excessive interest
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Vernal
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springlike
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Winnow
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sift
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Acerb
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acid; sour
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Benign
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kindly
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structuralism
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introspection to explore the mind
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functionalism
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mental and behavioral processes help to adapt, survive and flourish
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behaviorism
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psychology should be 1. objective and 2. no reference to mental processes
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humanistic
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growth potential of people
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cognitive neuroscience
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brain activity linked with cognition
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