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20 Cards in this Set
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abstract
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General; not concrete
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aesthetic
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having to do with the appreciation of beauty
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alleviate
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to ease a pain or a burden
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apathetic
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feeling or showing little emotion
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auspicious
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favorable; promising
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benevolent
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well-meaning; generous
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candor
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sincerity; openness
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cogent
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convincing; reasonable
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comprehensive
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large in scope or content
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contemporary
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current, modern; from the same time
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conviction
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a fixed or strong belief
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diligent
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marked by painstaking effort; hard-working
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dubious
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doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
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eclectic
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made up of a variety of sources or styles
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egregious
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conspicuously bad or offensive
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exculpate
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to free from guilt or blame
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florid
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describing flowery or elaborate speech
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gratuitous
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given freely; unearned; unwarranted
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ambivalent
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simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain.
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hackneyed
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worn-out through overuse; trite
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