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32 Cards in this Set
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guile
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cunning in attaining a goal
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mysticism
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god or ultimate reality is attainable through intuition or insight
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semblance
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outward aspect or appearance
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enigma
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a puzzling occurance
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conciliate
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overcome distrust, to win or gain
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ostensible
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pretended, outwardly appearing
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chavinism
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aggressive patriotism or biased devotion to a group
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coherence
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logical interconnection, unity in a written text
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quandary
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delicate or complicated situation, chance in circumstances
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aspersion
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damaging remark, criticism
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abatement
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lessening or decreasing, voiding an agreement
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motif
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recurring subject, theme idea, dominant idea or feature
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Ennui
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weariness or discontent, lack or interest or boredom
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insidious
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intended to entrap or trick, treacherous
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prodigal
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extravagantly wasteful, to a degree, bordering recklessness
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belabor
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to harp on something, over the top, to repeat more than nescessary, too great of a length
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abhor
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disapprove, reject something strongly
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candor
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fairness, make judjements free rom dishonesty
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obscene
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repulsive, offensive to morality or decensy, incites lust
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draconian
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cruel, severe
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estuary
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the arm of the sea at the mouth of a river
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consummate
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perfect, absolute, make complete or finnish
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coerce
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restrain, repress, force
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eloquent
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clear and forceful expression, feeling or meaning
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complacent
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contented to afault, self-satisfied
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lucid
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shining,mentally sound, easily understood
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decrepit
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worn-out
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usury
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lending money with a high interest
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droll
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amusing in an odd way, strangely funny
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churlish
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rude, boorish person
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anathema
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something or someone intensely disliked, a ban curse or vigorous denunciation
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scrutinize
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examine closely, check in detail
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