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24 Cards in this Set
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Optimum
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most favorable or desirable.
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Detriment
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something that causes damage or loss.
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Ostentatious
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conspicuous so as to impress others.
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Scrupulous
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conscientious.
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Zealot
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a person enthusiastically devoted to a purpose or cause, sometimes too much so.
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Resilient
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able to recover quickly from sickness, injury, or misfortune.
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Despondent
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depressed.
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Inadvertent
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accidental.
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Subsidize
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to support with a grant or contribution.
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Ubiquitous
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existing or seeming to exist everywhere
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Impetuous
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done in haste, with little thought.
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Berate
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to criticize or scold harshly.
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Estrange
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to make unsympathetic or unfriendly.
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Corroborate
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to give evidence for the truth of.
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Reprehensible
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deserving of criticism and disapproval.
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equivocate
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to be purposely vague.
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Solace
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comfort for sorrow or misfortune.
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Inundate
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to cover, as with a flood.
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Tenet
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a principle held to be true.
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Tantamount
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the same as.
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Tenacious
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persistent, or stubborn.
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Mandate
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the voters' wishes as expressed through an election.
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Superfluous
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beyond what is needed, wanted, or useful.
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Contingency
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a possible event that must be prepared for or guarded against.
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