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40 Cards in this Set
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anthema
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ban, curse somthing shunned or dislike
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antipathy
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dislike , hostiliy; extreme oppostion/averion
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assiduous
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diligent, persisent , hardworking
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bailwick
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ones special province, admain, territory, or field
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bastion
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fortifcation, strongholding
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bilk
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to cheat, defraud
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esoteric
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understood by only a leaned few
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peraition
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complete and utter loss; damnation
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vacillate
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to waver show indecision
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vitriolic
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burning, cautic, sharp, bitter
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aesthetic
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attractive, artistic
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candor
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sincerity
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cogent
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convinicing
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egregious
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cospicuosly offensive
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gratuitous
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compensation
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inherent
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invovled in the essentail character
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maverick
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doesnt go with a group or party
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ornate
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laborately decorated
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paramount
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of chief importance
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quandary
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a state of perplexity
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bourgeois
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middle class
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copituate
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to submit completey; surrender
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construe
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to explain or interpet
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exanmity
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calmness , composure when stressed
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invective
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verbal or mental abuse
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nuance
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shade of meaning
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pestilence
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epidemic, plague
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pilfer
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to steal esp. small quanties
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reticent
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not speaking freely; resevered
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vestige
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trace, remanat
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abstract
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not concrete; intangable
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auspicious
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favorable promising
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comprehensive
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broad or complete in scope or content
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dotage
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state or period of old age marked by decline of mental alertness and poise
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excuplate
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to free from alleged fault, guilt , blame
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idealize
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to consider perfect
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overture
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something put 4ward 4 consideration; a proposal
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pervasive
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spread troughout
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propagate
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to foster growing knowledge of, familitiry woth, or accpetance of
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tenuos
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having little substance of stregnth ; unsure; weak
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