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26 Cards in this Set
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Prolific
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Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile.
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Rescind
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to cancel; to repel, to set aside
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platitude
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a thought or remark that is dull, trite, flat or weak
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Nonchalance
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carelessness; lack of interest or concern
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Persimonious
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too thrifty; stingy
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Soporific
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Causing Sleep; Drowsiness
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Sectarin
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Pertaining to a group within a larger group that is limited by common beliefs on interests, narrow minded
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Spurious
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lacking authenticity; counterfeit, false
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Reticent
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not saying much, especially about one's feelings
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Malicious
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deliberately harmful; spiteful
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Latent
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present or potential but not evident or active; underlying
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Jargon
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the specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or a group
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Impecunious
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Lacking money; penniless
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Repudiate
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To reject; to refuse to recognize acknowledge or pay; to divorce or discard.
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Recapitulate
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to repeat in concise form
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Tedious
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long or verbose and wearisome
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tenet
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a principle, doctrine or belief held as truth by a group
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Tirade
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a long angry speech
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undermine
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to dig under
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ungainly
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clumsy awkward hard to handle
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unscathed
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undamaged unharmed
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urbane
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courteous, suave, polished
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utopian
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excellent, but existing only in a fancy or theory or dream
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viable
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able to live or exist
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vilify
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to defame to slander
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writhe
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to twist in pain
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