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60 Cards in this Set
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Compatible
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agreeing
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Composure
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calmness
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Conciliatory
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tending to soothe or reconcile
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Concise
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saying much in few words; brief but full of meaning
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Condone
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to forgive or overlook
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Conspicuous
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clearly visible; remarkable
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Corroborate
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to confirm
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Crass
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coarse; stupid
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Criterion
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standard for judging; a test
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Cryptic
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secret; having a hidden meaning
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Cursory
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without attention to details
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Dearth
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shortage
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Debilitate
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to weaken
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Decadence
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decay; decline
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Deference
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great respect
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Deflate
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to let the air out of; to reduce in size or importance
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Delineate
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to describe in words; to sketch
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Demeanor
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behavior
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Denunciation
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expression of strong disapproval made openly of publicly
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Deprecate
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to express strong disapproval of
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Derogatory
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tending to lower in estimation; degrading
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Desecrate
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to treat with disrespect
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Despot
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monarch with unlimited power
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Deter
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to discourage; to keep someone from doing something
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Devious
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not straightforward; lying; roundabout
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Devoid
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entirely without; lacking
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Diatribe
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a denunciation; bitter verbal attack
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Didactic
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intended to instruct
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Diffuse
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spread out; wordy
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Diminution
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a lessening
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Discerning
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keenly perceptive; shrewd
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Disdain
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a feeling of contempt for anything that is regarded as unworthy; scorn
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Dismantle
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to pull down; ;to take apart
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Disparage
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to discredit; to belittle
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Disparity
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lack of equality; difference
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Disperse
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to send off in different directions
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Disposition
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nature; tendency
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Dissipated
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indulging excessively in sensual pleasures
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Distraught
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in a state of mental conflict and confusion; distracted
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Diminution
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a lessening
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Dogmatic
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positive and emphatic in asserting opinions
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Dormant
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lying asleep; in a state of rest
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Duplicity
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deceitfulness
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Ebb
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to decline
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Eclectic
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consisting of selections from various sources
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Efface
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to wipe out; to erase
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Effervescent
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lively; giving off bubbles
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Egregious
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extraordinarily bad
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Elucidate
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to make clear
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Elusive
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hard to grasp; baffling
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Embellish
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to decorate; to elaborate upon
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Embroil
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to involve in a quarrel
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Emulate
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to try to equal or surpass
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Enervate
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to weaken, to lessen the strength of
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Engender
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to cause, produce, bring into being
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Enhance
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to add to; to make greater in value
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Enigma
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a puzzle; a baffling situation
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Ephemeral
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lasting for only a short time
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Equanimity
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evenness of temper
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Equivocate
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to use double meanings in order to mislead; to be shifty; to quibble
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