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51 Cards in this Set
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Protocol
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etiquette code
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Decorum
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Conventions of Polite Behavior
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Contenance
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Calm Expression/Mental Composure
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Mien
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person's manner
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Ascertain
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determine with certainty
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Supposition
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hypothesis
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Surmise
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assumption
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Caprice
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whim
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Ostentation
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excessive display
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Vex
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irritate
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Fastidious
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excessively particular
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Sarcasm
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irony
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Supercilious
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haughty
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Impertinent
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irrelevant
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Mortify
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embarress
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Complaisance
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inclination to please
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Compacency
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smug self-satisfaction
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Insipid
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dull
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Intrepedity
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fearlessness
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Disconcert
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unsettle
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Indifference
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not concerned
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Pronostic
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prediction
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Indolent
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Lazy
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Abominable
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horrible
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Affinity
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attraction
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Despicable
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deserving contempt
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Solace
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comfort
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Conjecture
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assumption
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Indignation
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anger arroused by something unjust
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Propriety
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quality of being proper
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Profuse
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copious
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Censure
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blame-worthy
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Satire
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expose folly in social irony
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Odious
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hateful
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Panegyric
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speech in praise
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Laudable
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worthy of praise
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Precipitance
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hastiness or suddeness
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Celerity
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quickly
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Atone
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reconcile
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Deference
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courteous respect to another's opinion
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Expostulation
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reasoning earnestly
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Reprehensible
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worthy of rebuke
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Approbation
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approval
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Disapprobation
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disapproval
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Affront
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offend
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Diffuse
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spread wastefully or thinly
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Tedious
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tiresome
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Persevere
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persist in face of adversity
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Implacable
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not capable of being appeased
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Appease
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to pacify
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Mitigate
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to make less harsh
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