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89 Cards in this Set
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reprove
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to scold
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profligate
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extremely wasteful
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ambiguous
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having more than one meaning
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revere
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to worship
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servile
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overly submissive
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refute
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to disprove
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lucid
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clear, easy to understand
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aesthetic
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concerned with art/beauty
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complacent
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smug, overly confident
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eloquent
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speaking well
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guile
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cunning
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deter
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to prevent
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tentative
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temporary
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depravity
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moral corruption
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adversary
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enemy
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banal
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common
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extol
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`to praise
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insipid
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bland, boring
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austere
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severe
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expedite
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to make faster/easier
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heresy
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an opinion violently opposed to belief
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censure
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to blame/criticize
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arbitrary
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subject to individual judgement
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fallacious
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false
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intangible
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not able to be touched
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taciturn
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quiet
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dubious
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doubtful
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flagrant
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shocking
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dogmatic
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stubbornly opinionated
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facilitate
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tomake easier
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exhaustive
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thourough
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reticent
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quiet
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deference
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a show of respect
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vacillate
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to waver between choices
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didactic
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insturctive
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relegate
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to dismiss to an inferior position
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dissent
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disagreement
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disparity
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inequality
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disparage
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to speak badly of
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ephemeral
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short lived
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prosaic
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uninspired
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profuse
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flowing freely
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expedient
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useful for affectin a desired result
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fastidious
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not easy to please
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philanthropy
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desire to help mankind
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astute
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clever
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languid
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slow, tired
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mitigate
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to make milder
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deride
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to make fun of
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lethargic
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tired, weak
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indolence
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laziness
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ambivalent
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undecided
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caustic
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burning
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laud
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to praise
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acquiesce
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to agree finally
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atrophy
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to waste away from lack of use
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inadvertant
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accidental
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emulate
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to imitate
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stoic
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indifferent to pleasure/pain
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orthodox
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standard
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efface
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to erase
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immutable
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unchangin
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innocuous
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harmless
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coalesce
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to come together
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marred
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damaged
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cryptic
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mysterious
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innate
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inborn
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sycophant
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brownnoser
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esoteric
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understood only by few
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pretentious
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pompous
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rescind
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to take back
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contrite
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apologetic
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blithe
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free spirited
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nostalgic
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yearning for good days
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saccharine
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overly sweet
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crupulous
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careful
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hedonistic
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pleasure seeking
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apocryphal
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of doubtful origin
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animosity
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hatred
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stringent
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strict
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voluminous
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very large
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hackneyed
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over used
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amass
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to accumulate
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trepidation
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fear
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desecrate
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to profane a holy place
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fortuitous
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accidental
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vehement
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urgent, passionate
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assuage
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to soothe
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verbose
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wordy
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