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89 Cards in this Set
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Voluable
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Talkative, talking much and easily
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Commiserate
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to sympathize
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Dilemma
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a problem or predicament
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Transitory
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Passing, temporary
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Philanthropic
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charitable, benevolent
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lethargy
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lack of energy
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exonerate
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to free from blame
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pugnacious
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given to fighting
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contrition
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remorse, penitence
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abrogate
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to abolish by legal action
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officious
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meddlesome, noisy
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intractable
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hard to manage
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altruism
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selflessness
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accolade
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an award
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vernacular
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the native language of people
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judicious
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wise and careful
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chrysalis
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the pupa of a butterfly
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genteel
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refined, polite
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jovial
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merry, full of good humor
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subterfuge
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a deception, trick
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ebullience
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lively enthusiasm
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impervious
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impenetrable
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remonstrate
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to object, protest
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efface
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to rub out
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chimera
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a foolish fancy
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incorrigible
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bad beyond correction
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juxtapose
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to place side by side
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conversant
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familiar, aquainted
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auspicious
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favorable, fortunate
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itinerant
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wandering, traveling about
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cull
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to pick out
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promulgate
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to make known
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gratuitous
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free, given without charge
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nomenclature
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a system of names
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droll
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amusing, humorous
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insatiable
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greedy, hungry
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beguile
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to deceive, delude
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vindictive
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seeking or wanting revenge
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replete
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fully or richly supplied
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preclude
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to prevent, make impossible
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castigate
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to punish or criticize
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colloquial
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conversational, pertaining to
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obfuscate
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to make obscure
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facile
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easy, easily done
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convivial
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sociable, festive
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eschew
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to avoid, shun
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prodigious
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enormous, huge
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idiosyncrasy
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a peculiarity, distinctive characteristic
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approbation
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approval, acceptance
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puerile
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childish, immature
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legerdemain
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sleight of hand
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complicity
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conspiracy, partnership in wrong doing
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paradigm
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an example, model
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circuitous
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roundabout, indirect
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vindicate
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to clear from blame
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bucolic
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rural, rustic
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ostracize
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to banish, send into exile
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plethora
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and excess, surplus
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proclivity
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an inclination, liking, leaning
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commensurate
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proportionate, corresponding in amount
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incessant
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constant, continuous
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sycophant
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a flatterer, parasite
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tangential
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not closely related
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tenable
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defensible, reasonable
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impalpable
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incapable of being felt or understood
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odious
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hateful, detestable
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ubiquitous
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existing or seeming to exist everywhere at the same time
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ruminate
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to turn over in mind
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remuneration
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payment, compensation
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peccadillo
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a small sin
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supine
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lying down on the back
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banal
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common, ordinary
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heterodox
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having and opinion different from the accepted opinion
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grandiloquent
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characterized by lofty
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lugubrious
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mournful and gloomy
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infinitesimal
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too small to be measured or calculated
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goad
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to prod or urge to action
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malinger
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to pretend to be sick
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aver
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to state positively
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cacophony
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a harsh jarring sound
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refractory
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stubborn and disobedient
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iconoclast
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a person who attacks popular beliefs
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enervate
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to weaken, drain of energy
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levity
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lightness, or gaiety of manner
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equanimity
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composure, calmness
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stricture
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a criticism, critical comment
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opulent
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rich, wealthy
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disparage
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to belittle, depreciate
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discursive
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rambling, roving
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