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68 Cards in this Set
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garner
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to gather or collect; accumulate; earn
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mar
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to spoil or damage, to injure or blemish
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heed
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to listen to, pay attention to, consider; to mind
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meander
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to wander casually with no set plan; to ramble
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nullify
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to render unimportant or without worth; to negate or invalidate, to annul legally
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obliterate
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to erase completely, wiping out all traces
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mitigate
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to ease, making less severe, to alleviate or relieve
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obscure
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to make dim or unclear; to conceal, hide, obscure, vague, mysterious, remote, dark
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peruse
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to study or examine carefully
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raze
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to tear down completly, to demolish
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placate
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to calm, soothe, or appease, especially by offering to be "nice" or do someone a favor
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rebuff
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to critize harshly or to reject someone often by snubbing them
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virtuoso
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a highly skilled performer
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temerity
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unwise boldness; rash or reckless behavior
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volition
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use of your own will, by your choice
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torpor
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sluggishness, lethargy; inability to think or act quickly
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quandary
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a feeling of puzzlement or doubt
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trepidation
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fear, worry, apprehension
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zenith
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the highest point, or acme
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reticence
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quietness and restraint in personality, silent, restrained, reserved
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respite
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time of relief from activity
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parsimony
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extreme stinginess; thrift; penny pinching
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nostalgia
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a sentimental longing for a past time
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predecessor
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an ancestor; prior person in a position
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astute
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wise shrewd perceptive
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discerning
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showing wisdom and wise judgement;discriminating wisely among choices
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formidable
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fostering respect or awe; arousing fear; redoubtable
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indefatigable
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untiring, tireless
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sage
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wise as a result of experiance and thought; shrewd and discerning of judgment; prudent
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profound
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intellectually deep; deeply important; complete or all encompassing
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judicious
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showing good judgement; wise, discreet
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meticulous
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particular down to the tinest detail
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painstaking
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revealing much care and effort
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resilient
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elastic; able to snap back after change or misfortune
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tenacious
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persistent in holding on; retentive; tenacity, courage
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benevolent
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showing good will
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abstract
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indefinite, vague, intangable
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concrete
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definite or specific, real, tangible
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Lax
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loose, unstructured
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stringent
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tight, contrsticted, opposite of lax
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atrophy
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to wither, degenerate, to waste away
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burgeon
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to flourish; to grow and quickly expand; bloom
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affluent
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wealthy in a material sense
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indigent
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very poor, lacking necessary material good
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cacophony
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displeasing, harsh sounding, horrible noise
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euphony
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pleasing or sweet sound; harmony
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optimism
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a positive, upbeat outlook on life
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pessimism
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a negative, discouraging outlook
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gravity
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weighty importance, seriousness
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levity
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lightness of approach, humor
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desecrate
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to defile or profane something sacred or very special
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consecrate
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to make sacred or holy or worthy of respect, to hallow
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objective
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lacking personal feeling or involvement
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subjective
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colored by personal feeling or opinion
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refutable
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shaky in foundation, able to be refuted
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irrefutable
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impossible to refute
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Irascible
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easily angered, tested, choleric, touchy
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writhe
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to twist, twist sideways in pain or suffering
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Taciturn
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Naturally silent, untalkative; laconic
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tawdry
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cheap looking; showy, gaudy
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servile
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subserviant, abject, annoyingly submissive
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surreptitious
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secretive, deceptive; clandestine
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rancor
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deep seated bitterness; old enmity
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Sullen
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quietly resentful; lowering; gloomy, dismal
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Remorse
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self reproach, Regret, a guilty uneasiness
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rue
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to regret exeedingly
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malice
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to desire to see another suffer, extreme ill will or spite
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malign
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to slander, defame; speak of in an ill willed manner
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