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92 Cards in this Set
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unwittingly
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unitentionally, by accident
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folly
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lack of good sense
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tractable
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easily lead
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tepid
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lukewarm
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admonish
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to caution
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peruse
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to read, or study
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retort
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respond sharply
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repast
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food for one occasion
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exhort
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urge
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stipend
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fixed pay for services
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abhorrent
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oppsed, loathed
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cosign
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give, transfer of deliver
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ephemeral
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lasting on day
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indolent
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lazy
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ambrosial
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pleasing to the taste or smell
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impediment
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to obscure
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acquit
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relive from accusation
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gall
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to make sore, annoy
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reticent
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inclined to be silent or secret
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indemnify
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to compensate for loss, damage or injury
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parsimonious
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cheap, stingy
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inane
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stating the obvious
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effrontery
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insolence
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Forbearance
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patience
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hamper
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to interfere with
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neetlesome
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to be annoying
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prodigous
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gigantic
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salutary
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healthy
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supersede
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replace
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sweltering
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very hot
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unwieldy
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hard to weild, bulky
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zany
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clown like
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bliss
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perfect happiness
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blithe
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merry, joyous
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convivial
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sociable food
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elated
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joyful
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jocund
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merry, cheerful
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ascetic
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self-denying
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chagrin
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embarrasment, disapointment
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compunction
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regret, remorse
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doleful
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causing greif or sadness
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lament
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mourn, deplore
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maudlin
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tearful
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poignant
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peircing
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sullen
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glum
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ameliorate
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to improve
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raze
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to level to the ground
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cherubic
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chubby and innocent looking
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Emaciated
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made unnaturally
thin |
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Haggard
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careworn
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Adulation
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flattery
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Cajole
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persuade by pleasant
words; coax |
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Sycophant
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parasitic flatterer;
truckler |
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Halcyon
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calm; peaceful
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Salubrious
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healthful
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Unguent
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salve; ointment
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Encomium
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speech or writing of
high praise |
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Calumny
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a misrepresentation
intended to harm another’s reputation |
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Travesty
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imitation that makes a
serious thing seem ridiculous; mockery |
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Ethereal
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of the heavens;
celestial; airy; delicate; intangible |
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Zenith
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highest point;
culmination |
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Nadir
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lowest point
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Filial
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of or like a son or
daughter |
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Progeny
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offspring; children;
descendents |
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Noisome
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offensive to smell;
disgusting |
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Callow
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young and
inexperienced; unfledged |
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Posthumous
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published after the
author’s death |
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Abstemious
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sparing in eating and
drinking; temperate; abstinent |
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Flotsam
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wreckage of a ship or
its cargo found floating on the sea; driftage |
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Slatternly
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untidy; dirty from
habitual neglect; slovenly |
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Propinquity
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kinship
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Axiomatic
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self-evident;
universally accepted as true |
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Cogitate
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think over; consider
with care; ponder |
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Fallacious
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based on a fallacy
(erroneous idea); misleading; deceptive |
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Dogmatic
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asserting opinions as
if they were facts; opinionated; asserted without proof |
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Indubitable
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certain;
incontrovertible; indisputable |
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Sophistry
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clever but deceptive
reasoning |
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Cherubic
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chubby and innocentlooking;
like a cherub (angel in the form of a child) |
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Emaciated
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made unnaturally
thin; abnormally lean because of starvation or illness |
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Haggard
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careworn; gaunt
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Adulation
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excessive praise;
flattery |
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Cajole
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persuade by pleasant
words; wheedle; coax |
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Sycophant
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parasitic flatterer;
truckler |
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Halcyon
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calm; peaceful
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Salubrious
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healthy
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Unguent
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salve; ointment
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Encomium
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speech or writing of
high praise; tribute; eulogy |
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Calumny
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a misrepresentation
intended to harm another’s reputation |
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Travesty
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imitation that makes a
serious thing seem ridiculous; mockery |
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Ethereal
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of the heavens;
celestial; airy; delicate; intangible |
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Zenith
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highest point;
culmination |
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Nadir
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lowest point
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