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20 Cards in this Set
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abate
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diminish, decrease, make less in amount, degree
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adulation
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excessive praise or flattery
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anathema
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an object of intense dislike; a curse or strong denuciation
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astute
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shrewd, crafty, showing practical wisdom
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avarice
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a greedy desire, particularly for wealth
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culpable
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deserving blame, guilty
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dilatory
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not prompt, laggard, tardy
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egregious
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conspicuous, standing out from the mass
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equivocate
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to talk out both sides of one's mouth, deliberately vague
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evanescent
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vanishing, soon passing away, light and airy
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irresolute
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unable to make up ones mind
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nebulous,
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hazzy, fuzzy, cloudy, cloud like, vague
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novice
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begommer
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penury
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extreme poverty,
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pretentious
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inflated, done for show, ambitious
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recapitulate
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review a serious of facts, sum up
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resuscitate
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revive, revitalize, bring back to existance
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slovenly
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untidy, dirty, careless
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supposition
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assumption, presumption
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torpid
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inactive, sluggish, dull
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