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43 Cards in this Set
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apotheosize
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glorify
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callous
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hardened, having callus
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prudence
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caution with regard to practical matters
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shiftlessness
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inefficiency, laziness
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enormity
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atrociousness
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spurious
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not authentic, of illegitimate birth
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deference
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submission to judgment or opinion
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formidable
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causing fear
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predilection
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tendency to think favorably for something in particular
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qualm
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uneasy feeling of conscience as to conduct
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abscond
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to depart in subtle manner
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protracted
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drawn out, lengthy
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tenuity
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thinness, slenderness
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inordinate
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excessive
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anomaly
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deviation from common rule, form
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pertinacity
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persistence
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lurid
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gruesome, horrible
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importunate
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persistent in solicitation
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munificent
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very generous
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unobtrusive
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inconspicuous
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equivocal
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deliberately ambiguous
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remonstrance
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protest (n)
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amenable
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open to influence, ready to answer/agree/yield
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efficacy
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effectiveness, capacity for producing desired result
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inscrutable
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incapable of being investigated, scrutinized
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insidious
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stealthily treacherous, intended to entrap or beguile
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contumacious
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stubbornly rebellious
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infirmity
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physical weakness or ailment
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languid
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lacking vigor or vitality, slow
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vicissitude
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variation, change, alteration
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exhort
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to urge, advice, caution ernestly
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privations
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lack of usual comforts in life
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taciturnity
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inclination to silence
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enervated
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languid, without vigor
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perfidy
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deliberate breach of faith or trust
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obloquy
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censure, blame, abusive language aimed a one person (generally from public)
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avarice
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insatiable greed for riches
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ostentation
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pretentious and conspicuous show
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parsimony
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excessive stinginess, economy
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opulence
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wealth, riches, affluence
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sordid
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meanly selfish
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assonance
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resemblance of sounds
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consonance
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alliteration, but at the end of the word
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