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50 Cards in this Set
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Accrue
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Accumulate
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Allay
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Diminish/Reduce
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Cabal
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Faction/Political Clique
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Caprice
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Impulse/Sudden change in mood
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Dexterity
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nimbleness/handiness
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Dotage
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old age
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efface
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erase/keep out of sight
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enervate
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weaken/exhaust
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enmity
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hostility
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ephemeral
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short-lived
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evanescent
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soon passing/vanishing
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fervid
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passionate
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finite
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having limits/bounds
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genial
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friendly and cheerful
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ignominy
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shame/public embarassment
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Imbue
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instill
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impunity
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immunity
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indefatigable
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persisting tirelessly
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indolent
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lazy
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infamy
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famous for wrong-doing
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infirmity
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illness
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inviolable
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inalienable
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laudable
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praiseworthy
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malleable
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bendable/easily swayed by public opinion
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mien
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appearance
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melancholy
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sad/sorrowful
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mutability
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changeable/variable
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obtuse
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stupid/ignorant
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odious
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repulsive/unpleasant/offensive
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petty
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minor
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Predilections
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biases
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preternatural
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extraordinary/beyond what is natural
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propensities
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inclinations to act in a certain way
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propriety
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respectability/decency
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quaint
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picteruesque yet old
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rapturous
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ecstatic/joyful
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remonstrance
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protest
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revile
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crticize
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sagaciously
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shrewdly/sensibly
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sanguine
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hopeful/positive
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similitude
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resemblance
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somber
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gloomy
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sportive
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lighthearted/playful
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succor
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aid
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temper
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fit of rage, state of mind in terms of being angry
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tempestuous
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strong and turbulent conflicting emotion- stormy/wild
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toil
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labor
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tremulous
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shaky/unsteady
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truculent
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antagonisitc/agressively defiant
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vitiate
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destroy/impair
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