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25 Cards in this Set
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Acrimonious
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stinging or bitter in nature
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Ameliorate
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to make or become better, to make satisfactory
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Amenable
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willing to agree or respond to suggestions, open to suggestion
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Amorphous
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having no definite shape, shapeless
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Buoyant
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cheerful or tending to stay afloat
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Cajole
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to persuade with flattery or promises
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Calamity
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a great misfortune or disaster
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Debase
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reudce in quality/value or to lower in rank
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Efface
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to wipe out, erase or withdraw
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Elucidate
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to make clear, or to explain
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Ephemeral
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lasting a very short time, short-lived
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Ferocity
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something having the property of being wild or out of control, violent-like
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Flourish
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to be successful, abundant, prosperous
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Haughty
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snobbish, arrogant, stubborn, disdainfully proud
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Impervious
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something that is impenetrable, unable to be hurt or injured, or not influenced
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Inane
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lacking sense, significance or true ideas, insipid
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Indolence
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inclined to be lazy or slothful
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Infallible
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something that is fully trustworthy, won't fail, incapable to make an error
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Inscrutable
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not easily understood, incapable of being investigated or analyzed (messy handwriting)
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Languid
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slacking, slow, weak, lacking energy
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Malice
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desire to harm someone or wanting to inflict pain
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Oblique
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not perpendicular or parallel to a line, indirect, or obscured, misleading
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Opulence
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wealth, riches, abundant
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Penitent
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feeling or expressing sorrow towards a person, expressing remorse
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perfuctory
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lacking interest, doing something in routine, lacking care, superficial
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