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20 Cards in this Set
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adroit
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dexterous with ones hands
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amicable
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friendly. peaceful
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averse
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having an active feeling of dislike or reluctance
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belligerent
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aggresivly self- assertive
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benevolent
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an act of kindness
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cursory
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rapid and often superficially done
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duplicity
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the disguising of true intentions
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extol
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to praise highly
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feasible
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capable of being done, carried out, achieved
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grimace
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a facial expression of disgust or dissaprovable
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holocaust
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a mass slaughter or destruction of life
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impervious
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not allowing entrance or passage
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impetuses
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a moving force, impulse, stimulus
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jeopardy
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exposure to death, loss, or injury
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meticulous
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taking or showing extreme care about minute details
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nostalgia
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a wish to return to a thought or in fact to the past
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quintessence
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the most typical representation of a quality, state, etc..
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retrogressed
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to go back into an earlier and usually worse condition
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scrutinize
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to examine in detail with careful or critical attention
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tepid
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lacking enthusiasm or concentration, lukewarm
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