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56 Cards in this Set
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moot
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subject to debate or uncertainty; irrelevant
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tenet
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a principle or belief
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empirical
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relying or derived from observation or experiment
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depravity
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moral corruption (sin)
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epistemology
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study or theory of the nature of knowledge
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zeitgeist
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general moral, intellectual, culture climate of an era
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seminal
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strongly influential
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aversion
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intense dislike usually towards a thing
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enervating
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tiring
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ephemeral
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fleeting (like a bubble)
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doggerel
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crude poetry
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cant
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hypocritical talk
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ethereal
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characterized by lightness, highly refined and delicate
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amalgam
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a mixture of different elements
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scant
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minimal
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pugnacious
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feisty
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felicity
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happiness
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meliorism
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optimism
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ameliorate
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to grow better or more tolerable
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alleviate
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to relieve (specifically with pain)
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anathema
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odious or cursed
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eponymous
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related by name (elizabethan era)
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prurient
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having or encouraging interests in sexual matters
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forlorn
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sad
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despondent
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sad
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xeric
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adapted to a dry habitat
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lascivious
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lewd, crude
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lugubrious
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sad, mournful
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pusillanimous
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cowardly
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supercilious
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haughty disdain
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denizen
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occupant, inhabitant
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moribund
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about to die
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ire
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anger
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acrimonious
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harsh, biting, sarcastic
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indolent
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lazy
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iconoclast
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one who attacks norms
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blithe
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cheerful, gay
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langor(ous)
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lassitude, sluggishness, exhaustion
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insolent
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disobedient
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demagogue
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a leader who rules through an appeal to passions
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digression
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tangent
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disdain
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contempt, scorn
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jejune
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childish
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inexorable
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unstoppable
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palpable
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tangible, sometimes tied to an emotion
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fatuous
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silly, pointless; consciously foolish
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sentient
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having sense, perception, feeling
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hortatory
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marked by urging
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caveat
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a disclaimer
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onus
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a difficult or disagreeable responsibility; a burden or obligation
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angst
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a feeling of anxiety, brought on by life?
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sordid
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filthy, dirty
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creed
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a system or set of beliefs
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maudlin
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weakly emotional, foolishly sentimental
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opulent
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deluxe, rich
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surreptitious
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marked by quiet, cautious, secrecy
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