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102 Cards in this Set
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Enigma |
a riddle |
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Apathy |
lack of emotion |
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indifferent |
having no preference |
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revere |
to worship to honor |
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candor |
frankness honesty |
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reticent |
restrained, uncommunicative |
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aesthetic |
concerning art or beauty |
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ascetic |
without luxuries |
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autonomy |
independence |
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disdain |
contempt |
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innocuous |
harmless |
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banal |
commonplace |
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ambiguous |
unclear |
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anarchy |
lack of government |
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ameliorate |
to improve |
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atrophy |
to waste away from lack of use |
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innovate |
to make changes to |
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servile |
overly submissive |
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extol |
to praise |
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augment |
to increase |
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benevolent |
kindly |
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derision |
contempt, ridicule |
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disparity |
unequal |
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flagrant |
glaringly wrong |
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indolence |
laziness |
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acquiesce |
to give in, to agree
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prodigal |
wasteful |
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capricious |
unpredictable |
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prosaic |
commonplace |
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austere |
severe |
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complacent |
smug |
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compliance |
conforming to a request |
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dubious |
doubtful |
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ephemeral |
short lived |
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inevitable |
unavoidable |
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insipid |
bland |
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obscure |
unclear |
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depravity |
corruption |
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discern |
to distinguish one thing from another |
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expedite |
to quicken |
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peripheral |
on the edge |
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taciturn |
quite |
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apprehensive |
fearful |
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expedite |
advantageous |
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fastidious |
overly critical |
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novel |
new |
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parsimony |
stinginess |
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provincial |
narrow minded |
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respite |
a break |
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anecdote |
humorous story |
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drone |
to talk on and on |
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desecrate |
to show disrespect |
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euphonious |
pleasant sounding |
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cacophonous |
harsh sounding |
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guile |
cunning |
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immutable |
unchanged |
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incessant |
non stop |
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static |
unchanged |
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bastion |
a stronghold |
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benign |
kindly good natured |
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credulous |
gullible |
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disparage |
to speck poorly of |
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eccentric |
out of ordinary odd |
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philanthropist |
someone who benefits mankind |
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squander |
to waste |
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virulent |
harmful |
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zeal |
enthusiasm |
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acuity |
sharpness of perception or mind |
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affable |
friendly |
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assuage |
to reduce pain |
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avarice |
greed |
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dissonance |
lack of agreement |
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listless |
without energy |
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philistine |
one who lacks culture |
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scrupulous |
concerned |
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tentative |
no final |
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adulation
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adoration, flattery |
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dogmatic |
stubbornly opinionated |
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futile |
hopeless |
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languid |
slow without energy |
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pious |
religious |
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ponderous |
weighty heavy |
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protractive |
drawn out |
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heretic |
someone who goes against accepted religious beliefs |
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paucity |
scarcity |
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profuse |
very abundant |
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conciliate |
to soothe anger |
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contrite |
thoroughly sorry |
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didactic |
intending to teach
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diffident |
shy |
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digressive |
straying from topic |
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dissent |
disagreement |
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elucidate |
to explain |
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gullible |
overly trusting |
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denounce |
to speck against publicly |
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laud |
to praise |
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surreptitious |
secrete |
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astute |
clever |
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blasphemy |
irreverent talk about god |
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censure |
severely criticize, blame |
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pedestrian |
commonplace |
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alliteration |
Words in a row with the same initial consonant sound |
