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98 Cards in this Set
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pundits
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critics
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interloper
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intruder
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effete
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exhausted
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staple
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necessities
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hospitable
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friendly & welcome to guests
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gumption
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initiative, self-motivated to act
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chutzpah
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nerve
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propriety
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acceptable
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emigre
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emigrant
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consensus
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general agreement
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jargon
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specialized language of a group
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feckless
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weak, ineffective
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belittle
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degrave
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proffers
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offer
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precarious
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unstable, dangerous, risky
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demise
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death
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rigors
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strictness
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evanescent
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vanishing
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confer
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give
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solace
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comfort
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cursory
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hasty
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negligible
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small, unimportant
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balked
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refuse to go on, stop short
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ubiquitous
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widespread
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detractors
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divert
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moot
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discussion
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malcontent
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rebel
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elicits
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to bring out
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transcendent
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surpassing
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reminiscent
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remind
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heyday
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high spirits
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myriad
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a great number
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devotee
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advocate, supporter
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hone
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moan
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stellar
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outstanding
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loathe
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hate
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parity
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equal
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dictum
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a popular saying; maxim
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impotent
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weak, powerless
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taciturn
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silent; untalkative
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unsullied
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clean; not stained or tainted
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imprudent
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unwise; rash
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vapid
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dull, stale, lacking life or spirit
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malevolent
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evil; malicious
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predilection
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a preference or tendency
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nebulous
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hazy; vague; lacking definite form
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foray
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a venture; initial attempt in some field
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indigenous
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native; occurring naturally in an area
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illicitly
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illegally; unlawfully
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sojourn
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to stay for a time; reside temporarily
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contentious
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quarrelsome; belligerent
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fractious
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inclined to make trouble; unruly; cranky; irritable
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amiable
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cordial; friendly
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auspicious
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fortunate; favorable
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melancholy
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sad
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tacit
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not spoken; implied
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benevolence
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good will; a kindly act
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morbid
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psychologically unhealthy; preoccupied with unwholesome matters; gruesome; grisly
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placidly
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calmly
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asinine
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stubbornly stupid or silly
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prowess
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superior skill or ability
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unfathomable
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deviations from the typical or norm
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caricature
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an exaggerated or distorted representation/picture (for effect-often comic)
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quelled
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to put down, suppress; pacify; quiet
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innate
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possessed at birth; inborn; inherent
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fanatical
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driven by excessive or irrational zeal
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deportment
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behavior
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mortify
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to humiliate; to shame
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obstreperous
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noisily defiant; unruly; boisterous; unmanageable
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simultaneous
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at the same time
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passe
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no longer in fashion; out of date
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livid
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extremely angry; furious
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umbrage
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offense; resentment
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altercation
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a heated; noisy quarrel
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haughty
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proud and arrogantly vain; scornful
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garish
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loud; flashy; gaudy; glaring
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austere
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somber; grave; simple; bare; without ornamentation
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formidable
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arousing fear, dread, or alarm; awesome; difficult to defeat
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tentative
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uncertain
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infallible
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incapable of error; dependable
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placid
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calm
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inaudible
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not able to be heard
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venerable
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worthy of respect
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succinct
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concise; terse
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uncouth
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crude; unrefined; rude
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subtle
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difficult to detect; not obvious
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affluent
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rich
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adamant
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unyielding; inflexible
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vehement
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characterized by intensity of emotion; emphatic
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sordid
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filthy or dirty; foul; morally degraded; vile
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bovine
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pertaining to an ox or cow
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obituary
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a death notice
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demise
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to die
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spurious
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counterfeit; false
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florid
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heavily decorated or embellished; flowery (as in fancy speech)
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nondescript
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lacking distinctive qualities
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irascible
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easily angered; prone to outbursts of temper
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squandered
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wasted
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