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26 Cards in this Set
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revere
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to hold in great esteem, to honor
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alleviate
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to relieve
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cliche
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commonplace, unimaginative, ordinary
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paradox
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a seemingly contradictory statement that nonetheless expresses a truth
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conventional
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a traditional way of doing things
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anomalous
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deviating from a general rule, an irregularity
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mitigate
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to relieve
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platitude
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commonplace, unimaginative, ordinary
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venerate
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to hold in great esteem, to honor
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innocuous
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harmless, not damaging
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hackneyed
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commonplace, unimaginative, ordinary
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mollify
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to relieve
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allay
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to relieve
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banal
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commonplace, unimaginative, ordinary
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eclectic
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choosing from a variety of sources
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temporize
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to delay, be tardy
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mundane
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commonplace, unimaginative, ordinary
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trite
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commonplace, unimaginative, ordinary
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elusive
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hard to catch, evasive
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prosaic
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commonplace, unimaginative, ordinary
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vapid
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commonplace, unimaginative, ordinary
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aesthetic
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appealing to the sense of beauty
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dawdle
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to delay, to be tardy
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assuage
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to relieve
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dilatory
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to delay, be tardy
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procrastinate
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to delay, be tardy
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