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20 Cards in this Set
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adroit
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(adj) skillful, clever, deft, dexterous, click
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amicable
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(adj) peaceable, friendly, congenial, neighborly, cordial
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averse
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(adj)opposed, unwilling, disinclined, loath
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belligerent
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(adj) warlike, combative, agressive, assertive, truculent, pugnacious
(n) one at war, one engaged in war |
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benevolent
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(adj) kindly, charitable, benign, well-meaning
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cursory
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(adj) hasty, not through, quick, superficial, perfunctory
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duplicity
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(n) treachery, deceitfulness, fraud, double-dealing, chicanery
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extol
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(v) to praise extravagantly, glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail
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feasible
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(adj) possible, able to be done, workable, practicable, viable
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grimace
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(n) a wry face, facial distortion, pained expression, facial contortion
(v) to make a wry face |
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holocaust
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(n) destruction, slaughter, conflagration, devastation, annihilation
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impervious
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(adj) not affected or hurt by, impenetrable, resistant, proof against
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impetus
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(n) a moving force, impulse, stimulus, incentive, spur
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jeopardy
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(n) danger, risk, hazard, peril
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meticulous
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(adj) extremely careful, fastidious, painstaking, fussy
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nostalgia
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(n) a longing for something past, homesickness
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quintessence
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(n) the purest essence of form of something; paragon, exemplar
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retrogress
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(v) to move backward, revert, degenerate, decline
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scrutinize
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(v) to examine closely, inspect, pore over
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tepid
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(adj) lukewarm, unenthusiastic, insipid, half-hearted, wishy-washy
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