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20 Cards in this Set
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Acuity
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sharpness (mental or visual)
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Braggart
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someone who boasts
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Debunking
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exposing false claims or myths
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Epitomized
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typified, characterized, personified
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Hidebound
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rigid in opinions
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Languish
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decay, fade away, get weaker
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Obsequious
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servile, submissive
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Polemical
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causing debate or argument
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Restorative
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a tonic
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Thwart
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prevent, inflexible
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Adamant
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forceful, inflexible
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Brawny
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Muscular
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Decathlon
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An athletic competition with ten events
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Equivocate
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Speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth
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Hieroglyphics
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Picture writing; writing difficult to read; enigmatic
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Larceny
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theft, robbery, stealing
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Obsession
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A dominating concern
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Ponderous
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Weighty, slow and heavy
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Retention
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Preservation, withholding
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Timorous
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Cowardly, fearful
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