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49 Cards in this Set
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Garrulous
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Tending to talk a lot
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Iconoclast
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One who opposes established beliefs, customs, etc.
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Imperturbable
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Not capable of being disturbed
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Impetuous
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Quick to act without thinking
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Implacable
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Unable to be calmed down
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Inchoate
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Not fully formed; disorganized
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Ingenuous
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Showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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Immical
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Hostile, unfriendly
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Innocuous
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Harmless
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Insipid
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Lacking interest or flavor
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Intransigent
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Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
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Inundate
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To overwhelm; to cover with water
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Irascible
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Easily made angry
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Laconic
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Using few words
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Laud
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To give praise; to glorify
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Malinger
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To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
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Misanthrope
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A person who dislikes others
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Mitigate
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To soften; to lessen
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Mollify
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To calm or make less severe
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Obdurate
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Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
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Obsequious
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Overly submissive and eager to please
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Obviate
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To prevent; to make unnecessary
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Occlude
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To stop up
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Onerous
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Troublesome and oppresive
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Opprobrium
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Public disgrace
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Paradox
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Contradiction or dilemma
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Paragon
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Model of excellence or perfection
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Pedant
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Someone who shows off learning
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Perfidious
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Willing to betray one's trust
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Perfunctory
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Done in a routine way; indifferent
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Placate
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To soothe or pacify
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Precipitate
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To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
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Prevaricate
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To lie; deviate from the truth
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Prodigal
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Lavish; wasteful
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Propitiate
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To appease
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Prudence
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Wisdom, caution or restraint
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Quiescent
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Motionless
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Rarefy
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To make thinner or sparser
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Repudiate
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To reject the validity of
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Reticent
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Silent; reserved
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Soporific
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Causing sleep or lethargy
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Specious
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Deceptively attractive; Seemingly plausible but fallacious
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Stolid
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Unemotional
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Sublime
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Lofty or grande
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Tacit
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Done without using words
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Taciturn
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Silent, not talkative
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Tarpor
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Extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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Vacillate
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To sway physically; to be indecisive
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Veracity
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Filled with truth and accuracy
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