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41 Cards in this Set
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Sentient
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Having sense perception
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Maverick
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Person who takes an independent stand
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Nadir
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Lowest point or bottom
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Waif
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Wanderer
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Spurious
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Seemingly true but actually false
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Ruminate
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To think about
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Consensus
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Agreement; accord
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Abacus
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Device used for adding and multiplying
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Rotund
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Plump; chubby
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Battery
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Collection of similar, connected things
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Canny
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Shrewd; clever
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Tenable
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Capable of being held or detained
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Attenuate
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To lessen the amount, force or value of
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Inculcate
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Learn by repetition
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Temper
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soften; dampen down
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Incensed
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Infuriate
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Indignant
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Angered by something unjust or wrong
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Despotic
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Dictatorial
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Celerity
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Speed
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Feckless
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Not fit to assume responsibility
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Pedagogical
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Pertaining to the teaching profession
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Prognosis
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Foretelling the course and termination of a disease
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Conjecture
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An opinion or judgement
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Arbitration
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Hearing and determination of a cause between two parties
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Utilitarian
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Choosing course of action based on usefulness
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Fractious
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Resisting authority
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Mawkish
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Overly sentimental
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Compunction
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Feeling of deep regret
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Imperious
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Arrogant
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Despondency
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Feeling downcast or hopeless
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Affluence
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Abundant wealth
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Ingenuous
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Inability to mask feelings
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Complacency
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Contentment and satisfaction
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Aphasia
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Inability to use or understand language
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Captious
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Tending to find and call attention to faults
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Ambulatory
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Patient capable of walking; not bedridden
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Amble
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Walk leisurely
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Capacious
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Large in capacity
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Antithesis
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In direct opposition
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Philanthropist
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Someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
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Teetotal
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The practice of abstaining from intoxication
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