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100 Cards in this Set
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Aberration
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divergence
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Adumbrate
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predict
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Belie
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deceive
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Blandishment
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flatter
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Captious
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critical
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Contravene
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oppose
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Descry
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detect
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Disinter
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expose
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Elucidate
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explain
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Equivocate
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dodge/ evade
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Auspice
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protection/ support
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Auspicious
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successful
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Aver
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to assert/ prove
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Baleful
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harm
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Bane
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harm
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Beatify
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make happy
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Bedizen
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adorn
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Bellicose
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warlike
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Bilge
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bulge
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Blandish
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flatter
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Blithe
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carefree
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Boor
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rude person
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Burnish
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to polish
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Byzantine
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complex
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Cabal
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scheme
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Cachinnate
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laugh loudly
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Cadge
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to mooch
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Cajole
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to coax
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Calumniate
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to slander
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Caparison
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adorn
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Captious
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to confuse
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Cavil
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to find fault with reason
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Chasten
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to correct
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Chimera
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illusion
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Aberrant
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not normal action
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Alacrity
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enthusiastic
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Audacias
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daring
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Capricious
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unpredictable
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Censure
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hashly criticize
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Disparate
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distinct
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Enervate
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weaken
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Ennui
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boredom
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Equivocate
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unclear to mislead
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Exigent
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urgent
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Ingenuous
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frank
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Candid
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blunt/ frank
candid photo = spontaneous pic |
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Inured
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accept undesirable
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Irascible
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easily angered
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Magnanimity
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noble
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Noxious
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harmful
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Obtuse
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unclear
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Obviate
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to do away with
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Perennial
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long-lasting
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Perfunctory
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done without care
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Prevaricate
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avoid truth
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Solicitous
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attentive
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Tortuous
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complicated
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Voracious
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large craving
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Abjure
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renounce
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Abrogate
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abolish
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Abscission
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cut
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Acarpous
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barren
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Accretion
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growth
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Adroit
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skillful
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Adumbrate
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foreshadow
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Anathema
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hate or curse
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Anodyne
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soothing
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Apocryphal
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counterfeit
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Apostate
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heretic
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Apotheosis
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godly
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Apposite
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relevant
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Apprise
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inform
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Arabesque
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complex design
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Arcane
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mysterious
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Arrant
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all-out (arrant fool)
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Asperity
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severity
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Aspersion
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defame/ slander
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Assay
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examination
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Asseverate
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affirm
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Attenuate
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weaken
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Augury
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omen
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Abscond
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break out
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Ameliorate
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amend/ improve
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Austere
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very plain
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Axiom
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universal principle
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Bucolic
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rustic/ rural
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Disabuse
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set right
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Effrontery
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bold
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Ephemeral
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brief
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Extemporaneous
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improvised
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Fulminate
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loud attack
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Abscond
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break out
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Ameliorate
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amend/ improve
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Austere
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very plain
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Axiom
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universal principle
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Bucolic
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rustic/ rural
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Disabuse
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set right
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Effrontery
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bold
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Ephemeral
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brief
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Extemporaneous
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improvised
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