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100 Cards in this Set
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abated
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verb: to lessen
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aberration
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noun: a deviation
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abeyance
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noun: the condition of being temporally suspended
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abraded
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verb: to wear down
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abrogate
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verb: to do away with
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abscond
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verb: to sneak off and hide away
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abstemious
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adjective: to eat or drink moderately
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accretion
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noun: the act of increasing in growth or size
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acrimonious
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adjective: bitter or harsh
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acquisitiveness
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adjective: having a strong desire to own
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admonish
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verb: to scold
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adroit adjective
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: skillful
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aesthete
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noun: a person who is highly sensitive to beauty
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lugubrious
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adjective: extremely depressed
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magnanimous
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adjective: generous and noble; kind-hearted
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maladroit
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adjective: inept; incapable
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malinger
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verb: to act sick to avoid work
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malleable
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adjective: capable of being shaped
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mar
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verb: to damage
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metamorphose
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verb: to transform
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meticulous
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adjective: detailed and precise
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milieu
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noun: environment
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mimicry
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noun: the act of mimicking; mocking
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misanthrope
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noun: person who hates mankind
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miser
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noun: a person who hoards money; penny-pincher
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mitigate
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verb: to alleviate
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morose
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adjective: sad
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multifarious
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adjective: great variety
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myopic
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adjective: short-sighted
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narcissist
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noun: a person who loves themselves
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nascent
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adjective: beginning to exist
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nave
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noun: central part of the church or the center of a wheel
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occult
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adjective: relating to the supernatural
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ossified
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verb: to harden or become bone
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ostentatious
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adjective: pretentious and boastful
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ostracism
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noun: the act of excluding
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outmoded
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adjective: out of fashion
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overtly
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adv: out in the open
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palpable
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adjective: touchable or evident
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peccadillo
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noun: a small misdeed
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peripatetic
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adjective: traveling by foot noun: someone who is walking
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perpetuating
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verb: to cause to continue forever
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persevere
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verb: to not give up
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pervasive
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adjective: the quality of invading or permeating'
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philistine
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noun: one who is ignorant in certain areas like art
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pirate
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noun: one who robs at sea verb: to steal
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placate
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noun: to calm or appease someone who is angry
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plasticity
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noun: the quality of being like plastic
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plausible
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adjective: believable
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polemic
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adjective: relating to controversy
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poseur
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noun: someone who pretends to be something they're not to impress others
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precursor
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noun: something that comes before
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preempt
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verb: to take the place of
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preponderate
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verb: to be heavier in weight
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primacy
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noun: the condition of being first
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prodigy
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noun: person with great talent
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profundity
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noun: great wisdom and depth
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proliferate
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verb: to reproduce at a rapid rate
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propagate
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verb: to reproduce
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propitiatory
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adjective: offered as a way of seeking forgiveness
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prudery
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noun: the state of being excessively modest
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puerile
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adjective: childish
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pundit
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noun: a critic or learned source of opinion
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pusillanimous
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adjective: cowardly
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quagmire
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noun: an uncertain situation or predicament
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raconteur
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noun: a skilled storyteller
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rarefy
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verb: to make thin
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recluse
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noun: a hermit; a person who hides from the world
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recompense
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verb: to compensate; to pay
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regale
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verb: to entertain
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repentant
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adjective: showing remorse for sins
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reproof
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verb: to scold or rebuke
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repudiate
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verb: to reject as untrue
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repugnant
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adjective: repulsive
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requiem
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noun: church service for a deceased person
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reverie
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noun: a daydream
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rogue
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noun: a scoundrel
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ruffian
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noun: a thug; a tough person
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rumination
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noun: the act of thinking deeply OR the process of chewing cud
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sagacity
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noun: intelligence and wisdom
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sage
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noun: one admired for wisdom noun: a herb
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satirize
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noun: to ridicule with sarcasm
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scrupulous
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adjective: conscientious and detailed
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scurvy
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noun: a disease caused by the lack of Vitamin C
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sextant
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noun: a device used by sailors to navigate
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sodden
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adjective: soaked with water
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specious
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adjective: something that seems believable but is false
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spendthrift
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noun: person who wastes money
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spurious
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adjective: illegitimate; false
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squelch
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verb: to squash
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subjugate
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verb: to conquer
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subtlety
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noun: the quality of being subtle or sly
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synapse
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noun: space between 2 nerve endings
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tedium
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noun: the condition of being tedious; boring
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thwart
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verb: to prevent
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titillate
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verb: to excite or stimulate
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touting
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verb: to obtain votes or customers in a shameless manner
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tractable
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adjective: easily managed
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transitory
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adjective: short-lived
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transmuted
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verb: to transform
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