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61 Cards in this Set
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alacrity
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eager willingness
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approbation
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approval
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austere
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without adornment
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disabuse
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undeceive, set right
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effrontery
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boldness
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enervate
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weaken
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exigent
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urgent
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inured
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accustomed to accepting something undesirable
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irascible
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easily angered
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obviate
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make unnecessary
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perfidy
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treachery
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perspicacious
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accurately perceptive
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solicitous
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attentive, eager
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truculent
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cruel
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avarice
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greed
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bucolic
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pastoral
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chary
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cautious
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contrite
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regretful
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ebullience
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lively
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emollient
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soothing
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facetious
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playful; humorous
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impecunious
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without money
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inveigle
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obtain by deception
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penurious
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excessively thrifty
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quaff
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drink deeply
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redoubtable
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awe-inspiring
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torpid
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lethargic
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aver
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declare as fact
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dissemble
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conceal, mislead
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hackneyed
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rendered commonplace by frequent usage
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inchoate
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in initial stage
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insipid
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without flavor, bland
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loquacious
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extremely talkative
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mendacity
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untruthful
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opprobrium
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contempt
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pedantic
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overly concerned with details of learning
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pith
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central part
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pithy
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precise and brief
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rancorous
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having bitter resentment
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recalcitrant
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defiant of authority
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salubrious
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promoting health
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specious
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seeming true,but really false
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acerbic
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sour or bitter
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aggrandize
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increase in intensity
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garrulous
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pointlessly talkative
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glib
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informal, superficial
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impetuous
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rashly energetic
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inimical
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harmful
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laconic
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terse
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mollify
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soothe
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probity
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uprightness, principled
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prosaic
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dull
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quixotic
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impractical
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quotidian
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occurring daily
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recondite
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hidden
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refulgent
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radiant, shiny
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sedulous
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hard working, dillegent
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soporific
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causing drowsyness
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trenchant
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sharply perceptive
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variegated
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multicolored
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vituperate
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use harshly, berate
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